Project Grant B06SPTN0963

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Objective ED, Inc. received a $575,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, awarded June 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2027. The award funds development of the Kids Like Me Bookshelf (KLMB), a web-based generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-assisted platform that enables adults with vision impairments to co-author inspiring role-model...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Objective ED, Inc. received a $613,744 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, from the National Eye Institute under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867). The award funds development and evaluation of Workplace Readiness Stories (WRS), an accessible interactive fiction (AIF) prototype designed to address employment barriers for pre-adults and young adults (ages 16-21) with vision impairments. The system enables visually...

PROJECT RISE: READINESS AND INSTRUCTION FOR SUPPORTING EARLY INTERVENTION The University of Massachusetts Boston received a $144,220 project grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. PROJECT RISE (Readiness and Instruction for Supporting Early...

Federal Grant Award Summary Edify Technologies, Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305), awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2026. The grant supports the development of next token personalization technology designed to deliver seamless, personalized education experiences at scale. Building on Edify's prior work developing the MusiQuest...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $6,638,942 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, Texas. This 5-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, supports IDRA's TECHXPERTS project, which focuses on developing and implementing innovative, evidence-based educational interventions to improve...

Project ISPAAV (Interdisciplinary Special Education Personnel Training in Adapted Physical Education, Applied Behavioral Analysis and Visual Impairments) is a one-year personnel development initiative funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). Awarded to the University of Utah on October 1, 2025, with $340,484 in federal obligations,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded Digital Promise Global, a non-profit organization, a $251,621.52 Project Grant under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324). This grant, awarded on November 6, 2023, supports scientifically rigorous research aimed at expanding knowledge and understanding of developmental, educational, and transitional outcomes for students with or at risk for disabilities. Through this funding, Digital Promise Global will...

PROJECT E3 - EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION The University of New Mexico, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Division, received a $331,530 Project Grant award from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, supports the development and delivery of personnel...

Federal Grant Award Summary Objective ED, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. The Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will develop BuddyBooks with Strategic Reading for Autism (BBSA), an AI-assisted collaborative reading platform designed to improve reading comprehension skills for students with...

This $249,510 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312 - National Leadership Grants) will enable Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (LIS) to implement a nationwide curriculum-sharing system for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) courses. The project will: Conduct an EDI audit of LIS curricula and provide free training on EDI tools; Develop a platform for LIS programs to share EDI-focused courses, allowing students to seamlessly...