Project Grant H327D000006

This federal Project Grant award of $249,999.00 from the U.S. 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) supports the University of Massachusetts Boston in preparing diverse personnel to provide related services in assistive technology for people with visual impairments. The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $203,304 Project Grant to Portland State University on September 1, 2024 under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (CFDA 84.325) program. The purpose of this 12-month project, titled "TOUCH-BASED O & M WITH DEAFBLIND TO AFFECT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (TODAS)", is to enhance the preparation of personnel...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to Texas Tech University System. The grant, titled "PROJECT MAPVI: MULTICULTURALLY ADEPT PROFESSIONALS IN VISUAL IMPAIRMENT", will be used to develop a degree program and training initiatives aimed at preparing special education,...

This $1,300,059 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will support the creation of a bilingual American Sign Language (ASL) and English documentary film titled "Deaf in Motion: A Documentary About Pioneers in Early Space Studies." The film will highlight the contributions of deaf individuals who participated in groundbreaking research that enabled achievements of the U.S. space...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $1,799,999 project grant to Utah State University (USU) to operate the National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials and Instruction (NCADEMI). The grant, which runs from October 2024 to September 2025, supports the development and implementation of technological solutions to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities. As the prime grantee, USU will leverage its...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $124,372 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to J Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Goochland, Virginia. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support the development of the "American Sign Language Educational Interpreter Preservice through...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), provides $827,851 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to investigate the language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children exposed to varying amounts of American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English. The key objectives are to: 1) create growth curves characterizing the natural...

This $277,741 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (CFDA 84.325 - Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities) was awarded to North Carolina Central University on September 1, 2024. The project, titled "TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED INSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION IN ORIENTATION & MOBILITY", aims to enhance the preparation of personnel who work with infants,...

Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop artificial intelligence-based tools to enhance access and opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Specifically, the grant will fund development of tools for privacy protection for American Sign Language video communication and video search-by-example for accessing multimedia digital...

The University of Iowa received a $232,120 Project Grant award from the U.S. 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). The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, aims to increase the diversity of education in audiology and speech-language pathology. The grant supports the development of degree...