Project Grant H327E160001

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant was awarded to A Cubed Design LLC on June 1, 2025. The grant supports the development of a novel, cost-effective, and user-repairable refreshable Braille device. The key technical objectives include refining the pin mechanism, optimizing the tolerances and geometry, implementing appropriate motors, and conducting cycle...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Community Living awarded a $118,045 formula grant under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Protection and Advocacy Systems Grant Program (CFDA 93.618) to the Office Protection & Advocacy For The Disabled (OPAD), a U.S. state government entity located in American Samoa. This 5-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will enable OPAD to ensure full electoral participation for individuals with...

This Project Grant award of $250,000 from the Inter-American Foundation's (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA 85.750) supports the Association D'Aide DES Techniciens En Physiotherapie Pour Les Personnes Handicapees (AATPH) in delivering physical therapy, community outreach, job skills training, and microcredit access for people with disabilities in Haiti from April 2022 to April 2024. Specifically, the grantee AATPH aims to improve quality of life and social...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $349,650 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) to Pharos: The International Photo Archives Association. The grant will enable Pharos, a collaboration among 14 North American and European art historical photo archives, to create an open and freely accessible digital research platform. This platform will provide consolidated access to photo archive images and associated...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $319,588 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize 100,000 pages of historic newspapers from Arizona. The grant will be used by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records (LAPR) and the University of Arizona Libraries (UAL) to partner as co-principal investigators on the National Digital Newspaper Program. The project aims to digitize...

Under a USD 366,325 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.313 - Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program), Dr. Kevin J. Mallary at Old Dominion University Research Foundation will conduct multiple case studies at five academic institutions. Through interviews with academic librarians, disability services coordinators, and deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) students, the project will elicit insights on accessible library services for D/HH patrons. The findings...

The federal Project Grant award of $115,000.00 was issued by the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Services Demonstration and Training Programs (CFDA 84.235). The grant was awarded to CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS) on October 1, 2024 with a completion date of September 30, 2025. The award will fund a project titled "Culturally Responsive Experts Using AI to Enhance (Create!) Braille Literacy...

The City of Houston HPL Financial Services Division, the awardee, will use a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.309 - Museum Grants for African American History and Culture) to digitize and make accessible over 1,400 vulnerable audiovisual materials from the African American history collection of the Houston Public Library. The project will involve hiring a full-time contract archivist to coordinate the digitization process with an external vendor, as...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $100,000 supports the development of chemical fuel-powered Braille displays at Cornell University from July 2022 to June 2023. The goal is to create an affordable, portable multiline Braille display to improve digital accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals. Currently, Braille displays can only present a single line of text and cost over $3,000, limiting their widespread adoption. The proposed technology is a soft,...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $180,830 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) grant to the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) to train archivists on inclusive practices for serving autistic communities and empower autistic individuals with oral history skills. The project, titled the "Autistic Voices Oral History Project," will deliver two workshops to improve archivists' competencies in accessibility and representation,...