The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $3,998,455 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Kessler Foundation, Inc. The award funds a 4-year research project investigating the utilization effects of powered wearable orthotics in improving upper extremity function and activities of daily living for persons with spinal cord injuries. The Kessler Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on disability...
The Department of the Army Medical Command awarded a $718,090.00 Project Grant to the Kessler Foundation, Inc. under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, titled "NEUROBALANCE: NEUROMODULATION ENHANCED USE OF ROBOTIC BALANCE TRAINING TO IMPROVE POSTURAL CONTROL IN TBI", will support research to develop new treatments and interventions to improve postural control and rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with traumatic brain...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program provides $2,727,158.00 to the Kessler Foundation, Inc. to conduct research on "Personalized Cognitive Integrated Motor Training Using Virtual Reality to Improve Gait and Balance." The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2028. The Kessler Foundation, a non-profit rehabilitation research organization, will...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,493,220 Project Grant to The Cleveland VA Medical Research & Education Foundation under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant supports the development of a "Neurally Integrated Lower Limb Prosthesis for Home and Community Use" to aid mobility and sensory restoration for wounded veterans. The 4-year project, running from September 2023 to August 2027, aligns with the program's priorities of advancing...
This federal Project Grant award of $325,142, provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports the development of a clinical-grade spinal cord neuroprosthesis to alleviate locomotor deficits in people with Parkinson's disease. The award, which has a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, is being provided to Onward Medical Inc., a for-profit organization located in Boston, MA. The goal of this...
The federal Project Grant award of $505,228.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The award is titled "TOWARD PRESERVING KNEE JOINT HEALTH AFTER LOWER LIMB LOSS INVESTIGATING JOINT LEVEL PATHOMECHANICS WITH SIMULATED AMBULATION" and aims to conduct advanced biomedical research to transform healthcare for military service members, veterans, and the broader public. The award was granted to The Henry...
This $1,195,789 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research on the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for recovery in acute spinal cord injury syndromes. The award was made on July 1, 2025 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, which is a prominent academic medical center and research institution. The research aims to investigate medical solutions for the...
The federal Project Grant award of $963,110.00, awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), will fund research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on the "Safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation Potentiating Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes (STEP-RAISE)" project. The research aims to investigate innovative medical solutions for battlefield injuries, with a focus on transforming...
This $608,353 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a longitudinal study by Craig Hospital's Research Department on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "THRIVING AFTER TBI: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE-RELATED FACTORS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY," will be conducted over a 3-year...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,477,715.00 from the Defense Health Agency (CFDA 12.420 - Military Medical Research and Development) to the Regents of the University of Michigan supports research to develop an exoskeleton control system using a muscle cuff regenerative peripheral nerve interface (MC-RPNI) for restoring lower limb function following traumatic musculoskeletal injury. The project aims to transform healthcare for military service members, veterans, and the broader public...