This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) provides $2,331,816 to Onward Health, Inc., a California-based small business, to develop and evaluate a technology-enabled door-to-door rideshare service with companion drivers trained to support older adults and individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The key objectives are to: (1) conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of the door-to-door rideshare...
This $140,000 Project Grant award from the Administration for Community Living's (ACL) National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) program (CFDA 93.433) will support the development of "Augmented Reality Enhanced Supported Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities". The project aims to improve employment outcomes for this population through the use of augmented reality technologies. Funded from...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Mississippi State University on December 15, 2022 for work completing November 30, 2023. The award will support the development of advanced driving technology to improve independent driving skills and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, industry partners, educators, and stakeholders...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR, CFDA 93.433) to Carnegie Mellon University aims to increase the accessibility of delivery robots. The $200,000 award supports technical advances in robot physical design, robot behaviors, and delivery methods, as well as efforts to facilitate delivery robot data sharing to support independent mobility. Key expected outputs include new findings, code, guidance, and...
This $199,135 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) supports research to improve community living and participation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. The project, led by Vanderbilt University, will run from September 2024 to August 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include developing innovative technologies, intervention protocols,...
This $499,999 federal project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, under the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) program, aims to enhance the accessibility of air travel for individuals with disabilities. The primary awardee, Indiana University, will conduct research to identify personal, social, and environmental barriers to air travel, as well as facilitators and best...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $899,763 to Clemson University to co-design, co-develop, and test a mobile object recognition app that provides on-the-job task prompting to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the workplace. The primary objectives are to: 1) identify work tasks where object recognition could help people with IDD, 2) understand how people...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $249,999 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop community and training pathways for smart technology applications. The project aims to translate research into real-world solutions that improve the lives of people with disabilities. Key deliverables include technological innovations, intervention protocols, research studies, training programs, and...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $665,844, was issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award will fund a 5-year study led by Drexel University to examine the impact of ableism on maternal health outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The study aims to use national Medicaid claims data from...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) will provide $199,998.00 to Case Western Reserve University to develop a "Ride-On Arcade" platform that integrates toy ride-on cars with hand controls and custom cognitive-motor training video games. The goal is to create a fun, enriched, multisensory environment to address low adherence to home exercise programs and high caregiver burden in children...