Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program - Employment

Forecasted Federal grant Posted

Opportunity number
HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-AREM-0301
Agency
Applications expected due
Award size
$245,000 to $250,000

Opportunity facts

Expected posting
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible applicants
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (NIDILRR) is soliciting applications for the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program—Employment, with a single grant award expected and a 36-month project period comprising three 12-month budget periods; no application deadline is specified in the forecast.

Eligible applicants are public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Foreign entities are ineligible.

The program funds advanced research training and experience for individuals holding doctorates or similar advanced degrees to enhance their capacity to conduct high-quality multidisciplinary disability and rehabilitation research focused on employment outcomes among people with disabilities. ARRT projects must train rehabilitation researchers, including researchers with disabilities.

The CFDA number is 93.433 (ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research). Grantees must submit annual progress reports and demonstrate substantial progress toward stated objectives and outcomes to receive continuation funding beyond the initial 12-month budget period. Awards may be renewed annually for up to five years, subject to appropriation availability. Recent NIDILRR awards in the employment domain have ranged from $250 thousand to $2.775 million over three- to five-year periods.

Evaluation criteria include quality and rigor of the proposed research and development activities; adequacy of facilities and qualified personnel; demonstration of relevance to current rehabilitation needs and potential for effective utilization of results; commitment of available resources and applicant knowledge of rehabilitation issues; reasonableness of estimated costs relative to anticipated results; and ability to coordinate with regional, state, and private rehabilitation programs.

Forecast synopsis

The purpose of NIDILRR's ARRT program is to provide advanced research training and experience to individuals with doctorates, or similar advanced degrees. ARRT projects train rehabilitation researchers, including researchers with disabilities. ARRT projects under this opportunity must provide advanced research training to eligible individuals to enhance their capacity to conduct high-quality multidisciplinary disability and rehabilitation research focused on employment outcomes among people with disabilities. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this announcement. This grant will have a 36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods.

Eligibility

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

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