Analyzing Relationships between Disability, Rehabilitation, and Work (ARDRAW) Graduate Student Research Program

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Opportunity number
ARDRAW-DRW-24-001
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Up to $900,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible applicants
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Other
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About this opportunity

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking a new organization to manage the Analyzing Relationships between Disability, Rehabilitation, and Work (ARDRAW) Graduate Student Research Program through a cooperative agreement. The program will provide one-year $15,000 stipends for supervised independent graduate-level student research on rehabilitation, work, and disability topics, with a focus on increasing the participation of students of color and other underrepresented populations. The program management organization will be responsible for publicizing the opportunity, recruiting students, coordinating proposal reviews, distributing stipends, monitoring student progress, and reporting to SSA. Applications for the cooperative agreement are due by August 2, 2024, and will be evaluated based on the applicant's qualifications, program management approach, and plans to achieve the program's objectives.

The total federal funding available for the cooperative agreement is $900,000 annually, with $375,000 allocated for the student stipends. The program is authorized under CFDA 96.007 - Social Security Research and Demonstration, which supports research and interventions related to SSA's retirement, disability, and income assistance programs.

Synopsis

In 2024, SSA is looking for a new organization to help manage the ARDRAW program through a cooperative agreement. The new ARDRAW program will include one-year $15,000 stipends for supervised independent graduate-level student research on rehabilitation, work, and disability topics to a broad spectrum of graduate students, to cultivate new scholars in the field of disability research. In accordance with recent Executive Orders to advance racial equity, support underserved communities, and increased access to federal funding opportunities (including EO 13895 and EO 14112), a new objective for ARDRAW is to the increase the recruitment and participation of students of color and other underrepresented populations in the research areas of work, rehabilitation, and disability, for the purpose of fostering new and inclusive perspectives on disability research.

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