Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for People Who are Blind or have Low Vision

Forecasted Federal grant Posted

Opportunity number
HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-REGE-0313
Agency
Applications expected due
Award size
$970,000 to $975,000

Opportunity facts

Expected posting
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible applicants
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • For Profit Organizations
  • State Governments
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • Special District Governments
  • Small Businesses
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Other
  • City/Township Governments
  • County Governments
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL/NIDILRR) is soliciting applications for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for People Who are Blind or have Low Vision, with no application deadline specified in this forecast announcement. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this announcement.

Eligible applicants include states; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Faith-based and community organizations meeting eligibility requirements are eligible. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete.

The grant will support a 60-month project period structured as five 12-month budget periods. The research will focus on advanced engineering and development of innovative technologies to promote independence and community living among people who are blind or have low vision, consistent with the Rehabilitation Act's goal of improving the effectiveness of rehabilitation services by solving particular rehabilitation problems or removing environmental barriers.

Support beyond the first 12-month budget period is contingent upon evidence of substantial progress toward achieving project objectives and the availability of appropriations. Grantees must submit annual progress reports to receive continuation funding.

Awards fall under CFDA 93.433 (ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research). Typical five-year rehabilitation research center awards in this program exceed $2 million. The program requires peer review and staff approval before official Notice of Grant Award issuance.

Forecast synopsis

The purpose of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove environmental barriers. The purpose of this RERC is to conduct research and development activities toward technologies that will promote independence and community living among people who are blind or who have low vision. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this announcement. This grant will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.

Eligibility

States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.

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