Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training Program (ARRT) |
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The purpose of this program is to expand capability in the field of rehabilitation research by supporting projects that provide advanced training in rehabilitation research. These projects provide research training and experience at an advanced level to individuals with doctoral or similar advanced degrees who have clinical or other relevant experience, including experience in management or basic science research, in fields pertinent to rehabilitation, in order to qualify those individuals to conduct independent research on problems related to disability and rehabilitation. |
Americans with Disabilities Act National Network (ADANN) |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opens new opportunities for persons with disabilities. It also places new responsibilities on employers, transit and communications systems, state and local governments, and public accommodations. NIDILRR funds the ADA National Network to provide information, training, and technical assistance related to the ADA to businesses, agencies, and the public, as well as conducting ADA-related research. Presently, ten ADA regional centers and one ADA collaborative research center are funded under this program. Beginning in 2011, NIDILRR funded an ADA Network Knowledge Translation Center (ADA Network-KTC) to support knowledge translation activities of all ADA National Network centers. The toll-free number for information, materials, or technical assistance on the ADA is 800/949-4232 (V/TTY). This number will automatically route the center in the caller's region. |
Burn Model System (BMS) |
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The Burn Model Systems establish innovative projects for the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive rehabilitation services to people with burn injuries. These projects collect and contribute longitudinal data on the individuals’ demographics, diagnoses, causes of injury, interventions, outcomes, and costs, to the Burn National Data and Statistical Center. |
Field-Initiated Projects (FIP) Program |
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This program is designed to encourage eligible applicants to originate valuable ideas for research and demonstrations, development, or knowledge dissemination activities in areas which represent their own interests, yet are directly related to the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. |
General Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (General DRRP) Program |
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These projects address rehabilitation priorities identified by NIDILRR and published in the Federal Register. These priorities address a variety of problems encountered by people with disabilities. Projects are funded for up to 60 months. |
Knowledge Translation (KT) Program |
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Knowledge translation provides the tools though which to ensure that people with disabilities become fully integrated and participating members of society. NIDILRR's Knowledge Translation efforts ensure the widespread distribution, in usable formats, of practical scientific and technological information generated by research, demonstration, and related activities. NIDILRR's challenge is to reach diverse and changing populations; to present research results in many different and accessible formats; and to use technology appropriately. |
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Program (RERC) |
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This program provides support for the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers to conduct programs of advanced research of an engineering or technical nature in order to develop and test new engineering solutions to problems of disability. Each center is affiliated with a rehabilitation setting, which provides an environment for cooperative research and the transfer of rehabilitation technologies into rehabilitation practice. The centers' additional responsibilities include developing systems for the exchange of technical and engineering information and improving the distribution of technological devices and equipment to individuals with disabilities. |
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Program (RRTC) |
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This program provides support for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers. The primary goals of these centers are:To conduct research targeted toward the production of new knowledge which will improve rehabilitation methodology and service delivery systems, alleviate or stabilize disabling conditions, and promote maximum social and economic independence.
To institute related teaching and training programs to disseminate and promote the utilization of research findings, thereby reducing the usual long intervening delay between the discovery of new knowledge and its wide application in practice. The three major activities, research, training, and service, are expected to be mutually supportive. Specifically, this synergy calls for research ideas to derive from service delivery problems, for research findings to be disseminated via training, and for new professionals to be attracted to research and service via training. |
Section 21 Program (Minority Serving) |
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The Section 21 program focuses on research capacity building for minority entities, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and institutions, serving primarily Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian or Alaska Native students, as well as non-minority entities with an interest in improving understanding about the needs and outcomes of individuals with disabilities from minority populations. Program activities include assisting minority entities with networking that supports enhanced collaboration between minority entities and non-minority entities, and the exchange of expertise and advanced training across program areas. |
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) |
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New ideas and products useful to people with disabilities and the rehabilitation field are encouraged with small business innovation research grants. This three-phase program takes an idea from development to market readiness. |
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System |
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This program provides assistance to establish innovative projects for the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive medical, vocational, and other rehabilitation services to meet the wide range of needs of individuals with spinal cord injuries. |
Switzer Research Fellowship Program |
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Fellowships, named for the late Mary E. Switzer, build future research capacity. NIDILRR makes awards on two levels: Distinguished Fellowships go to individuals of doctorate or comparable academic status who have had seven or more years of experience relevant to rehabilitation research. Merit Fellowships are given to persons in earlier stages of their research careers. |
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model System |
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The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems establish innovative projects for the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive rehabilitation services to people with TBI. These projects collect and contribute longitudinal data on the individuals’ demographics, diagnoses, causes of injury, interventions, outcomes, and costs, to the TBI National Data and Statistical Center. |