Deadline Date: July 29, 2026
The Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects Program is inviting applications to support research and knowledge translation aimed at improving outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
The focus areas of the program include disability and rehabilitation research, knowledge translation, systematic reviews of research, dissemination of research findings, information product development, training and technical assistance, rehabilitation technologies, independent living outcomes, employment outcomes, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and burn injury research.
The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project grants is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by generating knowledge or developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, particularly those with the greatest support needs.
Under this funding opportunity, the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center will collaborate with the Burn Model System, Spinal Cord Injury Model System, and Traumatic Brain Injury Model System grantees.
The center will work with model system centers to produce and promote systematic reviews of existing research and information products related to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and burn injury. It will also identify and implement effective strategies for disseminating research findings generated through the Model System programs.
In addition, the center will serve as the central resource for knowledge and product dissemination across the Model System programs and provide training and technical assistance in knowledge translation to Model System grantees.
The grant will support a project period of 60 months, consisting of five 12-month budget periods. The estimated total program funding is $850,000. The award ceiling is $850,000, and the award floor is $845,000.
Eligible applicants include special district governments, state governments, county governments, city or township governments, small businesses, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, public and private institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
