Deadline: 6-Mar-23
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living invites applications for a new award for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Disability in Rural Communities.
The purpose of this particular RRTC is to generate new research-based knowledge that can be used to improve outcomes in one or more of the following outcome domains for people with disabilities living in rural communities: community living and participation, employment, and health and function.
Priority
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) establishes a priority for an RRTC on Disability in Rural Areas. This RRTC must conduct research, knowledge translation, training, dissemination, and technical assistance activities to improve outcomes among people with disabilities who live in rural areas, including those from racial and ethnic minority groups. The RRTC must focus its research on one or more specific stages of research. If the RRTC is to conduct research that can be categorized under more than one of the research stages, or research that progresses from one stage to another, those stages must be clearly specified and justified.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $875,000
- Award Ceiling: $875,000
- Award Floor: $870,000
- Length of Project Period: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Outcomes
Under this priority, the RRTC must be designed to contribute to the following outcomes:
- New knowledge about the experiences and outcomes of people with disabilities who live in rural areas, relative to those of urban residents with disabilities. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by:
- Identifying, justifying, and using appropriate definitions of rural and urban communities.
- New evidence-based interventions designed to improve outcomes for people with disabilities living in rural areas.
- Greater societal and service delivery capacity to promote positive outcomes for people with disabilities in rural areas.
- The RRTC must ensure that all materials, websites, and information and technology tools and products that it plans to develop or maintain are accessible, and that electronic materials are produced in full compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d).
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.