Deadline: 12-Nov-2024
The Administration for Community Living has launched the Field Initiated Projects Development Program to develop knowledge, methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially those with the highest support needs.
Invitational Priority
- Research or development projects that address the needs, experiences, or outcomes of people with disabilities from underserved communities, including: people with disabilities who are racial and ethnic minorities; people with disabilities who are members of religious minorities; people with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer; people with disabilities who live in rural areas; or people with disabilities otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.
- Research or development projects to explore or address the relationship between climate change and the needs, experiences, and outcomes of people with disabilities.
- Research or development projects related to oral health among people with disabilities.
- Research or development projects that focus on making airline travel accessible for people with disabilities.
- Research or development projects that focus on improving the extent to which emergency and disaster preparedness plans and systems are accessible to, and responsive to the needs of, people with disabilities.
- Research or development projects that focus on improving the experience and outcomes of people with disabilities as they interact with one or more components of the criminal justice system (e.g., police, courts, jails and prisons).
- Research or development projects that focus on services, supports, or interventions for people with disabilities who experience Long COVID.
- Research or development projects that focus on school experiences among children with disabilities.
- Research or development projects that focus on social and built environments that facilitate fully inclusive play and participation among children with disabilities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $1,750,000
- Award Ceiling: $250,000
- Award Floor:$245,000
Duration
- Length of Project Period: 36-month project period with three 12-month budget period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- 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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.