Deadline: 24-Jan-22
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is pleased to announce the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Field Initiated Projects Program (Development) to generate new knowledge through research or to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities, especially people with the highest support needs.
In carrying out a development activity under a FI Projects development grant, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, methods, measures, techniques, tools, prototypes, processes, or intervention protocols that are beneficial to the target population.
Invitational Priorities
In FY 2022, there are two invitational priorities of interest to the agency. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) does not give applications that address either of these invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
- Research or development projects that address the needs, experiences, or outcomes of people with disabilities from underserved communities. People with disabilities from underserved communities include those from communities or populations of the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, 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 that address the impact of videoconferencing technologies on the experiences and outcomes of people with disabilities.
Stages
- Proof of concept means the stage of development where key technical challenges are resolved. Stage activities may include recruiting study participants, verifying product requirements, implementing and testing (typically in controlled contexts) key concepts, components, or systems, and resolving technological challenges.
- Proof of product means the stage of development where a fully-integrated and working prototype, meeting critical technical requirements, is created.
- Proof of adoption means the stage of development where a product is substantially adopted by its target population and used for its intended purpose. Stage activities typically include completing product refinements and continued implementation of the technology transfer plan in collaboration with transfer partners.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $1,400,000
- Expected Number of Awards: 7
- Award Ceiling: $200,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $195,000 Per Budget Period
- Length of Project Period: 36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336580