The Administration for Community Living is seeking applications for its Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects Program: Enhancing the Accessibility of Air Travel.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/17/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Under this particular DRRP funding opportunity, applicants must propose to (1) conduct research on the air travel experiences and outcomes of people with disabilities; (2) conduct research on practices, policies, and systems that shape air travel experiences and outcomes among people with disabilities; and (3) conduct knowledge translation activities to promote air travel accessibility and positive air travel experiences and outcomes among people with disabilities.
Priorities
The DRRP must conduct research to generate new knowledge that can be used to improve the airline travel experiences of people with disabilities, including those with the greatest support needs. To contribute to this outcome, the DRRP must—
- Focus its research and knowledge translation activities on people with disabilities as a broad population, or on specific disability or demographic subpopulations of people with disabilities. Specific disability subpopulations may include but are not limited to those described in NIDILRR’s Long Range Plan for FY 2024-2028: developmental, cognitive, sensory, psychiatric, and physical.
- Conduct research on the airline travel experiences of people with disabilities. This research should lead to an understanding of current barriers to and facilitators of accessible and inclusive airline travel experiences for people with disabilities. Barriers and facilitators may include individual, social, and environmental factors.
- Conduct research to identify and further develop promising strategies, practices, or policies for providing accessible and inclusive airline travel services for people with disabilities. Entities and organizations that implement such strategies, practices, or policies include but are not limited to airlines, airports, and airport authorities.
- Conduct its research under (b) and (c) in a specific stage or stages of research. If the DRRP is to conduct research that can be categorized under more than one stage, including research that progresses from one stage to another, those stages must be clearly specified and justified. These research stages are defined in this funding opportunity announcement. Applicants must justify the need and rationale for research at the proposed stage or stages and describe fully an appropriate methodology or methodologies for the proposed research.
- Conduct knowledge translation activities (i.e., dissemination, utilization) to facilitate stakeholders’ use of the knowledge and products that result from the research activities conducted under paragraph (b) and (c) of this priority. Stakeholders may include but are not limited to air travelers with disabilities, family members, personal care assistants, travel companions, airlines, airports, airport authorities, and policymakers.
- Involve people with disabilities and other relevant stakeholder groups in the design and conduct of research activities carried out under paragraph (b) and (c) of this priority, to maximize the relevance and usability of the knowledge and products to be developed.
- Demonstrate, in its original application, that people with disabilities from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds will be included in study samples in sufficient numbers to generate knowledge and products that are relevant to the racial and ethnic diversity of the population of people with disabilities. The DRRP must describe and justify, in its original application, the planned racial and ethnic distribution of people with disabilities who will participate in the proposed research activities.
- Work closely with the NIDILRR Project Officer to share relevant research progress and findings with Federal partners such as the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Access Board, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $495,000
Project Period
60-month project period with five 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.
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