The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living is currently accepting applications for Projects for Translating the Findings and Products of Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Development into Practice.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $200,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living establishes a priority for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) grants. These DRRP grants will serve as Projects for Translating the Findings and Products of Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Development into Practice. Under this priority, grantees must promote the use, adoption, or implementation of findings, interventions, or products from NIDILRR sponsored research or development projects. Grantees under this priority must also document and disseminate the knowledge translation methods that they used to facilitate the use, adoption, or implementation of findings, interventions, or products by intended users.
A critical part of the mission of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is promoting the effective use of new findings and products from NIDILRR-sponsored research and development activities to improve outcomes among people with disabilities (NIDILRR, 2019). NIDILRR has adopted the conceptual framework of knowledge translation (KT) to help guide its efforts to promote the effective use of knowledge and products from its sponsored activities. Knowledge translation in the NIDILRR context refers to a multidimensional, active process of ensuring that new knowledge and products gained via research and development are relevant to the users’ needs, reach intended users, are understood by these users, and are used to improve participation of individuals with disabilities in society.
NIDILRR has increasingly emphasized the importance of moving findings and products from NIDILRR-funded research and development projects into practice, policy, or other uses by placing knowledge translation requirements in all grant opportunity announcements and by funding a number of dedicated knowledge translation centers to provide technical assistance to grantees. NIDILRR is supplementing these broader efforts with opportunities for the targeted KT projects invited in this announcement. These targeted KT projects must promote the use, adoption, or implementation of findings, interventions, or products from NIDILRR-sponsored research or development grants.
Purpose
The purpose of the DRRPs is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, by generating new knowledge, or developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of health and function, community living, and employment outcomes among people with disabilities, especially people with disabilities who have the greatest support needs. Under this particular DRRP priority, grantees must engage in knowledge translation activities to promote the use or adoption of findings or products from NIDILRR-sponsored research or development projects. NIDILRR plans to make six grants under this opportunity in FY 2023. Each grant will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.
Priority
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living establishes a priority for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) grants. These DRRP grants will serve as Projects for Translating the Findings and Products of Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Development into Practice. Under this priority, grantees must promote the use, adoption, or implementation of findings, interventions, or products from NIDILRR-sponsored research or development projects. Grantees under this priority must also document and disseminate the knowledge translation methods that they used to facilitate the use, adoption, or implementation of findings, interventions, or products by intended users.
Each knowledge translation grant under this priority must be conducted in partnership with people with disabilities and other relevant stakeholders. People with disabilities and other relevant stakeholders must be actively engaged in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of all knowledge translation activities.
Grantees under this priority must contribute to the following outcomes:
- Use, adoption, or implementation of NIDILRR-sponsored findings, interventions, or products by intended users of such findings, interventions, or products;
- Changes in policy, practice, or systems that are intended to improve outcomes among people with disabilities, including people with disabilities from underserved communities highlighted in EO 13985, as a result of the use, adoption, or implementation of NIDILRR-sponsored findings, intervention, or products; and
- Increased understanding of knowledge translation activities that promote the use, adoption, or implementation of research-based findings, interventions, or products in disability, independent living, or rehabilitation contexts.
Grantees under this priority must contribute to these outcomes by-
- Identifying findings, interventions, or products from a NIDILRR-funded research or development project or projects that are ready for use, adoption, or implementation in real-world settings, as well as the specific context or setting in which they will be used, adopted, or implemented. Applicants must cite a specific NIDILRR grant number or numbers for the grant or grants that generated the findings, interventions, or products;
- Developing and then applying a knowledge translation plan to facilitate the use, adoption, or implementation of the findings or products identified under priority paragraph (a); and
- Identifying and applying measures to evaluate the success of the use, adoption, or implementation achieved under (b).
Applicants should consult the NIDILRR Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2023 when preparing its application. The Plan is organized around the following outcome domains: (1) community living and participation; (2) health and function; and (3) employment. Applicants for these DRRP projects must specify in their abstract and project narrative which of these outcome domains their proposed project will focus on. Although applicants may propose projects that address more than one domain, they should select the primary domain addressed in their proposed project.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000
- Award Ceiling: $200,000
- Award Floor: $195,000
- Length of Project Period: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligible Applicants
- County governments
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
