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.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $875,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas as specified by NIDILRR. These activities are designed to benefit people with disabilities, family members or caregivers, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers and other research stakeholders. 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. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this opportunity in FY 2023.
People with disabilities who live in rural areas face structural, environmental, and sociodemographic challenges to satisfactory and healthy community living that are often greater than those experienced by their urban counterparts.
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. These stages and their definitions are provided in this section of the notice. The RRTC must also focus its research activities on topics that fall under at least one of the outcome domains identified in NIDILRR’s Long Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2023 (78 FR 20299): health and function, employment, or community living and participation.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $875,000
- Award Ceiling: $875,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $870,000
Length of Project Period
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Special district governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
- 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. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
