ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing four 2022 Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program grantees cohort. The planned project period for these grants is June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2027, with an estimated funding amount of up to $200,000 per year for each grantee.
The ARRT grants are intended to increase the number of high-quality disability and rehabilitation researchers. Grants are made to institutions of higher education to provide research training to individuals with doctorates or similar advanced degrees. This new cadre of disability and rehabilitation researchers will improve the community living and participation, employment, and health and function outcomes for people with disabilities.
ARRT Grant Recipients:
- ARRT on Community Living and Participation: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. This project will provide training to post-doctoral fellows who will develop new skills to compete successfully for scientific career opportunities in research that advances understanding of community living and participation for individuals with disabilities.
- ARRT on Employment: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. This project will train advanced postdoctoral researchers to develop their capacity to improve the delivery and quality of vocational rehabilitation services and improve employment outcomes of people with disabilities.
- ARRT on Health and Function: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. The goal of this project is to provide advanced training to the next generation of researchers dedicated to improving health and function following brain injury.
- ARRT for Minority-Serving Institutions: Langston University, Langston, OK. The goal of this project is to improve capacity to develop and support disability and rehabilitation training pipeline infrastructure to facilitate the development of the talent and produce well-trained equity investigators of color, including those with disabilities, who can lead and participate in research and development aimed at improving the employment status of multiply marginalized individuals with disabilities.
View more details about these projects. Contact Anne Ordway at NIDILRR if you have questions about the ARRT Program.
To stay current on NIDILRR grant opportunities, please visit grants.gov and search: NIDILRR or 93.433.
NIDILRR, part of ACL, generates new knowledge and promotes its effective use so that people with disabilities can perform activities of their choice in the community. NIDILRR also works to expand society’s capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations for people with disabilities.