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HHS-2024-ACL-NIDILRR-DPHF-0088: Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Health and Function (Development)

Closed Closed April 8, 2024 Opportunity HHS-2024-ACL-NIDILRR-DPHF-0088

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC): National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities (HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0315). Status: Expected deadline March 26, 2027. It is in our archive of Administration for Community Living notices from 2024.

Administration for Community Living offered grants of up to $500,000 (at least $495,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make one award worth $500,000 in total. Applications closed on April 8, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed February 7, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedFebruary 7, 2024
DeadlineApril 8, 2024
Archived by Grants.govSeptember 30, 2024

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

All 13 applicant types the notice lists

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.

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What the grant funds

The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with disabilities who have the greatest support needs, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Under this particular DRRP priority, applicants must propose a development project that is aimed at improving the health and function of people with disabilities. In carrying out a development project under this program, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, or methods beneficial to the target population, including design and development of prototypes and processes. NIDILRR's three field-initiated DRRP awards in the health and function domain will be (1) research projects, (2) development projects, or (3) a combination of research and development projects, depending on the ranking of applications provided by the peer review panel. The grants will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Who has won ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (93.433) awarded $553 million across 563 grant awards, an average of $983,065 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoIllinois13$24.7 million
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania14$23.5 million
University of WashingtonWashington12$20.5 million
University of IllinoisIllinois15$18.7 million
University of Alabama at BirminghamAlabama13$16.7 million

Top states: Massachusetts ($58.6 million), Illinois ($58.5 million), Pennsylvania ($44.7 million), New York ($43.1 million), Texas ($31.9 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0315, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HHS-2024-ACL-NIDILRR-DPHF-0088 still open?

No. It closed on April 8, 2024. A newer notice is forecast: HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0315, expected deadline March 26, 2027.

Who can apply for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Health and Function (Development)?

Administration for Community Living accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Health and Function (Development)?

Closed April 8, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $500,000 each. About $500,000 in total for one award.

Who has won ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Washington. The program made 563 awards worth $553 million in that time.

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