Program Office: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

CFDA Number: 84.133A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Contracts, Cooperative Agreements
Also Known As: DRRP

The purpose of the program is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. These projects are quite varied, though all are aimed at fulfilling NIDRR’s overarching goals of inclusion, integration, employment, and self-sufficiency for people with disabilities.

Projects may support research relating to the development of methods, procedures, and devices to assist in the provision of rehabilitation services, particularly to persons with severe disabilities. Among the projects supported by this program are the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS), the Traumatic Burn Injury Model Systems, Outreach to Minority Institutions, research on spinal cord injury, and Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization.

Note: This is one of several NIDRR grant programs. Congress provides an appropriation for NIDRR as a whole; see the main entry for NIDRR, CFDA # 84.133. The amounts listed here are a portion of the NIDRR appropriation. Also, some funding differences from year to year result from the timing of the grant awards and the need to shift funds within programs.