ACL/NIDILRR is seeking presenters for its third year of stakeholder match-making sessions to help stakeholders with similar interests find partners for collaboration.
Purpose and Overview
The Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is sponsoring its third year of virtual match-making sessions for ACL/NIDILRR stakeholders to connect with each other to share information, discuss common research interests, and find partners for research collaboration.
From February – March 2026, NIDILRR stakeholders will sign up for sessions based on similar research interests and will be provided with a virtual Zoom room to meet and talk. Each session will consist of one or more presenters and participants. Based on the discussion, stakeholders may capture information about each other and connect individually with each other to partner with after the session.
ACL/NIDILRR is currently seeking presenters for these sessions. Presenters are stakeholders who are seeking partnership and collaboration for research purpose or stakeholders with a research question or topic to pitch to researchers. During each session, presenters are asked to briefly share information about their organization and their research interest and pose questions to matched stakeholders. Presenters will be responsible for “moderating” the sessions and leading the discussion.
Please note, ACL/NIDILRR is sponsoring the sessions but will not be participating in the sessions in order to maintain integrity in future grant processes such as peer review and is not endorsing any content discussed.
How to Sign Up as Presenter
If you are interested in joining a stakeholder match-making session as a presenter, please complete the brief survey using the link below by February 11, 2026.
I want to join as presenter: 2026 NIDILRR Stakeholder Match-Making Sessions: Presenters Survey
How to Sign Up as a Participant
After presenters are identified, another announcement is posted for participants to sign up for sessions based on their research interests.
Disability-Related Accommodations
An opportunity to request disability-related accommodations will be provided on the survey. If you have difficulties completing the survey or have any questions about this information, please email kthomas@neweditions.net.
- What: ACL/NIDILRR is sponsoring virtual match-making sessions for ACL/NIDILRR stakeholders with similar interests. ACL/NIDILRR will not be participating in the sessions to maintain integrity in future grant processes and is not endorsing any content discussed.
- When: Stakeholder match-making sessions will be held in February 2026 – March 2026.
- Who: ACL/NIDILRR stakeholders (researchers, disability and advocacy organizations, providers, etc.).
- How: Those interested in participant should sign up at the link above. By registering, stakeholders give their permission to share their contact information with other registrants. Sessions will be held via Zoom rooms managed and hosted by a contractor (New Editions Consulting). The contractor will not be taking notes. Sessions will be recorded for administrative purposes only and not distributed.
- Questions: Please email Kate Thomas at kthomas@neweditions.net.