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Grant Opportunity: NIDRR Switzer Fellowships

NIDRR just released its notice inviting applications for new awards for the 2011 Switzer Fellowships. These one-year fellowships are granted to individual researchers who have or are pursing PhD or similar degrees. Here’s the notice: Office of Special Education and … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: Field Initiated Projects 2011

Update November 2011: The 2011 NIDRR FIPs (and all of the other new projects) have officially been awarded. You can meet the new grantees on our website. A request for proposals was published in the December 4th edition of the … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunities: Two Rehab Engineering Research Centers and One Research and Training Center

While we were at the Special Libraries Association, our grants.gov alert popped up with these new funding opportunities. All three grant packages are now available to download. All three are due August 10th. Reducing Obesity and Obesity-Related Health Conditions Among … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employer Practices Related to Employment Outcomes Among Individuals With Disabilities

Grants.gov alerted us to a new opportunity for institutions conducting research in employment of people with disabilities. This rehabilitation research and training center will focus on successful employment of people with disabilities from the employer perspective. Applications are due July … Continue reading

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NARIC’s Answer Queue: Where can I get a grant?

This year marks our 33rd anniversary providing information services to the disability and rehabilitation community. In three decades, we’ve seen a handful of questions come up again and again. As a new occasional feature of the Spotlight, we’ll highlight these … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: RRTC on Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Individuals With Arthritis

Grants.gov alerted us to a new posting for a grant opportunity. This Rehabilitation Research and Training Center will focus on enhancing the health and wellness of individuals with arthritis. RRTCs are generally funded for five years. Most RRTCs are operated … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Grants

Grants.gov’s notifier alerted us to the call for applications for NIDRR’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants. New ideas and products useful to people with disabilities and the rehabilitation field are encouraged through these SBIR grants. This three-phase program takes … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training programs

Sitting in our inbox this morning was an alert from Grants.gov about NIDRR’s 2010 Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training grants. These are grants to universities and university-affiliated medical centers that educate and train future rehabilitation researchers and professionals: ARRT projects must … Continue reading

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Stay Alert: Signing up for Grants.gov alerts

We here at NARIC have a handy tool we use to keep up with announcments for NIDRR funding. We use the email alert service from grants.gov! We wish we could say it was an easy tool to use, but it … Continue reading

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Grant Opportunity: NIDRR Switzer Fellowships 2010

Our Grants.gov alert emailed us this morning to announce that the 2010 Switzer Fellowship Grants are open for applications. The Switzer Fellowships are one year grants given to an individual researcher to complete a research project. Grants are made at … Continue reading

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