Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center | HHS 2018 ACL NIDILRR DPGE 0278

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACL NIDILRR DPGE 0278

This funding opportunity is a discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It sits within NIDILRRs Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program, which supports research and related dissemination and utilization work aimed at improving rehabilitation outcomes and strengthening the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended). In practical terms, the broader DRRP program is focused on generating evidence, methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that help people with disabilities, especially those with the most significant disabilities, participate fully in society, maintain or obtain employment, live independently, access family and community supports, and achieve greater economic and social self-sufficiency.

This specific DRRP competition is centered on burn injury rehabilitation and the national infrastructure needed to support high-quality research in that area. The core purpose is to maintain the Burn Model Systems National Database and operate as a National Data and Statistical Center for the Burn Model Systems (BMS) program. That means the awardee is expected to keep the national database functioning, current, and usable, while also providing training, technical assistance, and ongoing support to the network of Burn Model Systems Centers that collect and submit data. The emphasis is not just on storing information, but on ensuring that participating centers can contribute consistent, accurate, and standardized data so the database remains reliable for national-level analyses and long-term outcome research. In effect, the project serves as the backbone for multi-center burn rehabilitation research by coordinating data quality, data submission processes, and statistical support across the BMS centers.

The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Title: "Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center" with Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2018-ACL-NIDILRR-DPGE-0278. It falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.433. The anticipated scope is relatively focused, with the expected number of awards listed as 1, meaning a single organization would be selected to run the national data and statistical center function for the program during the project period specified in the full announcement.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of domestic entities that can carry out research and technical assistance work at a national scale. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other Native American tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and other entities as allowed under the announcements additional eligibility language. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that national data centers and coordinated research infrastructure can be housed in universities, nonprofit research institutes, health systems, or other qualified organizations with the capacity to manage complex datasets and provide technical support to multiple external partners.

Key funding details include an award ceiling of $350,000. The posting indicates a creation date of February 7, 2018, and an original closing date of April 9, 2018, with electronic applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Overall, the grant is designed to sustain and strengthen the national burn rehabilitation evidence base by keeping the BMS National Database operational and by helping BMS Centers contribute high-quality data that can be used to evaluate outcomes, improve rehabilitation approaches, and support broader goals of community participation and independence for people living with burn injuries and related disabilities.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 07, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 09, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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