Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Individual Mobility and Manipulation

Purpose of Program:
The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove

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environmental barriers.

RERCs also demonstrate and evaluate such technologies, facilitate service delivery system changes, stimulate the production and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the private sector, and provide training opportunities.

Field-Initiated RERC on Individual Mobility and Manipulation:
In the area of individual mobility and manipulation, NIDILRR seeks to fund research and development to enhance mobility, physical movement, and manipulation of the environment, and to accommodate limitations in manual dexterity among individuals with a variety of disabling conditions.

Rehabilitation engineering in this area should result in new or improved products, devices, or technological advances that allow individuals with disabilities to be more mobile, and to manipulate their environments more effectively.

Who's Eligible





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://www.acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities

Additional Information of Eligibility:
States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit organizations, IHEs; and Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers must be operated by, or in collaboration with one or more institutions of higher education, or one or more nonprofit organizations.

Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities

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Date Posted:
2018-01-18

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Archive Date:
2018-04-18


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