Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Centers | HHS 2022 ACL NIDILRR DPTB 0039

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The Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) Centers grant opportunity is a discretionary research and development funding program administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), under CFDA 93.433. It supports the operation of Model System Centers that pair direct, comprehensive traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation services with a structured research enterprise. The central idea is that high-quality, multidisciplinary clinical services are not just a public benefit on their own, but also the necessary foundation for producing rigorous, real-world rehabilitation research that can be translated into evidence-based practice.

The purpose of the TBIMS Centers is to improve outcomes for people with TBI by advancing the science and delivery of rehabilitation. The program targets practical, patient-centered goals such as better health and functional recovery, stronger community living and participation, and improved employment outcomes. In other words, the Centers are expected to serve individuals with TBI across the rehabilitation continuum while also generating research findings that help the field understand what works, for whom, and under what circumstances.

A defining feature of the TBIMS program is its emphasis on knowledge generation through multiple pathways. Funded Centers conduct site-specific research projects (studies led locally at an individual Center), take part in collaborative projects (research coordinated across multiple Centers to answer larger or more generalizable questions), and contribute standardized information to the TBIMS national longitudinal database. That database component signals a long-term commitment to tracking outcomes over time and enabling large-scale analyses that are difficult to achieve in single-site studies. The expectation is that Centers will help build a shared evidence base that can inform clinical decision-making, service delivery models, and policy discussions related to TBI rehabilitation.

This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2022 ACL NIDILRR DPTB 0039) was posted on March 3, 2022, with an application deadline of May 2, 2022, and electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Awards are structured as five-year grants with a 60-month project period divided into five separate 12-month budget periods, which typically implies annual budgeting, reporting, and continuation requirements across the life of the project. The listed award ceiling is $490,000, and the agency anticipated making 16 awards, indicating a national network of funded Centers rather than a single large recipient.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations capable of operating sophisticated clinical-research programs. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those specific nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities as described in the opportunity’s additional eligibility language. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that advanced rehabilitation care and clinical research infrastructure can be housed in universities, hospitals, nonprofit research organizations, and other complex service systems.

Overall, the grant opportunity funds Centers that function as both service hubs and research engines for TBI rehabilitation. The program is designed to produce actionable, evidence-based improvements in rehabilitation approaches, while also strengthening a coordinated national dataset and collaborative research network that can accelerate progress in outcomes that matter most to people living with traumatic brain injury.

• 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: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Centers" 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 Mar 03, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 02, 2022 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 $490,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 16 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, 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, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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