Description
The Administration for Community Living's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is seeking applications for a grant to conduct research on resilience and positive mental health outcomes among people with spinal cord injury. The grant aims to generate new knowledge that can be used to improve mental health outcomes and reduce suicide risk among people with spinal cord injury. The grant will have a 36-month project period, with three 12-month budget periods. The applicant must conduct research activities in one or more of the following priority areas: development or testing of methods and practices for screening and detection of suicidal ideation and suicidal intent among people with spinal cord injury; development or testing of interventions, services, and supports to promote positive mental health outcomes, including reducing suicide and suicidal ideation, among people with spinal cord injury; and increased understanding of protective factors for mental health, and how to effectively incorporate those factors into interventions, services, and supports to promote positive mental health outcomes among people with spinal cord injury.
Some key points to consider include:
• The grant will have a total three-year period of performance of September 30, 2026 to September 29, 2029.
• The applicant must involve people with spinal cord injury in all research planning, research, and knowledge translation activities.
• The applicant must conduct knowledge translation activities to disseminate and promote stakeholders' use of the knowledge and products that result from the research activities.
• The grant has a funding range of $695,000 to $700,000 per budget period.
• The grant has an expected funding amount of $700,000.
• The grant has an expected award date of September 30, 2026.