Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) - Research

The summary for the Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) - Research grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Administration for Community Living, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) - Research: The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
In carrying out a research activity under a FI Projects research grant, a grantee must identify one or more hypotheses or research questions and, based on the hypotheses or research questions identified, perform an intensive, systematic study directed toward producing (1) new scientific knowledge, or (2) better understanding of the subject, problem studied, or body of knowledge.
Federal Grant Title: Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) - Research
Federal Agency Name: Administration for Community Living
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2016-ACL-NIDILRR-IFST-0160
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 321122
CFDA Descriptions: ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Current Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Original Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Posted Date: Apr 15, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 15, 2016
Archive Date: Jul 14, 2016
Total Program Funding: $200,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Special district governments
County governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Independent school districts
State governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
Minority entities are the only applicants that are eligible to apply for this grant opportunity. NIDILRR’s FI Projects grant opportunity for minority serving institutions is intended to improve the capacity of minority entities to conduct high quality disability and rehabilitation research by limiting eligibility for this opportunity to minority entities and Indian tribes. Section 21(b)(2)(A) of the Act authorizes NIDILRR to make awards to minority entities and Indian tribes to carry out activities authorized under Title II of the Act. A minority entity is defined as a historically black college or university (a part B institution, as defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended), a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an American Indian tribal college or university, or another institution of higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
http://www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx
Grant Announcement Contact
Marlene Spencer [email protected]
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