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Field-Initiated Projects (FIP) Program

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Administration for Community Living

TraditionalFederal grant

NIDILRR's investigator-initiated mechanism: the applicant chooses the research question rather than responding to an agency-set topic. Two categories, FIP Research and FIP Development, both smaller in scale than centre grants. Typical award is three years.

Indicative award
Amount not published (varies by call)The programme page publishes no dollar figure, describing FIP only as smaller in scale than NIDILRR's centre grants. Amounts appear in each notice.
Timing
Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.ACL advises monitoring Grants.gov between October and April each year, searching the keyword FIP.
Who can apply
Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior
Eligibility
Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other organizations or agencies. Individuals may not apply directly; the grant is held by the organization. Separate notices exist for minority-serving institutions.
SSWR clusters
Topics
investigator-initiated disability research · intervention development · community participation
Apply at
https://acl.gov/programs/research-and-development/field-initiated-projects-fip-program
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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