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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Program

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

TraditionalFederal grant

Five-year centre awards for research and development on technologies and environments that remove barriers for people with disabilities. Grantees must also deliver technical assistance to service providers and to disabled consumers, which supports applied and participatory work.

Indicative award
Amount not published (varies by call)The programme page publishes no award ceiling. Funding levels appear in each RERC notice of funding opportunity.
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 checking for RERC opportunities roughly between October and April each year on Grants.gov. Awards typically span five years.
Who can apply
Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior, Community organisation
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are states, public or private agencies, institutions of higher education, and Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations. Each RERC notice fixes the technology or access topic.
SSWR clusters
Topics
assistive technology · accessibility and universal design · physical access and transportation · technical assistance
Apply at
https://acl.gov/programs/research-and-development/rehabilitation-engineering-research
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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