# ACL Awards Disability Research Grants

On November 2, 2026, the Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), announced seven Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects grants totaling approximately $4.7 million in first-year funding. The projects address disability research, assistive technology, rehabilitation, employment, and knowledge translation, and are expected to run for three to five years, with individual projects receiving $500,000 to $850,000 annually. These are announced awards, not open solicitations.

- The awards show federal funding for multi-year research and rehabilitation work; organizations in these fields can use the projects’ focus areas to assess alignment with future NIDILRR opportunities.
- Prospective applicants should search Grants.gov for NIDILRR opportunities or Assistance Listing 93.433; the announced awards themselves are not available for new proposals.
- Awardees include research institutions and rehabilitation organizations, making the awards relevant to organizations pursuing research, assistive-technology, employment, and knowledge-translation work.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Healthcare
**Topics:** Grants & Funding
**Published:** November 03, 2026

### Government Entities
- Administration for Community Living (ACL)
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)

### Vendors
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation (awardee)
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation (awardee)
- Medical University of South Carolina (awardee)
- University of Wisconsin System (awardee)
- American Institutes for Research (awardee)

### Sources
- [ACL Awards Nearly $4.7 Million for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Grants | ACL Administration for Community Living](https://acl.gov/news-and-events/announcements/acl-awards-nearly-47-million-disability-and-rehabilitation-research) - ACL