Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Injury Model System Centers | HHS 2022 ACL NIDILRR DPBU 0037

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The Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Injury Model System Centers funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS 2022 ACL NIDILRR DPBU 0037) is a discretionary research grant offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration for Community Living (ACL). It sits within the science, technology, and other research and development category (CFDA 93.433) and is designed to support specialized Burn Injury Model System (BMS) Centers that combine clinical service delivery with rigorous rehabilitation research.

At its core, the program funds centers that provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary services to people with burn injuries. These clinical and rehabilitation services are not treated as separate from the research mission; they are a prerequisite that enables high-quality, real-world research grounded in the needs and outcomes of burn survivors. The overall purpose is to expand the availability and use of evidence-based burn rehabilitation, with an emphasis on improving long-term outcomes that matter in everyday life. That includes better health and function, stronger community living and participation, and improved employment outcomes for people living with the effects of burn injury.

The Burn Injury Model System Centers are expected to generate new knowledge in multiple ways. They carry out site-specific research projects that reflect local expertise and patient populations, participate in collaborative projects that can combine strengths across centers, and contribute data to the Burn Model System national longitudinal database. The national database component is especially important because it supports long-term, multi-site tracking of outcomes over time, making it possible to study recovery, rehabilitation effectiveness, and participation trends across broader populations than any single center could observe alone.

This opportunity uses the grant funding instrument and anticipates making about four awards. The stated award ceiling is $470,000. The project period is 60 months (five years), structured into five separate 12-month budget periods, which typically means annual budgeting and reporting within a longer-term research and service framework. Applications were originally due May 2, 2022, with electronic submissions required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date, and the opportunity record was created March 3, 2022.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that could reasonably operate or partner in a burn rehabilitation research center. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories as specified); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other applicants as clarified in the opportunity’s additional eligibility information. Overall, the program is aimed at supporting established or capable entities that can integrate multidisciplinary burn care with sustained rehabilitation research and national data contribution over a five-year period.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Burn Injury Model System Centers" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 03, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 02, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $470,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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