Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge: Phase 1
Awards $25,000 to community non-profits proposing ways to cut health disparities for disabled people.
This challenge is run by NIH's National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at NICHD together with NIDILRR at the Administration for Community Living, and it funds community organizations directly rather than academic researchers. A panel scores every Phase 1 proposal against four weighted criteria: the organization's track record working with people with disabilities carries 25%, the clari…
Looks for U.S. community organizations with concrete plans to reduce health disparities experienced by people with disabilities, by improving, expanding or diversifying an existing program. Proposals must show how people with lived experience of disability will help shape and carry out the work.
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