PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The general mission of the National Center for
Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is to foster development of
scientific knowledge needed to enhance the health, productivity,
independence and quality of life of people with physical disabilities.
To accomplish this goal, the center stimulates, coordinates and
supports research and research training. The focus is on
health-related improvement in human functioning: physical, cognitive,
behavioral, and social. Medical rehabilitation research concerns the
scientific acquisition of knowledge about potential or existing
interventions that have the goal of maximizing the health-related
functioning of people with conditions associated with disabilities. The
field encompasses research in broad ranges of disciplines in the
biological, social, behavioral, psychological, and allied health
sciences. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program: To expand
and improve the SBIR program; to increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and
development; to increase small business participation in Federal
research and development; and to foster and encourage participation of
socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and
women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation. Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program: To stimulate and foster
scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research
development carried out between small business concerns and research
institutions; to foster technology transfer between small business
concerns and research institutions; to increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and
development; and to foster and encourage participation of socially and
economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned
small business concerns in technological innovation.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Specialized Health Research and Training;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
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