Quality of Life Grant for Disability Support Programs

Quality of Life Grant for Disability Support Programs is sponsored by The Grant Portal (Aggregator, specific funder not listed in search results). This grant opportunity provides funding to support nonprofit organizations across the United States that serve individuals living with disabilities. It aims to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

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gov Maintenance Calendar HHS-2026-ACL-NIDILRR-IFST-0206 Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) - Development Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:HHS-2026-ACL-NIDILRR-IFST-0206 Funding Opportunity Title:Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) - Development Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Science and Technology and other Research and Development Expected Number of Awards:1 Assistance Listings:93.

433 -- ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Feb 10, 2026 Original Closing Date for Applications:Apr 13, 2026 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p. m. , ET, on the listed application due date.

Current Closing Date for Applications:Apr 13, 2026 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p. m. , ET, on the listed application due date.

Archive Date:Sep 30, 2026 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 250,000 Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education Additional Information on Eligibility:Parties eligible to apply for FIP - MSI grants are limited to minority entities and Indian Tribes as authorized by Section 21 (b)(2)(A) of the Rehabilitation Act.

A minority entity is defined as a Historically Black College or University (HCBU) (a part B institution, as defined in Section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended), a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an American Indian tribal college or university, or another IHE whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent.

NIDILRR is especially interested in applications from individual minority entities that have historically been underrepresented in the Federal research arena. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

## Additional Information Agency Name:Administration for Community Living Description:The purpose of the Field Initiated Projects (FIP) program is to generate new knowledge through research or to develop methods, products, procedures, or rehabilitation technologies -- to maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family/caregiver support, and economic and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities, especially people with disabilities who have the greatest support needs.

Another purpose of this grant opportunity is to improve the capacity of minority serving institutions (MSI) to conduct high-quality disability and rehabilitation research and development.

In carrying out a development project under a FIP development grant, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, methods, measures, techniques, tools, prototypes, processes, or intervention protocols that are beneficial to the target population of people with disabilities. Please note that this will be the funding opportunity for FIP-MSI Development proposals.

We will invite FIP-MSI Research proposals under a separate announcement. NIDILRR plans to make three FIP-MSI awards. NIDILRR's FIP-MSI grants will include a combination of research applications and development applications, depending on the combined ranking of individual research and development applications by the peer review panel.

Grants will have a 36- month project period, with three 12-month budget periods. Link to Additional Information:https://www. acl.

gov/grants/applying-grants Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: shelley. reeves@acl. hhs.

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