Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center | HHS 2026 ACL NIDILRR DPTB 0213

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2026 ACL NIDILRR DPTB 0213

The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center grant is a discretionary research and development funding opportunity from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It sits within NIDILRR's Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) program, which is designed to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. In practical terms, the program supports work that generates new knowledge and better methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that can strengthen independent living and employment outcomes for people with disabilities, with particular attention to individuals who have the greatest support needs.

This specific award focuses on advancing medical rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury by improving how the field gathers and uses long-term, longitudinal information about people living with TBI. The funded Center is expected to function as the national hub for the TBI Model Systems network by maintaining the national longitudinal database that aggregates data submitted by each of the TBI Model Systems Centers. The goal is not just to store information, but to increase the rigor, efficiency, and scientific value of the national effort to track experiences and outcomes over time, which is essential for identifying what services and interventions work best, for whom, and under what circumstances.

The Center's responsibilities go beyond database management. A core expectation is ensuring the collection of high-quality, reliable, and consistent data across participating Model Systems centers. To support that, the Center must actively monitor data quality, provide training and guidance on standardized data collection procedures, and offer methodological and statistical consultation to the Model Systems centers to strengthen research design and analysis. The opportunity also anticipates other collaborative tasks that help the network conduct rigorous, comparable, multi-site research, which typically includes coordination, technical assistance, and continuous improvement efforts that keep the dataset useful for answering high-priority rehabilitation research questions.

Funding is structured as a 60-month project period (five years), divided into five 12-month budget periods. The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $800,000 and expects to make one award, meaning a single applicant will be selected to operate this national-level data and statistical center for the full project term, contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance across budget periods.

Eligibility is broad across U.S.-based entities and includes state, county, city or township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories as specified); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible domestic entities. Faith-based and community organizations may apply as long as they meet the stated eligibility requirements. Foreign entities are not eligible to apply for or receive an award under this announcement.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2026 ACL NIDILRR DPTB 0213, CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 93.433, and an original application closing date of 2026-07-29. The overall theme of the opportunity is building and sustaining the national infrastructure that allows TBI rehabilitation research to be done consistently and credibly across multiple centers, so that the resulting evidence can more directly improve real-world outcomes for people living with traumatic brain injury.

• The Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center" 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 2026-06-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-07-29. (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 $800,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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.

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