Funding-General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE); September 15, 2011

Agency

National Science Foundation

Description

The General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) program supports research that will lead to the development of new technologies, devices, or software for persons with disabilities. Research may be supported that is directed to the characterization, restoration, and/or substitution of human functional ability or cognition, or to the interaction of persons with disabilities and their environment. Areas of particular recent interest are disability-related research in neuroscience/neuroengineering and rehabilitation robotics. Emphasis is placed on significant advancement of fundamental engineering and scientific knowledge and not on incremental improvements. Proposals should advance discovery or innovation beyond the frontiers of current knowledge in disability-related research. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Program Director prior to submitting a proposal.Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects are also supported, especially those that provide prototype custom-designed; devices or software for persons with disabilities. The education of undergraduate engineering students is enhanced through Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects' awards supported by the GARDE program. Characteristics of undergraduate engineering design projects to aid persons with disabilities include:The primary goal of this activity is to provide a meaningful design experience for the engineering student that will directly aid a specific individual with a disability. Undergraduate student engineers or engineering technology students develop prototype & custom-designed; devices and software in this regard.The PI and the students work with institutions providing care or education for individuals with disabilities.

Announcement Number: PD-12-5342

Closing Date: Sep 15, 2011   

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501021

Contact Information

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