UPDATE TO PILOT PROJECT APPLICATION DEADLINE Pilot applications will now be accepted only once per year.
Click to view PDF flyer	Application Deadline: March 15th Notification of Award: By May 15th Award: June 1st ***Please note that this deadline is strictly followed and no exceptions are made under any circumstances.***

Eligibility Criteria

1. Proposal must include a research question involving a large research, survey, or administrative dataset (patient records or databases from a single hospital will not qualify).
2. Research question must address an issue related to rehabilitation, recovery, or disability.
3. PI must have a research doctorate or relevant clinical degree (MD, DPT) with some evidence of research training and experience.
4. PI must agree to collaborate with a faculty collaborator and consulting biostatistician appointed by the CRRLD who will provide advice and assistance, and help to ensure the results are published and used to develop a grant for external funding.
5. PI must agree to adhere to all regulations regarding privacy and the ethical conduct of research involving datasets and secondary data analysis.

Application Process & Requirements

1. Applications are accepted two times a year - March 15 and August 15. Deadlines are strictly adhered to...no exceptions.
2. All components of the application must be completed to be considered for pilot funding.
3. Applicants should contact the program director and faculty collaborator prior to submitting an application.
4. All materials should be emailed to rehab.info@utmb.edu.
5. Materials will be reviewed by the Pilot Projects Committee and award notifications will be made by the dates listed above.
6. All funded projects will be required to submit a progress report at 6 months and at the end of the funding period.

Download the PDF Application

Current Projects

	Principal Investigator	Mentors	Title
1.	Denise Fyffe, PhD Research Scientist Spinal Cord Injury/Assessment & Outcomes Laboratory Kessler Foundation Research Center	Anne Deutsch, PhD, CRRN - RIC; Ken Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR - UTMB	Predictors of Functional Disparities among Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injury
2.	Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Sciences University of Texas Medical Branch	Ken Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR - UTMB	Frailty transitions and frailty-free life expectancy among older Mexican Americans - Gender differences
4.	Juli Wylegala, PhD, PT Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Science University of Buffalo	James Graham, PhD, DC - UTMB	Functional Independence and Healthcare Experiences Following Discharge from Inpatient Rehabilitation
5.	Allan Kozlowski, PhD, PT Post Doctoral Fellow Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	Anne Deutsch, PhD, CRRN - RIC, James Graham, PhD, DC - UTMB	Modeling Functional Outcomes from Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Databases with Individual Growth Models
6.	Mary Khetani, Sc.D., OTR Assistant Professor Department of Occupational Therapy Joint Appointment Human Development and Family Studies Colorado State University	James Graham, PhD, DC - UTMB	Predictors of Community Participation Among Young Children who have Received Part C Early Intervention Services and are Entering Kindergarten
7.	Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD Assistant Professor Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Ken Ottenbacher, PhD - UTMB	Cognitive Aging and Health among Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
8.	Sunny Kim, PhD Associate Professor University of California - Davis	Ken Ottenbacher, PhD - UTMB	Arthroplasty type and patient age for predicting probability of re-operation after arthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fractures
9.	Brad Dicianno, MD Associate Professor University of Pittsburg	Amol Karmarkar, PhD - UTMB; Ken Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR - UTMB	Mobility and Functional Outcomes from a National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
10.	Mark Peterson, PhD Research Assistant Professor University of Michigan	Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD - UTMB; Ken Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR - UTMB	Obesity Misclassification and Cardiometabolic Risk among Adults with Chronic Physical Disabilities
11.	Chia-Chang Wang Postdoctoral Fellow Northwestern University	Allen Heinemann, PhD - RIC; Neil Jordan, PhD - RIC	Biopsychosocial Model of Improved Chronic Illness and Healthcare Utilization

 

Previous Projects

	Principal Investigator	Mentors	Title
3.	Diane M. Collins, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh Co-Investigator: Sandra Winkler, PhD - Florida VA	Amol Karmarkar, PhD UTMB	Comparison of Rehabilitation Outcomes of Veterans and Medicare Beneficiates