Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program RFA for 2016

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2016

http://ddp.policyresearchinc.org

The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program

awards $10,000 stipends for graduate-level research on improving disability determination processes.

The DDP Small Grant Program is a one-year stipend program that allows graduate students, both full and part-time, to conduct supervised independent research on improving the efficiency and reducing the complexity of disability determination processes. Policy Research, Inc, (PRI) is pleased to announce the sixth round of this federally-funded stipend program. This program is directed by PRI of Delmar, NY, and is funded through a grant (#IDD11000001) from the Social Security Administration.

We will be holding two informational conference calls titled “DDP Application Overview “on Thursday, January 28^th 2016 (ET) and Wednesday, February 3^rd 2016 (ET). All students interested in submitting an application to the DDP Small Grant Program are invited to attend. We will provide a brief introduction to the program, review the elements of a successful application and answer questions.

Please click here to register for the call on January 28^th:      http://bit.ly/1N8Drzk

Please click here to register for the call on February 3^rd:                 http://bit.ly/1HLpASO

For more information and to view the Request for Applications (RFA), please visit http://ddp.policyresearchinc.org.  Contact us at ddp@policyresearchinc.org with any questions.

Sincerely,

Margaret Lassiter, Program Coordinator

Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program

Policy Research, Inc.

Delmar, NY 12054

p: (518) 439-7415 ext. 5230

mlassiter@prainc.com

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