Analyzing Relationships Between Disability, Rehabilitation, and Work

Objective

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Analyzing Relationships between Disability, Rehabilitation and Work (ARDRAW) Small Grant Program is a one-year $15,000 stipend program awarded to graduate-level students to conduct supervised independent research designed to foster new analysis of work, rehabilitation, and disability issues, which may develop innovative and fresh perspectives on disability. ARDRAW focuses on research relevant to SSA’s work incentives and employment supports – specifically rehabilitation, work, and the disability program.

Potential research areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to:

• Working conditions of SSA beneficiaries
• Work accommodations and needs of SSA beneficiaries
• Non-competitive employment for SSA beneficiaries
• Vocational and other types of service use by SSA beneficiaries
• Non-SSA assistance provided to SSA beneficiaries

Status

We are in the process of soliciting for a new program management organization. You may access the full funding opportunity information directly at https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/354675.

Applications are due on August 2, 2024. SSA will make awards by the end of Summer 2024.

SSA hosted an Information Session for potential ARDRAW applicants on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. For those who were unable to attend the Information Session, SSA is providing a transcript of the presentation, and a recording of the presentation as resources to learn more about ARDRAW.

Questions about ARDRAW may be sent to SSA.ARDRAW@ssa.gov. You may also review the Frequently Asked Question document that addresses questions submitted during the current application cycle.

Current and completed ARDRAW projects can be found at the following link: https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ardraw-projects.htm