Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function Among People with Serious Mental Health Conditions | HHS 2025 ACL NIDILRR RTHF 0123

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The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function Among People with Serious Mental Health Conditions is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It is designed to strengthen the quality and impact of programs and services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by supporting a coordinated set of research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities. In practical terms, the funded center is expected to generate useful evidence, translate that evidence into real-world guidance and tools, help service systems apply what is learned, and broadly share findings so they influence policy and practice beyond the immediate project.

This particular RRTC is focused on improving health and functional outcomes for people with serious mental health conditions. The project is meant to go beyond producing research alone by pairing research with training and technical support that can help providers, communities, and systems adopt effective approaches. The overall goal is to contribute to positive, measurable improvements in health and day-to-day functioning for the target population, while also building field capacity through dissemination and workforce or stakeholder learning activities that make the results usable.

NIDILRR intends to fund only one award under this announcement, making it a single-center competition. The project period is 60 months total, structured as five separate 12-month budget periods. This setup typically means the awardee plans for a five-year body of work with annual budgeting and reporting cycles, allowing the funder to monitor progress and performance across each year while maintaining a long enough timeline for rigorous research and sustained training and technical assistance.

The maximum funding amount listed is an award ceiling of $925,000, and the announcement anticipates one total award. The opportunity is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development and is offered as a grant (rather than a contract or cooperative agreement, based on the instrument type provided). The CFDA/Assistance Listing number associated with the program is 93.433. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2025-ACL-NIDILRR-RTHF-0123, which is the key identifier applicants would use when locating the full notice and submitting materials.

Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of domestic applicants across government, education, nonprofit, and private sectors. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education as well as private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education, where applicable); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) and small businesses; and other eligible entities as defined in the announcement. Faith-based and community organizations are also eligible as long as they meet the standard eligibility requirements. Foreign entities are explicitly not eligible to apply for or receive awards under this notice, which means applicants must be domestically based and structured to meet the federal eligibility criteria.

Key dates provided include a creation date of January 10, 2025, and an original closing date of March 10, 2025. With a single anticipated award, a defined five-year period of performance, and a focused topic area, the notice is essentially seeking one strong applicant (or consortium led by an eligible applicant) to serve as the national RRTC in this area, producing credible research and delivering training, technical assistance, and dissemination that can improve health and functional outcomes for people living with serious mental health conditions.

• The Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function Among People with Serious Mental Health Conditions" 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 2025-01-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-10. (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 $925,000.00 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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