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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Access to ICT

Award Number: 90REGE0024
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Access to ICT - The goal of this RERC is to directly impact the lives of people with disabilities by addressing key accessibility gaps that inhibit or prevent their use of existing and emerging information and communication technology. The University of Maryland Information Technology RERC will do this by working together with Raising the Floor, people with disabilities, advocacy groups, industry, and other stakeholders, using an integrated 5-year program of research, developing new technologies, improving standards, and disseminating knowledge and best practices. The outcome oriented objectives of the program include a) Exploring and developing strategies to 'individualize' generative AI systems to make them provide better results tailored to each individual with a disability (starting with AI systems for visual question answering for blind people); b) identifying and more deeply understanding the failures in technology use by people who are older and developing design strategies to allow more seniors to understand products "out of the box" -- especially those technologies that are critical to independent living and engagement; c) developing cross-disability access strategies that can work with new small-form-factor self-service terminals; d) replacing the proprietary and failing photosensitive epilepsy analysis hazard screening tool with an open-source version that can handle new video technologies.; e) creating and improving accessibility standards around public access, safety, and general ICT accessibility. The RERC's expected products include: knowledge, prototypes, proofs of concept, standards and guidelines, open-source mass-disseminable software, new assistive technologies, and user materials in addition to awareness and technical assistance to consumers and other stakeholders. The end outcome objective is people with disabilities who are able to use the technologies they need every day.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $925,000 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 LEE BUILDING	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	5/27/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$925,000
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 LEE BUILDING	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	5/27/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 LEE BUILDING	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	5/27/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $925,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $925,000 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 LEE BUILDING	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	7/15/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$925,000
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 LEE BUILDING	COLLEGE PARK	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	7/15/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 Lee Bldg 7809 Regents Dr	College Park	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	10/13/2023	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $925,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $925,000 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	3112 Lee Bldg 7809 Regents Dr	College Park	MD	20742	PRINCE GEORGES	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/30/2023	NEW	$925,000
														Subtotal = $925,000

Grand Total All Awards = $2,775,000

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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Access to ICT

Award Number: 90REGE0024

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2028

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