NYAPRS Note: The following comes from Policy Research Associates’ Deb Dennis. The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program is a one-year stipend program that will allow graduate-level students to conduct supervised independent research on improving the efficiency and reducing the complexity of disability determination processes.
Social Security Awards Research Stipends to Improve Disability Determination Process*
WHAT: The Social Security Administration aims to improve disability determination process through innovative research by graduate students focusing on topics such as the Compassionate Allowances program, Wounded Warriors initiative, homelessness and SSI, and disability enrollment issues.
DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2012
DURATION OF PROJECT: August 2012 – July 2013
HOW TO APPLY: Please go to http://ddp.policyresearchinc.org/ for more information about the grant program and for application instructions.
STIPEND AMOUNT: $10,000
CONTACT: DDP@PolicyResearchInc.org
*The program is directed by Policy Research, Inc. (PRI) of Delmar, NY, and is 100% funded through a $300,000 grant from the Social Security Administration (SSA) (#IDD11000001).