Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research - NIDRR Grantmaking Processes and Products (Paperback)

The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is the principal federal agency supporting applied research, training, and development to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. NIDRR's mission is to generate new knowledge and promote its effective use in improving the ability of persons with disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community, as well as to expand society's capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations for its citizens with disabilities. NIDRR prides itself on being proactive in establishing program performance measures and developing accountability data systems to track the progress of its grantees. An electronic annual reporting system is used to collect data from grantees on many aspects of grant operation and outputs. Various formative and summative evaluation approaches have been used to assess the quality of the performance and results of the agency's research portfolio and its grantees. Prompted by the need to provide more data on its program results, in 2009 NIDRR requested that the National Research Council (NRC) conduct an external evaluation of some of the agency's key processes and assess the quality of outputs produced by NIDRR grantees (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 2009a). Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research presents the results of that evaluation. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Evaluation Scope and Methods 3 NIDRR's Priority-Setting Processes 4 NIDRR's Peer Review Process 5 Grant Management 6 Summative Evaluation Appendix A: Grant Summaries Appendix B: Rating Sheets/Questionnaires Appendix C: Acronyms Appendix D: Committee and Staff Biographical Sketches

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	2011
Authors:	National Research Council • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Board on Human-Systems Integration • Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees
Editors:	David H. Wegman • Mary Ellen O'Connell • Jeanne C. Rivard
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	358
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-22229-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	0-309-22229-X
Barcode:	9780309222297

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