Research Grants

Investigator initiated grants--principal investigator

1.  Stability of Vocational Interests Two Years after Spinal Cord Injury: Relationship with Employment, Participation, and Subjective Well-Being  Field Initiated Research Grant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education; $444,209, October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2007.

2.  Risk for Early Mortality after Spinal Cord Injury. Field Initiated Research Grant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education; $449,944, October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2007.

3.  A Longitudinal Study of Risk for Hospitalizations, Pressure Ulcers, and Subsequent Injuries after Spinal Cord Injury. Field Initiated Research Grant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education; $449,990, December 1, 2005 to November 30, 2008.

4.  Risk for Adverse Outcomes after SCI: A Longitudinal Study. R01, National Institutes of Health; requested funding: $2,241,117; January 01, 2006 to December 31, 2011.

5.  Participation, Subjective Well Being, Health, and Spinal Cord Injury: A 35-Year Longitudinal Study. Field Initiated Research Grant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education; $449,887, December 1, 2006 to November 30, 2009.

6.   The Center on Health Outcomes Research and Capacity for Underserved Populations with SCI and TBI ( CHORCUP), National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, $1,765,667, October 15, 2008 to October 15, 2013.

Center Grant Projects (principal investigator/director) 

1.   Program for Movement, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Research (Director), Medical University of South Carolina, University funded center, $225,000, July, 2004 to June, 2007.

2.   South Carolina Center for Interdisciplinary Spinal Cord Injury Research (Principal Investigator/ Director), South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, $499,309, February 01, 2006-January 31, 2009.

Center Grants (principal investigator on projects)

1.   Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems center grant, Shepherd Center, Atlanta, Georgia. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education; $2,372,085 ($550,000 for PI projects), October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2011.

a)   Principal investigator, site specific research project entitled: Psychological Status during Inpatient Rehabilitation and One Year after Onset:  Stress, Coping, and Expectation-Hope for Recovery.

b)   Principal investigator, collaborative module entitled: Impact of SCI on Labor Market Participation.