Burn Injury Model System Centers
🏛 Administration for Community Living (HHS-ACL)
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Can you apply?
This grant is for organizations that conduct burn injury rehabilitation research. Eligible applicants are typically academic medical centers, research institutions, and hospitals with burn care capabilities. Applicants must be able to establish a burn center research site and recruit participants for the longitudinal database. The grant supports five-year projects generating evidence-based outcomes data in health, community living, and employment domains.
Organizations must have infrastructure to conduct site-specific and collaborative research. They must commit to contributing longitudinal follow-up data on burn injury survivors. This is a national program open to qualified institutions across the United States.
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Key dates
- Sep 25, 2026 Applications open
- Apr 8, 2027 Application deadline in 181 days
- Sep 1, 2027 Award announced
- Sep 1, 2027 Project start
Program description
The Burn Model Systems Centers conduct research that contributes to the development of and access to evidence-based burn rehabilitation. The Burn Model Systems Centers must generate new knowledge that can be used to improve outcomes of individuals with burn injury in one or more domains identified in NIDILRR’s Long Range Plan: health and function, community living and participation, and employment. Burn Model Systems Center grants must conduct site-specific research, collaborative research, and contribute data to the Burn Model Systems longitudinal database. Burn Model Systems Centers will be funded at varying amounts up to the maximum award amount based on the number of of database participants eligible for follow-up in the Burn Model Systems longitudinal database. The grants will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 or SF-424 (R&R)
- Project Narrative
- Budget and Budget Justification
- Organizational capability documentation
- Burn center affiliation letter
- Preliminary data from burn center (if available)
Program contact
- 👤 Radha Holavanahalli
- 📧 radha.holavanahalli@acl.hhs.gov
- 📞 (202) 795-7321
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 93.433 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$6,230,000
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$6,230,000
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$6,230,000
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$6,230,000
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$6,229,999
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$5,560,825
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$5,560,824
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Transcen Inc MD$5,560,823
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$5,557,344
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$5,407,677
Top States by Funding
- IL 15 awards $65.8M
- PA 9 awards $38.4M
- NY 7 awards $33.6M
- MA 6 awards $24.8M
- CA 4 awards $21.7M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.433). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $112,987,188 | |
| 2025 | $112,711,817 | |
| 2026 est. | $110,762,762 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Research institutions, academic medical centers, and hospitals with burn center capacity. Applicants must demonstrate ability to recruit and follow burn injury patients long-term.
What is the project timeline?
Grants fund 60-month projects with five 12-month budget periods. Awards are fixed for 5 years.
What research activities are supported?
Site-specific research, collaborative research studies, and mandatory longitudinal database contributions. Research must address health outcomes, community living, participation, or employment.
What is the funding range?
Awards typically range $560,000 to $640,000 per year, though amounts vary based on eligible database participants. Total funding pool is $3,000,000.
When is the deadline?
The next deadline is April 8, 2027. This is a fixed deadline, not rolling submission.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Start planning 6-9 months before the deadline to build research partnerships and secure institutional commitments.
- Identify a burn center with existing patient populations. Access to eligible participants is critical.
- Describe your site's burn care volume and capacity to recruit and retain long-term follow-up participants.
- Design research questions that align with NIDILRR's priorities: health/function, community living, or employment outcomes.
- Plan to contribute quality data to the national longitudinal database from year one of your project.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Unclear burn center partnerships or insufficient patient recruitment capacity. Weak alignment between proposed research and NIDILRR's Long Range Plan domains. Inadequate infrastructure for longitudinal follow-up data collection and database reporting.
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