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Foundation Awarded Grant to Produce SCI Educational Videos

Foundation Awarded Grant to Produce SCI Educational Videos

A grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation will enable researchers to develop a series of 3 educational videos on the prevention and management of medical complications in persons with spinal cord i

November 30, 2009

This grant for $97,500 from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation will enable researchers to develop a series…


Improving Quality of Life for Wounded Warriors and Their Families

Improving Quality of Life for Wounded Warriors and Their Families

A Signature Program Grant from Kessler Foundation funds the Army Wounded Warrior Career Demonstration Project, a national project of the National Organization on Disability.

November 12, 2009

Signature Program Grants support large initiatives that increase opportunities for…


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Recent MS Grant Brings Foundation Total to $4,600,000 for 2009

Helen Genova, PhD, John DeLuca, PhD, and Glenn Wylie, PhD, received a Multiple Sclerosis Grant Award to develop a method of measuring cognitive fatigue in individuals wit Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Thi

November 4, 2009

 Investigators Examine Cognitive Fatigue in Multiple…


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NIH Funds Study of Visuospatial Rehabilitation after Stroke

 More than $153,000 from the NIH/NICHD will further investigation of visuospatial deficits that are linked to poor rehabilitation outcomes, increased morbidity, and impairments in driving, shopping, sp

October 5, 2009 Visuospatial Rehabilitation after Right Hemisphere Stroke

Principal…


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Cultivating a Better Planet for People With Disabilities

Cultivating a Better Planet for People With Disabilities

 A Community Employment Grant supports Arthur & Friends Greenhouse Project, which is training young adults with physical disabilities to work in agribusiness. (


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Signature Employment Grant

Signature Employment Grant focuses on increasing employment for individuals with disabilities in New Jersey.

August 3, 2009
The Kessler Foundation's Signature Employment Grant Program is focused on increasing employment and career advancement for individuals with mobility and/or physical disabilities in New Jersey.


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NIDRR Grant Brings Total Amount for New Grants to >$2,500,000

July 23, 2009 - Improving New Learning and Memory in TBI: Applying fMRI to Measure Outcome

Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Laboratory receives 3-year NIDRR grant of $591,000 to investigate common cognitive deficits in traumatic brain injury.


CONNECTIONS Newsletter

CONNECTIONS Newsletter

Experimental Treatments for SCIand Its Consequences: Be AwareBefore You Decide

July 13, 2009 Kessler Foundation Research Center Awarded More Than Two Million Dollars in Grants

Kessler Foundation on Cutting Edge of Research for People with Disabilities


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Transition to Work

Kessler Foundation focuses on increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

August 3, 2009
By working a full- or part-time job, individuals gain the independence and self-sufficiency necessary for improving their quality of life. People with physical disabilities realize that they, too, can lead…