The PSR portfolio focuses on the interrelation of psychological and social factors that impact the quality of life of people affected by spinal cord injury. The goal is to support research that informs and improves psychosocial health outcomes. Areas of interest include aging, caregiving, employment, health behaviors and fitness, independent living, self-management and technology access.
There are three funding categories in the PSR Portfolio:
PSR Postdoctoral Fellowships
Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage early-career mentored training to increase professional interest in the field and to encourage researchers from related health disciplines to undertake training in psychosocial research focused on spinal cord injury.
PSR Pilot Grants
Two-year Pilot Grants support psychosocial research projects that lay the groundwork to inform future studies, that test the feasibility of novel methods, and/or that collect new data that can enhance larger scale studies.
PSR Studies and Demonstration Projects
Three-year PSR Studies and Demonstration Projects encourage innovative and substantive studies that fill important gaps in the spinal cord injury field, that open new areas of psychosocial research, and/or that develop and evaluate interventions to address psychosocial issues after spinal cord injury.