Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)
HRSA funds domestic public or nonprofit agencies, including institutions of higher education, to train health and related professionals to screen, diagnose, and provide services for children and youth with autism and developmental disabilities.
⚑ Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds training education, not research (capped); biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The purpose of the LEND program is to improve the quality of care for children and youth with autism/developmental disabilities (DD) by training health and related professionals to meet their needs across the lifespan. LEND programs train health and other professionals to screen, diagnose, and provide services for children and youth with autism/DD.
Eligibility
These types of domestic* organizations may apply:Public or nonprofit agencies, including institutions of higher education."Domestic" means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <mchblendnofo@hrsa.gov>
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
35/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a public health/health workforce training program focused on autism and developmental disabilities care, with little explicit research, survey, or policy-analysis component. IPPRA could potentially contribute to evaluation or communication work, but the core activity is professional training and service capacity building rather than research. Eligibility is broad and includes public institutions of higher education, so Oklahoma could apply.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 35 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a public health/health workforce training program focused on autism and developmental disabilities care, with little explicit research, survey, or policy-analysis component. IPPRA could potentially contribute to evaluation or communication work, but the core activity is professional training and service capacity building rather than research. Eligibility is broad and includes public institutions of higher education, so Oklahoma could apply. |
| 2026-07-06 | 45 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a public-health workforce/training opportunity focused on autism and developmental disabilities, with a service-delivery and care-quality angle that could support communication, family engagement, and program-evaluation work. However, it is predominantly a clinical training program rather than a research call, so IPPRA would be more of a peripheral or partnership contributor than a lead scientific home. Public and nonprofit institutions of higher education are eligible, so a public university can apply. |