The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program awards $10,000 stipends for graduate-level research on improving disability determination processes.

The DDP Small Grant Program is a one-year stipend program that allows graduate students to conduct supervised independent research on improving the efficiency and reducing the complexity of disability determination processes. Policy Research, Inc (PRI) is pleased to announce the fourth round of this federally-funded stipend program. This program is directed by PRI of Delmar, NY, and is funded through a grant (#IDD11000001) from the Social Security Administration.

The deadline to apply is March 2, 2015. For more information and to apply, please visit http://ddp.policyresearchinc.org.  Contact us at [email protected] with any questions.


There will be an informational conference call titled “DDP Application Overview” on Thursday, January 22, 2014 at 3 pm (ET). All students interested in submitting an application to the DDP Small Grant Program are invited to attend. We will provide a brief introduction to the program, review the elements of a successful application and answer questions. Please click here to register.