Encompass Health Therapy Grant

Encompass Health Therapy Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Encompass Health Corporation
Amount: Up to US $50,000
Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Summary

The Encompass Health Therapy Grant offers up to $50,000 for research on the effectiveness of therapies in inpatient rehabilitation facilities. This funding aims to enhance understanding of neurological impairments and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practices. Eligible projects must be conducted in the U.S. or Puerto Rico, require a defined research protocol, and adhere to ethical standards. The grant prioritizes studies on therapy impact, implementation science, and caregiver education, contributing to the advancement of rehabilitation care.

Overview

Purpose for the Grant Encompass Health is offering research funding grant(s) totaling up to $50,000 aimed at the investigation of the impact or effectiveness of therapies in the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) post-acute care setting, knowledge translation or implementation science. Background and Rationale The United States healthcare community has become a science-driven and evidence-based environment, dependent on research and evidence that supports and defends the assessments and interventions used to inform practice and care guidelines. Post-acute care providers play a critical role in in this community with their focus on returning individuals to an independent and productive quality of life after an acute medical episode. Encompass Health is one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute healthcare services, committed to providing the highest quality of patient care using today’s most advanced therapeutic assessments, interventions and technologies. Encompass Health consistently outperforms its peers with a unique intensive approach to rehabilitation, delivering better outcomes by providing a higher level of care. Objectives and Expected Outcomes The overall objective of this grant is to support research efforts that investigate the impact and/or effectiveness of therapies on neurological impairments within the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF). This grant award may also support studies that investigate implementation science or knowledge translation that studies implementing evidence into practice. Through this grant award Encompass Health is promoting efforts to expand the available research by exploring the impact and assisting in filling the gap of available research for therapy in IRFs and the home health settings. Priority Topics and Identified Gaps That May Qualify for Funding This list of potential topics offers interested applicants studies that may be considered the highest priority for the grant funding award: Impact and/or effectiveness of therapies on neurological impairments Efficacy of physical, occupational, or speech therapy assessments or interventions Impact of modes or intensity of therapies on patient outcomes and experience Impact of therapy assessments or interventions on outcomes or experience Prevention or control of rehabilitation-related conditions Patient and caregiver education programming impact or outcomes Implementation science and knowledge translation research aimed at the study of methods to implement research findings for neurological impairments

Eligibility

We've imported the main document for this grant to give you an overview. You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Research proposed must be conducted in the United States or Puerto Rico.Principal investigators must be based in the United States or Puerto Rico.A well-defined research protocol is required.IRB approval is required through entities as defined by the research protocol.Human subject policies and informed consents obtained from patients must be develop in accordance with CITI requirements.Research is expected to be completed in no more than 12 months after awarding the grant

Ineligibility

Encompass Health will not consider organizations that discriminate by race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.