CDI Project NEXT

Project NEXT: Navigating Excellence in Transition

Currently Recruiting Participants!

What is Project NEXT?

Project NEXT is a NIDILRR-funded national efficacy research project designed to provide cognitive support technology and post-secondary support to undergraduate college students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Project NEXT is affiliated with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Research Rehabilitation and Training CENTER (RRTC) on Employment of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the VCU RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities.

Who is eligible?

Project NEXT is open to any post-secondary students (at any 2- or 4-year colleges/universities) in the United States who have either a documented TBI or ASD. 

Participants receive one year of academic and career support services. Potential compensation includes $75 in gift cards for educational supplies. Project NEXT focuses on utilizing Cognitive Support Technology (CST) and vocational rehabilitation services to provide students support in excelling in the classroom and transitioning from college to a career of their choice. Project NEXT is IRB approved!

For more information on Project NEXT please contact Clis Stauffer, Project Director, at cstauffe@kent.edu, or contact the Center for Disability Studies at (330) 672-0603. The Project NEXT referral form is available online here.

Check out the participant testimony on the EHHS Think Tank Blog!