The Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), supports innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational, and other services designed to meet the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury. NIDILRR awards SCI Model System grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care; these institutions provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services from the point of injury through eventual re-entry into full community life. Grants are awarded in five-year cycles (the current cycle is 2011-2016).
Each SCI Model System contributes to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC), participates in independent and collaborative research, and provides information and resources to individuals with SCI; their families, caregivers, and friends; health care professionals; and the general public.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90SIMS0020). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
