Grant Funded Projects

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Leadership Training Support

Dr. Justin A. Haegele is the co-director of the Multi-Institution Adapted Physical Activity Mentoring Consortium. He is the Co-PI on a grant through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (#H325H190001) that supports this nationwide training program (2019-2024).

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REACH Programming

Drs. Hill and Haegele manage fnding through the Lions Club International Foundation to conduct the study: Motivating Youth for Better Diabetes Management: Using the REACH Program (2021-2024).

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Camp Webber

Dr. Justin A. Haegele and the Center for Movement, Health & Disability received funding from the ME Webber Foundation to support Camp Webber, an educational sport camp for youth with visual impairments that takes place in Anchorage, AK each Summer.

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Project CAPER

Dr. Justin A. Haegele is the PI and Director of the Collaboratory of Adapted Physical Education Research, which is funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (H325D220005) that supports doctoral training in adapted physical education (2022-2027).

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Special Olympics Virginia

Drs. Zhu (PI) and Haegele (Co-PI) received funding from Special Olympics Virginia (SOVA) to help conduct SOVA fitness assessments and examine the impacts on Special Olympics athlete physical fitness and wellness over time.

Recently Completed Projects

Drs. Haegele (PI), Zhu (Co-PI), and Bennett (Co-PI) received funding through the NAKHE Hellison Interdisciplinary Research Grant to conduct their study: An interdisciplinary investigation into the movement of individuals with visual impairments: Perspectives from adapted physical activity & biomechanics (2020-2022).

Drs. Haegele (PI) & Zhu (Co-PI) received funding through the Spencer Foundation to conduct their study: Exploring the inclusiveness of integrated, general physical education among youth with visual impairments (2021-2022).

Drs. Bennett (PI) and Haegele (Co-PI) received funding through the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust, Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Interdisciplinary Research (#190414, 190738) to conduct their study: An innovative interdisciplinary examination of movement efficiency for youth with autism spectrum disorder (2019-2021).

Dr. Haegele (Co-PI), in collaboration with Dr. Cathy McKay (PI) from James Madison 91¶ÌÊÓƵ received funding through the 4-VA initiative to conduct their study Collaborative Research on Disability to Impact Societal Norms, Bias, and OpportunityÌý(2021-2022).