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).
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).
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.
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).
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:聽An interdisciplinary investigation into the movement of individuals with visual impairments: Perspectives from adapted physical activity & biomechanics聽(2020-2022).
Drs. Haegele (PI) & Zhu (Co-PI) received funding through the Spencer Foundation to conduct their study:聽Exploring the inclusiveness of integrated, general physical education among youth with visual impairments聽(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:聽An innovative interdisciplinary examination of movement efficiency for youth with autism spectrum disorder聽(2019-2021).
Dr. Haegele (Co-PI), in collaboration with Dr. Cathy McKay (PI) from James Madison University received funding through the 4-VA initiative to conduct their study聽Collaborative Research on Disability to Impact Societal Norms, Bias, and Opportunity听(2021-2022).