# RR&D Research Career Scientist Award Application

> **NIH VA IK6** · VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · 2020 · —

## Abstract

Dr. Bell is requesting renewal of his SRCS for an additional 5 years at which point Dr. Bell will have 47
years of VA service. During these 5 years he plans to continue to vigorously pursue his research, education,
administrative and service mission.
 Dr. Bell has been involved in VA rehabilitation research for four decades. During that time he has
helped shape the field of vocational rehabilitation and cognitive remediation, and many of his innovations have
been adopted into clinical practice and have inspired new research by investigators nationally and
internationally. His research has focused on 1) vocational rehabilitation, 2) neurocognitive and social
cognitive deficits and their relationships to functional impairments, 3) development of assessment
instruments, 4) cognitive remediation, and 5) substance abuse rehabilitation. He has a consistent record of
successful research with funding from VA RR&D, NIMH, NIDA, DoD and NSF. Currently, he is principal
investigator of a new VA RR&D MERIT grant, a new NSF grant, a NIMH research training grant, and a current
DoD grant. Dr. Bell plans to continue to work on these currently funded grants during the period of this
proposed renewal of his SRCS. He hopes that findings from his currently funded projects will serve as the
foundation for future grant submissions.
 Dr. Bell also plans to continue his scientific contributions in terms of publications and presentations.
During his current SRCS funding, he has published 44 peer reviewed articles, 5 book chapters, 1 new testing
instrument (Social Attribution Test-Multiple Choice) and has given more than 40 scientific presentations. Two
of Dr. Bell's contributions to assessment are used nationally and internationally in psychiatric clinical trials and
are regarded as the “gold standard” for measuring work performance and for measuring social cognition. One
indication of his status as a leader in psychiatric rehabilitation is that he was recently selected by the World
Health Organization to be one of three USA psychiatric rehabilitation experts for their 24-member international
panel for the development of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF-11) and
was then selected to be one of 4 team leaders on the project.
 Dr. Bell is an accomplished educator and mentor in his field with more than 48 mentees during his
career, many of whom have gone on to independent research careers. Fourteen are currently working for the
VA. In 2001, Dr. Bell was awarded a prestigious training grant (NIMH T32) to provide training to clinicians to do
research in functional disability interventions. This award has been twice competitively renewed because of its
significant impact on bringing young and promising investigators into the field of rehabilitation. He plans to
continue these activities during the next period of his SRCS.
 Dr. Bell has provided significant administrative service to the VA by assuming the considerable
responsibilities of b...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9757614
- **Project number:** 5IK6RX002458-03
- **Recipient organization:** VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- **Principal Investigator:** MORRIS D. BELL
- **Activity code:** IK6 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** VA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** —
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-10-01 → 2024-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9757614

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9757614, RR&D Research Career Scientist Award Application (5IK6RX002458-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9757614. Licensed CC0.

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