Block Grant R43NR011129

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Project Grant award for $291,703 will contribute to the development of a comprehensive modeling and solution framework for generating annual rotation schedules for family medicine residents under the Clinic First model of training. The goal is to enhance residents' outpatient clinic experiences, better prepare them for primary care careers, and help address the nationwide shortage of primary care...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $345,421 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop specialized methods for designing annual rotation schedules that support the "Clinic First" educational model in family medicine residency programs. The key objectives are to create a decision-support framework that optimizes residents' clinic experiences and patient continuity, with the goal of better preparing...

This $275,997 National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation Project Grant supports the development of a nursing workforce optimization algorithm and software by 1442 S. Fallon Street, LLC of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Under the SBIR PHASE I award issued on May 15, 2021 and set to be completed by April 30, 2022, the vendor will create an algorithm and matching software tool to optimize nursing staff scheduling, assignments, and resource allocation within the Engineering...

The University of Rochester received a $227,839 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences to conduct collaborative research on disruption and resilience in healthcare routines following adverse events. Funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), this three-year project aims to contribute basic research on how healthcare workers and organizations respond to unexpected incidents and maintain routines....

This three-year, $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of novel methods to enable standards- and disclosure-based regulation of algorithmic work management software. The University of California, San Diego will work to make such software accountable to existing labor laws and address gaps in regulations to better protect workers. Specifically, the university will pursue three thrusts:...

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $186,728 Project Grant to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority under the National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225). This grant will fund the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel intervention to refer people experiencing homelessness from the emergency department to a physician-led street medicine program at the time of discharge. The goal is to improve health outcomes and...

This $330,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Purdue University from November 2022 through July 2025 to develop analytics and a prototype system for adaptive, human-centric coordination of demand-side flexibility at scale in electric power distribution networks. The goal is to enable actionable demand-side flexibility through adequate representation of consumer constraints and interactions with the energy system and provider. Researchers will develop learning...

This $272,964 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.225 - National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training), supports a mixed-methods research study to identify performance shaping features that impact nursing workload in intermediate care units. The grantee, The Johns Hopkins University, will conduct qualitative assessments using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework to identify...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded $1,099,000 under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to Michigan State University/Henry Ford Health+ on June 1, 2026, for a project titled "Precision Circadian Medicine for Shift Workers in the Digital Era." The project, which extends through March 31, 2033, will develop and scale precision circadian medicine solutions for the approximately 20% of the workforce engaged in...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $186,606 to Duke University to support research developing new algorithms and modeling techniques for optimal adaptive enrichment design in randomized clinical trials. The goal is to address increasing costs that negatively impact public health by reducing willingness to undertake clinical trials and delaying new drug...