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Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,057,586 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of The City University of New York on September 19, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop and evaluate the Streamlined Treatment and Evidence-Based Adolescent Counseling and Medication Support (STREAMS) intervention. This five-year project, concluding May 31, 2030, will evaluate a combination mental health intervention tailored to...

Makerere University College of Health Sciences will provide tele-psychotherapy services for youth in Uganda using mobile phones, under a $264,974 project grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator. The award period is from August 12, 2021 through August 11, 2024. The tele-psychotherapy services aim to support youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by leveraging mobile technologies for remote service...

This $1.39M Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a hybrid effectiveness/implementation cluster randomized trial examining single session interventions (SSIs) and interpersonal therapy for adolescent depression in Mozambican primary care clinics. The project, awarded to Columbia University's Health Sciences Division on September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2030, will deliver...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $703,097 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242: Mental Health Research Grants) on August 28, 2025, to evaluate peer-delivered, integrated mental health and HIV support groups for managing common mental disorders among Mozambican youth living with HIV (YLWH). The project, which extends through June 30, 2030, addresses a critical treatment gap in Mozambique, where mental...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $110,000 project grant to Treatment Advocacy And Litera CY Campaign to implement the COMMUNITY LED MONITORING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF HIV CARE IN ZAMBIA THROUGH CLIENT FEEDBACK project from March 1, 2022 to December 30, 2022. Under this award, Treatment Advocacy And Litera CY Campaign will work to improve HIV care quality in Zambia by establishing a community-led monitoring program that gathers client feedback. The grant is part of the...

This Project Grant award of $665,225 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to improve access and adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda. The 5-year project, titled "SUUBI4PREP: Improving PrEP Access and Adherence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda", will combine peer support interventions with economic empowerment initiatives to address...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $431,712, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to improve HIV testing among children under five in rural Uganda. The primary goal is to engage with traditional healers to facilitate HIV counseling and testing via oral swab antigen tests for this vulnerable pediatric population. The award supports two key activities: 1) determining barriers and...

The federal Project Grant awarded to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, valued at $5,393,812, supports a longitudinal study investigating the impact of changes in social determinants of health (SDOH) on the mental health of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is funded through the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) administered by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study...

This $233,335 National Institute of Mental Health project grant supports the adaptation and optimization of the Friendship Bench mental health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South African HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery settings. The University of Washington will receive funding to support Dr. Jennifer Velloza's development as an independent researcher focused on improving mental health intervention delivery integrated with HIV prevention services for young...

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation received a $790,803 Project Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services. The grant supports the foundation's work to develop a method for gathering real-time data on factors influencing tuberculosis treatment adherence among men in South Africa. Specifically, the foundation will integrate modified ecological momentary assessments with medication event monitoring systems and assess the...