Project Grant 90DPTB0011

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $200,000 to Baylor Research Institute to implement an evidence-based educational resource for children with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) at Baylor Scott & White clinical sites. The key objectives are to: (1) partner with an advisory board to develop a post-MTBI educational resource for children and their parents, and (2) implement this resource...

This $437,786 federal grant project, awarded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433), is aimed at developing, testing, and disseminating an electronic self-management tool (SELF-TBI) for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The overarching goal is to empower TBI patients to engage in self-management activities to maintain their physical and mental health. The project will involve stakeholder input to guide the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), provides $559,820.00 to the University of South Carolina to conduct research on the biomechanics of the human brain during high-severity impacts. The goal is to improve the understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) by integrating complementary experimental techniques, including...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health (CFDA 93.286) federal grant program, awarded a $389,813 Project Grant (R21EB034428) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a project titled "Predicting Recovery After TBI: Development and Comparison of MR-Supplemented Models Using Non-Parametric and Machine Learning Multimodal Fusion." The project...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $2,888,616 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders) to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct analytical validation of 7 emerging biomarkers for monitoring the temporal evolution of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study will analyze existing blood samples from TBI studies across 80+ hospitals worldwide to assess how pre-analytical variables...

This five-year, $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) aims to train six postdoctoral psychologists in clinical rehabilitation research and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The overarching goal is to increase research capacity by growing the pool of qualified clinician-researchers working in TBI rehabilitation. To achieve this, the grant will provide the fellows with mentoring on independent research...

The U.S. Department of the Army Medical Command awarded a $714,986 Project Grant to President and Fellows of Harvard College, doing business as Harvard Medical School, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, with a performance period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026, is funding research on safe treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. As part of this project, Harvard Medical School has...

This $608,353 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a longitudinal study by Craig Hospital's Research Department on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "THRIVING AFTER TBI: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE-RELATED FACTORS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY," will be conducted over a 3-year...

This Project Grant award of $309,279 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to Florida State University. The funding supports a clinical trial to study traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health interventions for first responders. The award involves two key sub-awards. The University of Iowa, as a sub-grantee, will lead efforts to adapt the Ohio State University TBI identification method and the STAIR-NT...

The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGA Research Foundation) was awarded a $379,171 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The grant supports a 2-year research project to investigate cerebrovascular dysfunction and cerebral atrophy in severe traumatic brain injury (STBI). Specifically, the project aims to: 1)...