Cooperative Agreement AID386A1500008

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $31,206,381 Cooperative Agreement under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Family Health International (FHI 360) on September 26, 2024. The objective is to increase the adoption and sustained practice of priority health and development behaviors through the implementation of theory-informed, evidence-based, and locally-led social and behavior change (SBC) programming. Key activities under this...

This $1,991,282 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to increase awareness and utilization of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fruit and vegetable incentive programs among food-insecure families in South Carolina. The study will leverage pediatric clinics to identify SNAP-enrolled families with children aged 2-10...

This $1,044,896 Project Grant awarded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) aims to develop a comprehensive digital platform called "FBT 2.0" that will deliver family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for childhood obesity. The award will enable the 3-C Institute for Social Development, Inc. (3C Institute), a woman-owned small business, to create an "all-in-one" digital intervention with personalized, interactive...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $516,302 to Norfolk State University to establish a research framework for fostering digital capital and online safety among adolescents. The project aims to: Identify challenges and gaps for meaningful digital engagement among children Examine the relationship between children's digital capital, digital engagement, and perceptions of social solidarity Explore effective...

This Project Grant award of $586,604 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports the implementation and evaluation of the Breastfeeding Education Support Tool for Baby (BEST4BABY) intervention in India. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Conducting a cluster randomized controlled trial to test the effect of the BEST4BABY intervention...

This $238,884 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) supports research examining the use of digital health technologies in low-resource settings. The study investigates how digital health services affect treatment experiences, communication between patients and providers, and the perceived effectiveness of these technologies. The research involves in-depth interviews and behavioral observations with...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $433,722 to Emory University to develop a 6-month educational program focused on trauma-informed data science and digital health technologies to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) among pregnant and postpartum women. The key products and services to be delivered include: Training researchers in...

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, CFDA 10.310, supports the development and evaluation of a digital intervention focused on healthy cooking, parent feeding practices, and child involvement in home food preparation for low-income families. The $909,615.40 grant, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2027, will create a...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, aims to digitalize and validate a family-based behavioral intervention for addressing obesity among African American adolescents. The $599,146 award to Machine And Human Interaction LLC (Mahi Research Group) will be used to develop and evaluate a prototype of the "Digital Wellness Nurse - FIT...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Emory University a $1,764,975 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop and evaluate an evidence-based intervention for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV) among newly married couples in India. The "Ghya Bharaari Ekatra" (GBE) intervention, delivered over six weekly sessions by lay peer educators, aims to challenge...