Cooperative Agreement AID680A1400003

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded the University of Washington $2,498,883 on September 12, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct the AMANI (Accelerating Maternal and Newborn Survival) study, a cluster randomized trial testing implementation strategies for maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in Kenya. The study addresses persistently high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Cincinnati University's Sponsored Research Services Division $461,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award funds PREEMIE PROGRESS 3.0, a family management program designed to meet parents of very preterm infants' needs through comprehensive intervention teaching complex infant care, offering psychosocial support, and providing resources to...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $795,088 on June 15, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating doula support and healthcare navigation for mothers of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units. The study, titled Postpartum Care in the NICU (PELICAN), addresses maternal postpartum mortality risk among...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Cooperative For Assistance And Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE) to provide Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and Practice (DRRPP) activity support in Benin. The grant period runs from September 8, 2023 to December 24, 2024. Through this award, CARE will deliver technical assistance and capacity building services to support...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded $1.244 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on September 9, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct the INICIO-Guatemala Study, a randomized controlled trial testing combined nutritional and caregiver interventions on child neurodevelopment in Guatemala. The study will enroll 400 Guatemalan infants in a 2×2 factorial design to assess the...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded the University of Washington $125,344 on September 11, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to assess implementation strategies for a facility-specific human milk pasteurizer and donor human milk banking system in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ethiopia. The project evaluates sustainable, contextually appropriate approaches to establishing a human milk bank at Saint...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Northwestern University $468,777 on June 25, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct the Promoting Readiness for Perioperative Neonatal and Infant Enhanced Recovery Guideline Implementation (PROPEL) study. The award funds research to optimize the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Neonatal Guidelines for perioperative care of neonatal intestinal surgery and...

The National Institute of Nursing Research awarded New York University $2,341,029 on September 26, 2025, under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to develop a community-driven innovation agenda for preventing severe maternal morbidity and related serious complications of pregnancy and postpartum. The project conducts mixed-methods research using in-depth interviews and surveys with survivors of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), their partners, family members, and support persons to...

This federal Project Grant award of $709,872 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) aims to develop and pilot test a couple-based intervention to address perinatal depression and improve adherence to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a couple-based intervention using problem-solving therapy and content on couple...

The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center awarded Emory University $265,566 on April 1, 2026, under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to adapt and enhance group-based prenatal care to support healthy gestational weight gain for HIV-affected women in South Africa. The project, titled GROW, will adapt an evidence-based group prenatal care intervention (GPNC-NCD) developed by the research team to address suboptimal gestational weight gain in...