Project Grant R42MH123368

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project led by Emory University to develop an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) teammate system for upskilling mental health workers. The $548,297 award aims to understand how AI can be effectively and ethically integrated into mental health work to address the shortage of skilled workers and improve access to research-supported treatment protocols. The...

This Project Grant award, provided under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), seeks to co-design an AI-based solution for collecting and analyzing behavior data to support coordinated care for children with autism spectrum disorder (CWA). The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the prime awardee, will partner with community stakeholders in a pilot study in San Antonio, TX to develop an AI-augmented platform for CWA...

Summary San Diego State University Research Foundation received a $213,381 K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. This award funds advanced training and career development for the principal investigator to establish an independent research program addressing mental health service disparities among youth from...

The National Science Foundation awarded $276,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to Oneseventeen Media PBC for its SBIR Phase I project titled "An Intelligent Mental Health Care Companion for Kids." The project aims to develop a mobile-accessed system leveraging machine learning and cognitive behavioral therapies to detect and triage symptoms of loneliness, anger, anxiety, and depression in children ages 10-18. The system will utilize chatbots...

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...

This $801,660 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation ("Georgia Tech") aims to develop an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) system called the "Trustworthy, Explainable, and Adaptive Monitoring Machine for AI Teams" (TEAMMAIT). This system is intended to help upskill the mental health workforce by providing individualized, real-time feedback to clinicians on their use...

Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $769,500 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded on March 15, 2026, with a completion date of March 14, 2029. This award supports the development and evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Autistic Youth (CBT-DAY), an autism-adapted clinical intervention designed to address the significantly elevated rates of depression and suicidal ideation...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems award provides $600,000 over 3 years (8/1/2023 - 7/31/2026) to Michigan State University to develop an assistive technology framework for improving social skills interventions for children with autism and other developmental disabilities in classroom settings. The key products to be developed include a wearable human interaction tracker (WHET) tag that can quantitatively measure and track interactions...

This $1.7 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of a novel AI-powered student support system to improve metacognitive calibration skills at the University of Illinois from August 2022 to July 2025. The project aims to research methods for enhancing students' ability to accurately estimate their own level of knowledge using short, personalized training exercises delivered through a decentralized AI framework....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to develop an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) system called the Trustworthy, Explainable, and Adaptive Monitoring Machine for AI Teams (TEAMMAIT). This system aims to help address the national shortage of mental health workers skilled in research-supported treatment protocols. The project will investigate...