Cooperative Agreement R43MH107063

This Project Grant award of $431,750 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to develop algorithms using advanced machine learning models that can predict outbursts in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award, which runs from July 2025 to June 2027, include: Collecting a novel dataset on the...

This Project Grant award of $208,888.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) supports research to develop computer vision techniques for identifying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) motor deficits in infants. The Washington University project aims to leverage deep learning and computational ethology to automatically extract and analyze kinematic data from video assessments of infant behavior, with the goal of creating objective, scalable...

This $778,398 National Institute of Mental Health project grant will fund research at the University of California, San Diego to test the accuracy of eye tracking as an early screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the general pediatric population. The research aims to screen approximately 8,000 toddlers ages 12-24 months attending well-baby checkups over the five-year period from May 2023 to March 2028. Researchers will use eye tracking technology to measure social attention...

This Project Grant award of $120,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) will support a collaborative research project between an early-stage investigator and a senior investigator. The goal is to conduct a longitudinal examination of how challenging and adaptive social behaviors develop from early childhood...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,059,242 project grant under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. The project aims to develop, evaluate, and implement effective interventions to improve the physical and behavioral health of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other...

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...

This Project Grant award for $156,500.00 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to optimize safety toolkits for elopement among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The project will use secondary data from a prior randomized clinical trial to develop subcategories of elopement behaviors and guide modifications to existing safety...

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...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a Project Grant of $1,059,474.00 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) to establish the Autism Research Consortium. The goal of the Consortium is to advance the evidence-base on implementation strategies that will facilitate the successful scale-up and translation...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project grant, under CFDA 47.041, is awarded for $200,000 to the University of the Pacific to develop a novel wearable sensing and analysis system for early detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children and toddlers. The research aims to leverage non-invasive wearable devices to collect physiological and environmental data, and then use machine learning to identify physiological biomarkers and early...