Project Grant R44CA232905

The federal Project Grant award R34AT012767, provided by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will fund feasibility and acceptability testing of an integrated intervention combining digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (dCBT-I) and passive body heating (PBH) for the treatment of insomnia disorder. The $737,480 award will support two studies: (1) an iterative...

Grant Award Summary The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University a five-year project grant of $1,336,356 beginning September 1, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). This multisite telehealth randomized controlled trial will develop and evaluate a structured, parent-mediated behavioral intervention for...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant of $1,522,605 to Stony Brook University, with performance initiated May 1, 2025 and completion targeted for March 31, 2030, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). This mechanistic clinical trial investigates the role of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) in the antidepressant mechanism of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). The research...

The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health awarded New York University $785,637 under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) from June 2021 through May 2025. This Cooperative Agreement will support the development and pilot testing of telephone-delivered and video-based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) protocols for patients with migraine headaches and depressive symptoms. Specifically, the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $627,646 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded February 15, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2031. The grant funds a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of REPAIR SLEEP, a five-week cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) intervention delivered via videoconferencing to dyads of persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded the University of Pittsburgh a 3-year, $350,000 Project Grant to develop an innovative closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system for use in exposure therapy for socially fearful teenagers with depression and anxiety. The proposed technology synchronizes electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring with augmented reality (AR) simulations of social fear scenarios, enabling real-time detection of fearful responses and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded the University of Virginia a $1.63 million Project Grant on May 15, 2025, under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) to develop and evaluate an adaptive intervention designed to improve pain outcomes in patients with comorbid chronic low back pain and insomnia. The project, which extends through April 30, 2030, will investigate whether adding...

Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $116,247 Project Grant to The University of Southern Mississippi on October 5, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to support a mixed-methods investigation into the determinants of introspective accuracy (IA) and confidence in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSDs). The research will deliver comprehensive empirical findings examining the relationships between objective...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,851 awarded on September 15, 2022 will support the development of a neuromodulation device to promote healthy sleep cycles through the completion of prototype engineering. The awardee, Neurolight Inc. of Suffern, New York, will utilize controlled light and sound stimuli delivered via an externally worn system to transpose normal brain wave patterns associated with desired sleep states into recipients suffering from sleep disorders. This aims...

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...