Cooperative Agreement W81XWH0820194

This Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $2,218,222.00 to conduct a randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of brain games and transcranial electrical stimulation in improving cognitive and functional outcomes for active duty service members and veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. The key products/services to be delivered include a four-arm Phase 2 clinical trial...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $468,072 supports research at The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology to develop personalized virtual reality interfaces for motor rehabilitation. The goal is to optimize outcomes for individuals with spinal cord or brain injuries undergoing physical therapy. The researchers will examine how impairment levels affect performance, physiological responses, and perceptions during VR training that adapts task difficulty and augmented...

This $2.9 million Defense Health Agency project grant funds research on suicide prevention among military personnel and veterans. The grant supports a multi-site randomized clinical trial through September 2026 to evaluate the efficacy of Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide Prevention compared to treatment as usual. Researchers at Boston University and partner institutions University of Colorado Denver and University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio aim to reduce suicidal thoughts and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,999 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Rhode Island. The grant will fund research to design virtual reality (VR) technologies that enable adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to independently engage in post-trauma self-regulation. The project aims to: (1) understand how adults with I/DD use VR for self-regulation after trauma, (2)...

This federal Project Grant award of $2,398,281.00 from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program aims to increase access to evidence-based PTSD treatment for military service members and veterans through Behavioral Health Technician-delivered Written Exposure Therapy (WET). The primary awardee, Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (Pavir), will oversee the overall project objectives, which include providing WET training to...

This Project Grant award of $2,384,097, provided by the Defense Health Agency through the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program, is funding a hybrid experimental clinical trial to determine the optimal sequencing of interventions to maximize the effectiveness of PTSD treatment. The primary awardee, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will conduct this research with a planned completion date of August 2028. The project involves two...

This $737,899 federal Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program will fund the development and evaluation of a nontrauma intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans and service members suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will lead the research effort over a 3-year...

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant will fund the development of a virtual reality platform to deliver applied behavior analysis therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Vriends Corp will create software to simulate social skills therapy environments and enable certified therapists to provide remote treatment sessions aligned with applied behavior analysis principles. The envisioned virtual reality clinic aims to improve...

Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $567,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded September 8, 2025, with completion expected by September 7, 2028. The project, "Augmenting Cognitive Processing Therapy with a Peer-Led Support Intervention to Improve Well-Being," aims to enhance posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recovery by supplementing evidence-based...

The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the Western Institute For Veterans Research to support the POSITIONED (PRECISION, STANDARDIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS IN TBI CARE) program. This funding will support the Military Medical Research and Development program's goal of transforming health care for Service Members and the public through innovative medical research solutions for the battlefield. Specifically, the POSITIONED program will conduct research from...