The Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc. received a $212,592 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on October 1, 2021 to provide services through September 30, 2023. The grant was awarded under the State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program (CFDA 93.873) to enable Protection and Advocacy systems in each state to assist individuals with traumatic brain injury. Services provided include information and referrals, advice,...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) within the Administration for Community Living awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant titled "2BEHEALTHY: HEALTH ENGAGEMENT AFTER TBI". This 3-year grant, effective from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, aims to improve long-term health outcomes for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The project involves two studies: 1) a randomized controlled trial evaluating a person-centered...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $229,052 Formula Grant to Disability Rights Ohio under the State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program (CFDA 93.873) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. This funding will enable Disability Rights Ohio to provide services including information, referrals, advice, and advocacy to individuals with traumatic brain injury in Ohio. The State Grants for Protection and...
This Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program provides funding of $569,851 to the University of Pittsburgh to evaluate the effectiveness of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) whole blood test in improving assessment and triage for patients with mild TBI presenting to civilian emergency departments. The 4-year project, running from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029, aims to develop and validate the TBI whole blood...
This $309,279 Project Grant award, funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports a research study on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health conducted by Florida State University. The primary objectives are to adapt the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method and the STAIR-NT intervention for first responders with TBI, analyze the data, and disseminate the study findings. Key sub-award activities...
This federal Project Grant award, titled "Stronger Support for Better Rehabilitation Outcomes: Resource Toolkit for Community Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group Leaders," is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433. The $500,000 award to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) aims to co-develop a comprehensive resource toolkit to support community-based traumatic brain...
This Project Grant award, valued at $2,699,157.00 and funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports research to evaluate the effectiveness of a traumatic brain injury whole blood test in improving assessment and triage for patients with mild traumatic brain injury presenting to civilian emergency departments. The project, awarded to the University of Pittsburgh, has a performance period from July 1, 2025 to June 30,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), CFDA 93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders, is supporting the preclinical evaluation of an oral small-molecule drug candidate, AST-004, for the treatment of moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI). The award of $1,499,886 to Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. will fund research to assess the efficacy and safety of the oral AST-004 formulation, which...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $100,000 Formula Grant to Disability Rights Iowa under the State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program (CFDA 93.873) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services program aims to support Protection and Advocacy systems established in each state to provide services to individuals with traumatic brain injury. Through this...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), within the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $249,707 Project Grant to the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, Texas to conduct a three-year longitudinal observational study examining the trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in individuals who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study aims to assess PTSD symptom prevalence and trajectory...