Project Grant 2016JUFX0004

This Project Grant award 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), will fund a $606,150 evaluation of the effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in Lima, Peru. The project aims to: 1) Evaluate the primary and indirect effects of CETA on women's mental health, intimate partner violence, parenting, economic outcomes, and their...

This $233,335 National Institute of Mental Health project grant supports the adaptation and optimization of the Friendship Bench mental health intervention for adolescent girls and young women in South African HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery settings. The University of Washington will receive funding to support Dr. Jennifer Velloza's development as an independent researcher focused on improving mental health intervention delivery integrated with HIV prevention services for young...

This federal Project Grant award of $691,620.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support the development of an online decision support approach leveraging social media to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and demand among women in the Southeastern United States. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Developing a replicable social media targeting...

This Project Grant award of $479,706 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026), aims to develop and evaluate a culturally tailored, trauma-informed yoga (CT-TIY) program for women of color who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). The University of Akron, the awardee, will employ a researcher-practitioner partnership with a culturally specific community agency and an IPV victim...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) provides $349,640 to the University of Illinois to conduct innovative research on how a student's location and school resources affect their long-term cognitive, non-cognitive, and life outcomes. The research leverages unique administrative data spanning over 20 years to examine the causal impacts of school quality measures, teacher/principal effectiveness, and...

This $3,150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) under the Social Security Research and Demonstration grant program (CFDA 96.007) will fund a three-phased randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted by the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab and the Illinois State Treasurer's Office. The study aims to promote the take-up and use of ABLE accounts among Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in Illinois, with the goal of improving...

This federal Project Grant award of $185,552.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports research to examine the neurocognitive and social factors underlying suicide risk in adolescent girls. The key objectives are to investigate two forms of sustained neurocognitive responsivity to social threat that may disrupt social connectedness and increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in this population. The research will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) will evaluate trauma-informed art workshops for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. The $492,200 award to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will fund a waitlist randomized controlled trial to examine outcomes related to self-efficacy, hope, problem-solving, motivation to...

This Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the "Project COPES" initiative. Project COPES aims to expand existing services in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) located in predominantly lower-income African American and Latino communities on Chicago's South and West sides. Using evidence-based, trauma-informed, and healing-centered approaches,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (CFDA 16.026) program provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities. The project aims to co-design an intervention with SGDY, caregivers, and community leaders informed by theories...