Project Grant 2124285

The University of Massachusetts Amherst received a $118,170 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on January 1, 2022 to support research under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The grant project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SCH: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING TO ENHANCE MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR SELF-REGULATION OF OPIOID CRAVINGS," will fund research through April 30, 2023 to develop psychophysiological sensing techniques to...

Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded a $1.6 million Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) effective September 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030. The grant supports research on the efficacy and mechanisms of a web-based Regulation of Craving Training (ROC-T) intervention for smoking cessation. ROC-T is a brief, digital behavioral intervention designed to provide targeted training in craving regulation...

The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $1,643,228 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an Integrative Mindfulness-Based Predictive Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment (IMPACT). The key objectives of this 2-year IMPACT project are to: 1) Initiate a clinical trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for chronic low back pain...

This Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund Neurobehavioral Research Inc. to provide network synchrony neurofeedback training and evaluation for opioid dependent individuals receiving medication assisted treatment. The $807,960 award, issued on September 30, 2021, will support 12 neurofeedback sessions over 8 weeks to train participants' brains to mimic adaptive changes in resting state brain network synchrony seen with long-term...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital a $1.46M Project Grant effective September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2027, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). This award supports research investigating the efficacy of network-based real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedback augmentation of mindfulness practice in reducing recurrent negative thinking (RNT) among adolescents at risk for serious...

This Project Grant award of $125,026 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) will fund research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to investigate the brain bases of mindfulness. The project aims to: 1) identify reliable brain network connections that predict trait mindfulness using resting-state fMRI data from over 350 adults, and 2) examine state mindfulness and...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded the University of California, Irvine a $650,250 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying motivational and cognitive impairment during opioid withdrawal. The research, scheduled for performance from September 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030, will deliver fundamental neuroscience findings on how dopamine (DA) and acetylcholine (ACH) dysregulation in the nucleus...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc., through its New York State Psychiatric Institute division, received a $717,986 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) effective May 15, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. This award supports a UG3-UH3 phased research initiative to evaluate the efficacy of transcutaneous auricular...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $162,827 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, through the University of Wisconsin System, to develop an "Intelligent Pervasive Augmented Reality Therapy (IPAL)" system for managing opioid use disorder (OUD) and addiction. The 1-year project will integrate complementary psychotherapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and heart rate variability biofeedback with immersive...

This $777,565 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a research initiative at Columbia University's Health Sciences Division spanning from May 15, 2026, through February 28, 2031. The project uses data fusion methodology to analyze existing data from seven large medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) trials conducted by the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. The research generates quantitative...