This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks to develop a digital mental health platform for children and adolescents. Awarded on July 15, 2022 for $275,932, the grant supports Bluewonder Creative Inc. to build a proof-of-concept platform leveraging technologies including natural language processing, machine learning, and chatbots. The platform aims to provide personalized mental and...
The National Science Foundation awarded $276,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to Oneseventeen Media PBC for its SBIR Phase I project titled "An Intelligent Mental Health Care Companion for Kids." The project aims to develop a mobile-accessed system leveraging machine learning and cognitive behavioral therapies to detect and triage symptoms of loneliness, anger, anxiety, and depression in children ages 10-18. The system will utilize chatbots...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant to Futuresthrive LTD under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support development of a first-of-its-kind mental health screening tool for youth ages 4-18. Using artificial intelligence, voice and facial biometrics, sentiment analysis and machine learning, the gamified online platform aims to identify risk factors and provide a baseline for understanding a...
Lifespan Digital Health LLC was awarded a $255,409 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop bio-behavioral technology and provide mental health services. Specifically, the company will use predictive algorithms, wearable technology, and peripheral autonomic biofeedback to provide timely data and enable mental health professionals to treat students. This innovative approach aims to address the...
This Project Grant award, provided under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), seeks to co-design an AI-based solution for collecting and analyzing behavior data to support coordinated care for children with autism spectrum disorder (CWA). The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the prime awardee, will partner with community stakeholders in a pilot study in San Antonio, TX to develop an AI-augmented platform for CWA...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $276,000 Project Grant to Heykiddo, LLC through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) for the period of August 15, 2021 to April 30, 2023. Under this award, Heykiddo will develop a machine-learning tool to support social-emotional learning, development, and intervention for remote or hybrid child development services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool aims to advance solutions for national challenges...
This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support Products For Any Lifestyle, Inc. (PAL) in developing a wearable device and machine learning model to predict and prevent meltdowns in children with autism. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program aims to advance breakthrough technologies addressing national challenges. PAL will create a prototype wearable that continuously monitors biometrics to predict meltdowns using individualized machine learning models. By...
This SBIR Phase II Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $1,249,459 in funding to Lifelab Studios, Inc. to develop an AI-integrated platform that supports positive behavioral change and successful reintegration for justice-involved youth. The project aims to leverage generative AI, behavioral science, and learning science to create a scalable, evidence-based solution that...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (under CFDA Program 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $242,300 to Bsolutions, Inc. (doing business as Launch Bottle) to develop an innovative, scalable AI-based platform called CRIBSY for automated, at-home screening of developmental risks in infants. The CRIBSY platform leverages machine learning analysis of video data captured by parents to detect potential...
This $275,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based mobile app technology called VoxCare. The goal of this project is to create a system that can assess drug use or alcohol intoxication in youth based on analyzing voice signals. The technology aims to leverage unique voice signal characteristics...