Project Grant 72067420FA00006

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded Emory University a $422,282 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to develop an implementation strategy for linking adolescent girls and young women in South Africa who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options, including long-acting PrEP modalities. This 2-year research project aims to conduct formative qualitative and quantitative assessments...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $146,550 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the social and behavioral drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The key objectives are to: 1) Analyze baseline data from a large HIV prevention intervention study involving SA-AGYW and their female...

This $1,314,701 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) will support research to optimize dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) for children and adolescents. The project will be led by the University of Florida and will involve collaborations with researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and the University of Rochester....

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants provides $547,321 to Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda to develop and pilot an intervention to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and persistence among male clients of female sex workers (FSWs). The key components of the intervention, named "Kayungirizi", involve: 1) secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits by...

This $707,796 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a study to evaluate the sustainability and scale-up of the Malkia Klabu (MK) intervention. MK is a loyalty program that creates youth-friendly drug shops where adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) can access HIV prevention services and contraception. The key objectives are to: 1) Test the adoption and continuation of MK in control and...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,365,212 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop and test a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention for women at elevated HIV risk in Uganda. The project aims to: 1) Refine and optimize a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention providing access to oral PrEP, the dapivirine vaginal ring, long-acting cabotegravir, and...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,888,033 to the Center for Innovative Public Health Research to test a text messaging-based HIV prevention program called "In This Together" (ITG) across Uganda. The ITG program was developed specifically for and with feedback from 18-22 year-olds in Uganda, and aims to harness the potential of text messaging to deliver research-driven...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $710,187 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Adapting the CARES...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $573,475 to The Botswana Harvard Health Partnership (BHP) to conduct a randomized trial evaluating the impact of integrating sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing with expanded pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options on PrEP uptake and adherence among pregnant women in Botswana. The...

Alternatives For Girls (AFG) will use a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to deliver early intervention and prevention services for 135 at-risk and victimized girls ages 14-18 in Detroit, Michigan over three years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. AFG will enhance its evidence-based trauma-informed curriculum with a new five-hour human...