Project Grant 90ZB0029

This Project Grant award of $662,974.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, supports the development and validation of the Sibling Prosocial Relationship Questionnaire (SPRQ). The SPRQ is a child- and parent-report measure of sibling relationship quality for children aged 8-17 years. The research aims to enhance measurement precision and reliability of sibling relationship quality...

This $477,330 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research on how basic cognitive functions impact couples' ability to resolve problems in long-term romantic relationships. The project, awarded to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G), examines how factors like memory, attention, and reasoning influence couples' effectiveness at generating solutions, understanding partner...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $630,362.00, was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to study the relationship between close relationships and alcohol use disorder (AUD) risk. The primary awardee is Carnegie Mellon University, which will conduct research to investigate how poor relationship quality impacts the way couples experience alcohol, and how this in turn contributes to problematic drinking...

The University of Missouri System was awarded a $291,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focused on the scientific study of interpersonal relationships across the lifespan. The 9-week summer program will provide research experience and mentorship to 8 undergraduate students per year from 2023 through 2026. Each student will design a research project on close...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to implement and evaluate an intergroup communication intervention (the VOICES model) to improve police-community relationships. The goal of this 3-year project is to reduce negative attitudes and perceptions (e.g., prejudice and intergroup anxiety) and increase positive attitudes...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $160,000 to support a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship focused on understanding compatibility in emerging romantic relationships. The award, granted to an early-career researcher under the sponsorship of Drs. Amie Gordon and Elizabeth Bruch at the University of Michigan, will investigate what factors contribute to compatibility between individuals in the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) provides $838,966 to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to develop and test a community-based, peer advocacy intervention for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors whose partners are enrolled in Relationship Violence Intervention Programs (RVIPs). The goal of the project is to improve mental health and increase...

This Project Grant award, totaling $642,697.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The award supports research at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to investigate the linguistic, nonverbal, and neural mechanisms that enable successful self-disclosure and social connection. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) identify...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $496,834.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026). The award aims to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities among sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) by developing and pilot testing a prevention approach tailored specifically for high-school-aged SGDY and their caregivers. The project involves partnerships with Futures Without...

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago was awarded a $1,996,357 federal Project Grant from the National Institute of Justice under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant funding, with a period of performance from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028, will support the "Positive Adolescent Interpersonal Relationships (PAIR) Study." This study aims to expand the understanding...