Project Grant 90ZD0001

The American Institutes for Research (AIR), in partnership with Think College and a co-PI, has been awarded a three-year, $200,000 Project Grant by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433. The grant will fund the development of a new intervention called "MY ROAD" to empower inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs to evaluate and expand dignity of risk (DOR) for students with intellectual and/or...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants, provides $422,206 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to develop and pilot test a psychosocial intervention for sexual and gender minority autistic adults. The award will support Dr. Laura Graham Holmes, a clinical psychologist, to acquire skills in community-engaged intervention development, clinical trial design, and safety monitoring...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research), supports a $738,000 study to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the University of Chicago Medicine REACT (Recovery & Empowerment After Community Trauma) Clinic's interdisciplinary, anti-racist, and culturally responsive model for addressing the mental health impacts of community violence exposure (CVE) among...

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 $211,875 to New York University School of Medicine to validate a self-report measure called the STIMQ2SR for assessing cognitive stimulation in the home environment. The key objectives are to: 1) Assess the psychometric properties of the STIMQ2SR, and 2) Evaluate the criterion-related validity and...

This Project Grant award, totaling $2,005,780 and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop digital strategies to advance help-seeking in youth at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. The key products and services to be delivered include: Characterizing help-seeking subtypes in 25,000 youth who screen above threshold for psychosis risk on the Mental Health America (MHA) online screening...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), authorized under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is for $692,070 to adapt and pilot test a digital health HIV prevention intervention for Black heterosexual couples in New York State. The primary objectives are to: 1) Adapt an existing digital health intervention to meet the specific needs of this target population; and 2) Conduct a 6-month pilot randomized controlled trial with 60 couples to...

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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), will fund a $415,746 study to adapt and evaluate the virtual delivery of the Safe Dates for Teen Mothers (SDTM) program. SDTM is an evidence-based, interactive program designed to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) among pregnant and parenting teens. The study aims to (1) adapt SDTM for virtual delivery...

This Project Grant award of $887,750 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), aims to develop and pilot a peer-led intervention called "Bridge to Belonging" (B2B) to reduce depression and loneliness among older gay and bisexual men living with HIV (OGBMLH). The project will leverage evidence-based strategies like cognitive behavioral therapy-based friendship enrichment, motivational interviewing, and peer mentorship to increase...

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...