Project Grant D43TW009126

Federal Project Grant Summary The John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989: International Research and Research Training) awarded the University of Southern California $750,638 on September 15, 2025, to build capacity for timely diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and prevention of disability in Colombia. This exploratory project addresses critical healthcare barriers in a low-middle income country with genetically and ancestrally diverse populations where MS cases are increasing but...

Federal Grant Award Summary Dr. Sean McClellan at the University of Illinois Chicago will receive $189,605 in funding through the John E. Fogarty International Center's International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to conduct implementation research on breast cancer survivorship care in Mexico from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. Under this Project Grant award, Dr. McClellan will acquire mentored training to transition into an independent clinician-investigator role...

The Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2Mc) received a $109,050 project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute to support its 6th International Conference on Genomic Medicine Implementation in Low Resource Settings. The conference will be held in September-October 2021 in Santiago, Chile and aims to bring together leaders in genomic medicine to discuss best practices for implementing genomics into diverse healthcare delivery systems. A hybrid...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) received a $2.5 million Project Grant award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide humanitarian assistance for COVID-19 response in Peru. This funding supports the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), which aims to advance economic growth and public health in partner countries. Under this two-year award ending in September 2023, PAHO will deliver a variety of public health...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Global Health awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement totaling $510,492 to the Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamérica y República Dominicana (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana) under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program (CFDA 93.323). The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2030, funds...

Summary: Puerto Rico Enhanced Surveillance and Control of Endemic and Emerging Arboviruses The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, awarded Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc. a $1.55 million Cooperative Agreement (CK25-182) effective September 1, 2025, under the Prevention of Disease, Disability, and Death by Infectious Diseases program (CFDA 93.084). The five-year award, scheduled for completion August 31,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary UCLA's Office of Research Administration received $463,790 in funding from the John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to establish a research training and capacity-building partnership with Mahidol University in Thailand. The award, effective March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2031, supports the Local-Cardiometabolic Diseases (LOCAL-CMD) initiative, which addresses the rising...

This Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $209,758 to the University of Washington to establish a structured research mentorship program focused on patient-oriented research in point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases. The award, effective from April 17, 2026 through March 31, 2031, supports Dr. Paul...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Connecticut Children's Medical Center received a $156,340 project grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), awarded June 15, 2025, with completion targeted by May 31, 2030. This Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development (K23) award supports Dr. Siddika Mulchan's five-year research program investigating provider-focused interventions to improve health outcomes...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs provides $70,514 to Minu Asociacion Civil to implement the Youth Against the Infodemic program in Argentina. The program will be carried out in partnership with five beneficiary non-governmental organizations (BNCS) - ICANA, IICANA, ISICANA, ARICANA and ATICANA - from July 1, 2022 to February 15, 2023. The funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) effort to inform and influence...