Project Grant D43TW013079
- The Department of Health and Human Services' Fogarty International Center has awarded a $303,316 Project Grant under the CFDA 93.989 International Research and Research Training program to Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda. The grant, titled "Harnessing Health Data Science Capacity to Strengthen Evidence-Based Interventions, Policy and Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Uganda (H-DATA)", aims to train Ugandan scientists and healthcare practitioners in health...
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health awarded a $100,720 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to The Infectious Diseases Institute Limited (IDI) in Uganda. The grant, titled "HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR HIV RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (HPC4HIV)", aims to strengthen IDI's capacity to support Ugandan biomedical research, particularly HIV research, by training four local staff in high-performance...
- The federal Project Grant award of $101,290 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) aims to strengthen grants administration capacity at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Providing advanced training and mentorship to senior research administrators at Makerere University on best practices for pre- and post-award...
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $268,665 project grant to the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in Uganda under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989). The grant, titled "Leveraging North-South Partnerships to Advance Cell and Gene Therapy for HIV Research Training Capacity in Uganda (C and GT-Uganda)," aims to strengthen research training capacity for cell and gene therapy approaches...
- This Project Grant award in the amount of $431,712, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to improve HIV testing among children under five in rural Uganda. The primary goal is to engage with traditional healers to facilitate HIV counseling and testing via oral swab antigen tests for this vulnerable pediatric population. The award supports two key activities: 1) determining barriers and...
- This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $588,566 to the University of Maryland, Baltimore to conduct a cross-disciplinary study on the long-term neurodevelopmental and school readiness impacts of in-utero HIV exposure on children in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research aims to establish a core team of investigators who can...
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $124,524 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to Makerere University Lung Institute Limited in Uganda. The grant supports research led by Dr. Alex Kayongo, MD-PhD, aimed at uncovering the relationship between the airway microbiome and immune response in people living with HIV who develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Through...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,052,694 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) is funding a multi-country research project titled "Researching Interventions and Implementation Strategies to Evaluate the Health and Development of Children Affected by HIV in Southern and Eastern Africa (RISE)". The key products and services being...
- The Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989) awarded a $100,987 Project Grant to Mu-Jhu Care LTD in Uganda on May 19, 2025. The grant aims to strengthen the Research Compliance and Integrity (RCI) office capacity for rigorous oversight of HIV clinical trials at the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration. Key activities include providing the RCI lead staff with advanced training in research compliance and integrity management from Johns Hopkins University and the...
- This Project Grant award of $1,553,810 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) supports research to evaluate a genomic surveillance approach for monitoring artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa. The project aims to identify genetic mutations and altered biological functions associated with artemisinin resistance, which is a critical concern as resistance emerges...
This Project Grant award of $193,631 from the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) will support the "Scaling Up Advanced Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Training in Pediatric HIV/AIDS in Uganda - SURGE" program. The program aims to increase the pool of highly trained and skilled independent genomics and bioinformatics scientists to conduct research in pediatric HIV in Uganda. Key products and services to be delivered include: The award has an initial period of performance from August 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030. This project builds upon the grantee's previous success in establishing genomics and bioinformatics research and training programs in Uganda through prior NIH funding.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($100k) | 8/8/25 | ||
| Not listed | $293.6k | 7/25/25 |