Project Grant H8G48467

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $997,689 Cooperative Agreement under its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Omnicyte LLC, a minority-owned small business in Branford, CT. The funding supports the design and production of a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine that addresses weaknesses of current vaccines, such as reduced booster effectiveness, short-lived efficacy, and side effects. The project aims to develop a vaccine candidate with improved...

This $799,904 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program (CFDA 93.323), supports research and activities by New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to study vaccine hesitancy and uptake. The award, effective from September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029, will enable NYU to serve as a coordinating and collaborating center for this CDC initiative, which...

This federal Project Grant award of $442,478.00, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, supports a multi-modal study on sociodemographic influences on vaccine decision-making. The research team, led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a sub-award to Arizona State University (ASU), will examine how local illness models, individual factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and social learning...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program provides $5,358,220.00 to the Hawaii Department of Health to increase vaccination rates in the state, with a focus on populations disproportionately affected by monkeypox (MPOX). The funding will support the creation and maintenance of a multi-divisional workgroup within the Hawaii Department of...

This $737,761.00 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) aims to enhance HIV prevention with a vaccine approach that promotes durable immunity. The key products and services to be delivered include: Detailed immune analyses to uncover mechanisms of effective T follicular helper (Tfh) cell-mediated humoral immunity against HIV, using both DNA and mRNA vaccine platforms in rhesus macaques. The...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $282,526 Cooperative Agreement under the Immunization Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 93.268) program to the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) to administer the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in South Carolina. The 5-year award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, will fund SCDPH's efforts to establish and maintain preventive health service programs focused on immunizing individuals...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a five-year, $48,244,515 Cooperative Agreement to the Virginia State Board of Health (VA SBOH) through the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421). This grant funding will support VA SBOH's Office of Emergency Preparedness Division in delivering a range of critical public health, emergency response, and social service programs across...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $3,056,673 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on improving hepatitis B vaccine responses in people living with HIV. The key objectives are to: Define the innate immune signatures induced by the HEPLISAV-B vaccine (containing the CPG 1018 adjuvant) compared to the standard ENGERIX-B vaccine, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283), provides $1,980,000.00 to Jhpiego Corp to strengthen immunization program implementation in the Philippines. The 5-year project, commencing on September 30, 2024, aims to improve the delivery of critical immunization services and enhance the overall health system capacity at the subnational level. Jhpiego, a non-profit global health...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of a Motivational Interviewing (MI) training program for primary care providers (PCPs) to address COVID-19 and influenza vaccine hesitancy among adult patients. The $2,082,128 award to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical)...