Project Grant H8G48926

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 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, provides $2,065,719 to New York University (NYU) to conduct a community-based behavioral intervention to increase COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates among African American/Black and Latino adults. The study aims to identify the most cost-effective...

This 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 $242,250 to the University of Virginia to develop a vaccine against cryptosporidiosis, a common cause of diarrheal disease in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The key objectives are to optimize the systemic and cellular immune responses to promising vaccine antigens, and to evaluate the protective efficacy of the optimal...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $9.5M project grant under the Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement (EXCITE) program to the Extension Foundation. This grant, spanning from Sep 2024 to May 2027, aims to stabilize and increase routine immunization rates in rural and underserved communities. The key objectives are to: 1) increase public confidence in adult vaccinations through collaboration with...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the federal Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $220,000.00 to Seattle Children's Hospital to develop and evaluate the "Presumptively Initiating Vaccines and Optimizing Talk for Inpatients (PIVOT-IN)" intervention. The goal of this project is to improve routine vaccination of vaccine-eligible children during their hospital stays....

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283), provides $820,000.00 to World Vision Inc. to strengthen routine immunization and vaccine equity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Brazil. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year (Sep 2024 - Sep 2029) cooperative agreement include supporting public health initiatives, epidemiological investigations,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program (CFDA 93.323) provides $799,904.00 in funding to New York University School of Medicine to establish an ARISE Coordinating and Collaborating Center for the Study of Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake. The award, with a performance period of September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will support research and coordination...

This $1,980,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) is to strengthen immunization program implementation in the Philippines. The award recipient, Jhpiego Corp, is a non-profit global health organization that specializes in health system strengthening, technical assistance, and implementing comprehensive health programs in developing countries. The key products and services to...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Futures Without Violence $3 million under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary (CFDA 93.592) cooperative agreement program. The award will support COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and mobile health units from March 2021 through September 2025. The Family Violence Prevention and Services program aims to improve capacity for addressing family violence through resource information, training,...

This federal Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences and the CDC Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division aims to improve policymaking processes for mitigating the transmission of respiratory pathogens, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. The principal investigators will develop and study game theoretical mathematical models, simulation tools, and numerical approaches that can be adapted to specific public...