Project Grant HC080892006

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center received a $467,542 project grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The award supports development of a fully automated, open-source computational pipeline utilizing deep learning algorithms and regional radiomics...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded UCLA a $534,761 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop magnetoelastic vascular grafts (MVGs) as an innovative platform technology for continuous stenosis monitoring. The MVG research aims to address a critical clinical need, as approximately 40% of the 3 million vascular grafts implanted annually experience reduced patency within two years. The project, running from September 1,...

This $717,712 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development and evaluation of a knowledge-enhanced and interpretable radiology report generation framework using longitudinal, multimodal electronic health record data and domain knowledge. The awardee, Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will build a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $3.94 million cooperative agreement on September 15, 2025, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to conduct the ASTRO (Adjuvant Steroid Injection Outcomes in Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis) trial. This multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of serial...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $603,818 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), effective April 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by March 1, 2030. The awardee will develop and demonstrate a 2.5 French combined intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and fractional flow reserve (FFR)...

This $1,199,991 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to develop novel technologies for real-time assessment of blood clot properties to improve stroke treatment. The key products and services under this grant include: Integration of a sub-millimeter Raman fiber probe into a catheter for intravascular, in-vivo measurement of clot chemical composition. Training of a convolutional neural network to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $418,284 Project Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, funds research and development of an ion-selective, sensor-integrated central venous catheter (CVC) system for real-time monitoring and automated correction of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $921,009 Cooperative Agreement on September 15, 2025, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to conduct the ASTRO (Adjuvant Steroid Outcomes in Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis) trial. This multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of serial intralesional...

Federal Grant Award Summary Baylor College of Medicine received a $248,993 Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), effective June 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029. The award funds the development of metasurface optical guidewires for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures in patients with coronary artery calcification (CAC). The research deliverables include design and manufacturing of...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $1,385,686 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. The project investigates the role of estrogen formulation and route of delivery on skeletal outcomes in functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA), a condition affecting adolescents...