Project Grant HT94252410358

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded the University of Pittsburgh a 3-year, $350,000 Project Grant to develop an innovative closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system for use in exposure therapy for socially fearful teenagers with depression and anxiety. The proposed technology synchronizes electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring with augmented reality (AR) simulations of social fear scenarios, enabling real-time detection of fearful responses and...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $442,074 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Parc Innovations LLC, a woman-owned small business in Rhode Island, to develop and test an automated e-learning platform for training therapists in exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. The goal of this 2-year project is to leverage the team's prior NIMH-funded research on evidence-based exposure therapy training and apply recent advances in e-learning technology...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $162,827 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, through the University of Wisconsin System, to develop an "Intelligent Pervasive Augmented Reality Therapy (IPAL)" system for managing opioid use disorder (OUD) and addiction. The 1-year project will integrate complementary psychotherapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and heart rate variability biofeedback with immersive...

This $617,737 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports research to investigate the role of the thalamic-hippocampal pathway in the suppression and extinction of contextual fear memories associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research, to be conducted by the University of Chicago, leverages a new virtual reality paradigm and advanced imaging techniques to uncover how...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $180,439 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Texas at Austin to support new mentored training in the computational neuroscience of higher-order threat learning and memory in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The 5-year research project aims to apply advanced computational decoding techniques to neuroimaging data to investigate the mechanisms driving threat generalization...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $426,234 to Rowan University to pilot a virtual reality (VR) parent training tool for managing challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The key objectives are to: 1) Develop a customizable, in-home VR training system that allows parents to learn and practice behavior management strategies for their...

This $2,317,051 Project Grant was awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) on September 15, 2023. The grant funds a clinical trial to evaluate the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with prolonged exposure therapy to treat chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Baylor Research Institute will serve as clinical sites for the study. UTD, led by Principal Investigator...

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant will fund the development of a virtual reality platform to deliver applied behavior analysis therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Vriends Corp will create software to simulate social skills therapy environments and enable certified therapists to provide remote treatment sessions aligned with applied behavior analysis principles. The envisioned virtual reality clinic aims to improve...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $320,000 to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to develop an adaptive extended reality (XR) system for assessing attention deficit and other cognitive functions. The project aims to create immersive, interactive virtual environments that leverage principles of embodied cognition to provide more accurate and comprehensive cognitive...

The University Corporation was awarded a $580,192 Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant funds the AWARE PROJECT: ARMING WEARABLE AUGMENTED REALITY EQUIPMENT TO STRENGTHEN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESERVES AND RESILIENCE. The project aims to develop augmented reality technologies to strengthen psychological resilience and reserves for Department of Defense...