Project Grant K01MH136935
- This $731,738 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) will fund a pilot feasibility study to integrate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into emergency department and urgent care settings using a patient-centered decision support tool. The goal is to improve PrEP awareness, access, and uptake among groups at highest risk for acquiring HIV, such as men who have sex with men, young people, racial/ethnic minorities, and women of...
- This federal Project Grant award of $691,620.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support the development of an online decision support approach leveraging social media to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and demand among women in the Southeastern United States. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Developing a replicable social media targeting...
- This $677,589 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director's Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) supports the development and pilot testing of a novel HIV prevention program targeting women experiencing incarceration. The "FIT for PrEP" (F4P) program aims to link these high-risk women to post-release pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services and address associated social determinants of health during community re-entry. Key aspects...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $790,198 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for the "PROTECT AL: PREP OPTIMIZATION THROUGH ENHANCED CONTINUUM TRACKING" project. The grant, awarded on September 18, 2025, aims to develop effective interventions to scale up and sustain HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization in the Southern United States, a region disproportionately...
- This federal Project Grant award titled "STREAMLINING TELEHEALTH FOR EXPANDED PREP UTILIZATION THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (STEP-UP)" is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The $744,279 award, effective from September 18, 2025 to September 17, 2028, supports the development and evaluation of an innovative model that positions community-based organizations (CBOs) as hubs for delivering pre-exposure...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $680,644 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to evaluate the "Healthy Families-PREP" intervention. This intervention aims to promote the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among periconception, pregnant, and postpartum women in rural Uganda to reduce HIV incidence. The 5-year project will first adapt the 3-session...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $632,775 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The grant aims to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER (Enhancing and Motivating PrEP Options among Women through Empowerment and Resilience) telehealth intervention to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and persistence among African American women in the southern United States. The project...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $193,754 to The Children's Hospital Corporation (dba Boston Children's Hospital) to develop an implementation strategy for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pediatric primary care settings. The key objectives are to: 1) explore barriers and facilitators to PrEP discussions, prescribing, and persistence among adolescents and young adults...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports research on the influence of social networks on HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care among young Latin American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). The $485,131 award to the New York Blood Center, Inc. is focused on understanding how social capital, social bonding, and network stress within the local and...
- This Project Grant award for $705,322.00, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop and test an AI-based chatbot intervention to promote HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) jurisdictions. The project, awarded to The Miriam Hospital, a division of Lifespan located in Rhode Island, will involve tailoring, refining, and...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop and pilot test a community health worker-delivered PrEP decision aid to facilitate PrEP initiation among Black women seeking HIV testing services in Eastern Virginia. The $179,731 award, with a project period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030, will involve in-depth qualitative interviews to inform the adaptation of a PrEP decision aid, which will then be tested in a pilot randomized controlled trial. This research seeks to integrate PrEP education and decision support into routine HIV testing to increase PrEP uptake among the target population of Black women, who experience disproportionately high HIV incidence in the United States. The principal investigator is based at Boston University Medical Campus, a prominent private research institution with a history of federal grant and contract work in biomedical research and public health.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $179.7k | 9/1/25 |