Project Grant K23MH141316
- This federal Project Grant award of $794,931 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support a longitudinal study investigating the relationship between early parent-infant synchrony and later developmental outcomes in children at genetic risk for ADHD or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study will leverage three prospective cohorts of infants (total N=320) to examine how synchronous interactions between...
- The federal Project Grant award of $127,557 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a research project titled "Brain Aging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder". The goal is to characterize age-related changes in neuroimmune profiles, immune cell phenotypes, and neuronal inflammation in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to unaffected controls using postmortem human brain tissue....
- This Project Grant award of $746,183 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports a longitudinal study to evaluate preterm infants' autonomic nervous system dysfunction as a predictor of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study aims to: 1) assess preterm infants' autonomic nervous system dysfunction as an ASD-specific etiological mechanism, 2) examine how neonatal morbidities moderate the association between...
- This federal Project Grant award of $692,043 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 presynaptic homeostatic plasticity in mental health disorders such as autism and intellectual disability. The award recipient, The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), will conduct research to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying homeostatic plasticity and...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $752,596 to the University of South Carolina to conduct a longitudinal study examining autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction and sensory processing in infants at elevated risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study aims to: (1) identify the presence, onset, and developmental trajectory of baseline ANS dysfunction; (2)...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is funding a 5-year, $175,017 study titled "Investigating Neural Predictors of Real-World Social Attention in Autism During Naturalistic Social Interactions." The project, led by researchers at the University of Houston System, aims to develop innovative, ecologically valid measures of visual attention and its neural mechanisms in autistic...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $237,750 to the University of California, Merced to study the role of the BAF chromatin remodeling complex in experience-induced neuronal gene transcription and synapse maturation, with implications for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The 2-year project aims to elucidate the functions of the SMARCC2 subunit of the BAF complex in regulating...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $257,612 to the University of California, Davis to conduct a pilot trial of the Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) model for supported employment of autistic adults in the community. The goal is to address the high unemployment rates among autistic adults by evaluating the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of the IPS...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund research to investigate the impact of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genetic risk on microglia-neuronal interactions. The $165,796 award, effective November 22, 2024 through June 30, 2028, will support the use of human stem cell culture and 3D cortical spheroid models to assess how ASD genetic risk affects microglia physiology and...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $837,131 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Yale University to improve the inclusion of individuals with intellectual disability in autism neuroscience research. The 5-year project, starting on February 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2029, aims to apply innovative technological and clinical approaches to collect neuroscience data from 70 children with autism and intellectual disability, as...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $191,916 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of California, Davis to examine the effectiveness of a social-support enhancement program called Family/Friend Network Support for Early Intervention (FANS-EI). This program aims to improve caregiver engagement in community-based early intervention services for children under 30 months old who are diagnosed with autism or have a high likelihood of autism. The project will evaluate caregiver-perceived social support, self-efficacy, and implementation outcomes of the FANS-EI program, which utilizes a strengths-based approach to leverage existing family and friend support networks. The award period is from Sep 10, 2025 to Aug 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $191.9k | 9/10/25 |