Project Grant K23MH142221
- Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Boston University Medical Campus a $179,731 Project Grant on September 1, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for a five-year project period extending through August 31, 2030. This Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) funds the development and preliminary testing of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) decision aid designed to increase PrEP initiation...
- This Project Grant award of $665,225 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to improve access and adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda. The 5-year project, titled "SUUBI4PREP: Improving PrEP Access and Adherence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda", will combine peer support interventions with economic empowerment initiatives to address...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $149,190 Project Grant to Columbia University's Health Sciences Division on August 9, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for research characterizing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) need and use in Eswatini. The research will deliver epidemiological methods and analytical models to identify vulnerable HIV-positive populations most likely to benefit from PrEP interventions and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded George Washington University a Project Grant of $731,738 under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), effective September 10, 2025 through September 9, 2028, to conduct a pilot feasibility study integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into emergency departments (EDs) using decision support tools. The project addresses gaps in HIV prevention by developing and testing a patient-centered...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a Project Grant of $691,620 on September 22, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop and pilot a web-based decision support system designed to increase Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and utilization among women in the Southeastern United States. The three-year project (through September 21, 2028) addresses the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Heluna Health) received a $659,242 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) awarded March 5, 2026, with a completion date of November 30, 2030. The project, titled "PREP BLUEPRINT: Evaluating Implementation of a PREP Choice Blueprint on PREP Uptake and Persistence," develops a scalable blueprint to assist...
- Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Heluna Health) a Project Grant of $588,669 under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) for the period April 15, 2026 through January 31, 2031. The Street Prep intervention addresses the critical gap in HIV prevention services for people who use drugs and those experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, where new HIV diagnoses among people who...
- Grant Award Summary Empowerx, Inc., a woman-owned small business, received a $485,654 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) on September 22, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2026. The award funds the PEP/PREP via Pharmacist-Prescribing Implementation (PEPPI) project, which will develop software and implementation support to expand access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre-exposure...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $729,551 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded May 4, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2031. This implementation science project addresses barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access by expanding pharmacy-based PrEP services. The grant supports three primary aims: (1) building on an existing Ending the HIV...
- This $5.37 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the development of a context-aware digital adherence intervention called SMARTSTEPS to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among men who have sex with men with substance use disorder. The grant will support two phases. Phase I will inform the specification of an algorithm that utilizes digital phenotyping data from a smartphone app to anticipate non-adherence based...
PREFER-PREP: Preference-Informed Strategies to Optimize PrEP Persistence The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded $786,884 to The Washington University through its Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) on May 1, 2026, for a four-year project period concluding April 30, 2030. This Career Development Award supports Dr. Aditi Ramakrishnan's research to design and pilot-test preference-informed implementation strategies that improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence in urban and rural clinical settings in Missouri. The project addresses the critical challenge that over 50% of individuals initiating PrEP discontinue treatment within 6-12 months due to social and structural barriers, resulting in disproportionately high HIV infection rates in underserved communities. The award delivers multidisciplinary research products through implementation science and human-centered design methodologies. Specifically, Dr. Ramakrishnan will design preference-informed and community-engaged implementation strategies informed by stated preference research methods, conduct rigorous testing through implementation trials across urban and rural contexts, and develop her independent career as a clinician-investigator. The project's deliverables include evidence-based implementation strategies tailored to address patient preferences regarding PrEP persistence and re-engagement, with differentiated approaches reflecting the distinct factors relevant to urban versus rural clinical environments. The research is expected to generate peer-reviewed publications, implementation frameworks, and actionable insights to enhance the HIV prevention continuum in an Ending the HIV Epidemic priority state.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $786.9k | 5/5/26 |