Project Grant K43TW013135
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $124,524 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to Makerere University Lung Institute Limited in Uganda. The grant supports research led by Dr. Alex Kayongo, MD-PhD, aimed at uncovering the relationship between the airway microbiome and immune response in people living with HIV who develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Through...
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health awarded a $100,720 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to The Infectious Diseases Institute Limited (IDI) in Uganda. The grant, titled "HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR HIV RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (HPC4HIV)", aims to strengthen IDI's capacity to support Ugandan biomedical research, particularly HIV research, by training four local staff in high-performance...
- This $190,892 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) will support a study to optimize tuberculosis (TB) active case finding strategies in Nairobi, Kenya. The key products and services to be delivered include: Employing multiple data sources on human mobility and activity spaces to identify high-yield geographic locations for TB screening within Nairobi. Developing a geospatial model to estimate...
- The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $268,665 project grant to the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in Uganda under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989). The grant, titled "Leveraging North-South Partnerships to Advance Cell and Gene Therapy for HIV Research Training Capacity in Uganda (C and GT-Uganda)," aims to strengthen research training capacity for cell and gene therapy approaches...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, also known as the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, to conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized controlled trial across 20 pharmacies in Kenya. The goal of the project is to leverage telehealth to optimize the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and...
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $108,000 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Kenya. The purpose of this 2-year grant, with an award date of August 1, 2024 and a completion date of January 31, 2026, is to strengthen KNH's pre-award grants management capacity. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: 1) Training two senior research...
- The John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health awarded a $630,000 Project Grant under the FIC International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on August 20, 2025. The grant will fund a study to culturally adapt and evaluate an intervention to reduce HIV-related stigma and prevent treatment disengagement among people living with HIV in Indonesia. The study aims to improve treatment...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $621,999 to The University of Iowa to adapt and pilot test a multi-level, peer-led HIV prevention and stigma reduction intervention for adolescents in Western Kenya. The project aims to reduce HIV and sexual and reproductive health-related stigma, and increase HIV preventive behaviors among youth in the region. Key...
- The Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989) awarded a $100,987 Project Grant to Mu-Jhu Care LTD in Uganda on May 19, 2025. The grant aims to strengthen the Research Compliance and Integrity (RCI) office capacity for rigorous oversight of HIV clinical trials at the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration. Key activities include providing the RCI lead staff with advanced training in research compliance and integrity management from Johns Hopkins University and the...
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $690,538 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of Washington for the project "EXPANDING ACCESS AND IMPACT OF TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTIVE THERAPY: COMMUNITY-FRIENDLY DELIVERY AND MONITORING OF TPT TO IMPROVE UPTAKE AND REDUCE TB TRANSMISSION." The project aims to explore new, person-friendly models of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) delivery to...
The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $169,015 Project Grant (CFDA 93.989) to Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya. The goal of this 5-year grant, awarded on September 16, 2025, is to develop and evaluate a urine dipstick-guided counseling intervention to support adherence and completion of the 3-month isoniazid with rifapentine (3HP) tuberculosis preventive therapy regimen among people with HIV in Kenya. The project aims to: 1) acquire expertise in qualitative research and mixed-methods analysis; 2) gain advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in randomized controlled trials; and 3) develop proficiency in assessing implementation outcomes using the Proctor Implementation Outcomes Framework. The project will be led by Dr. Dickens Onyango, who will receive mentorship from a multidisciplinary team of experts in HIV/TB clinical research, human-centered design, qualitative methods, randomized controlled trials, and implementation science.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $169.0k | 9/14/25 |