Project Grant NUE1EH001261

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $710,000 Project Grant on August 31, 2024 to 'R Kids, Inc., a non-profit organization in New Haven, Connecticut, under the Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) program (CFDA 93.647). The grant funding supports the organization's efforts to address critical social challenges facing low-income and vulnerable populations, including initiatives focused on affordable housing,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boston Children's Hospital received a $225,000 project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) program (CFDA 93.110), awarded July 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. The award supports the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program, which focuses on integrating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) care into...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded the University of South Carolina a $1,186,972 Project Grant effective September 16, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct the BUNDLE Study, a rigorous effectiveness trial examining the impact of combined nutrition, responsive parenting, and health interventions on early childhood development in Liberia. The 4.75-year study will...

Federal Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $156,500 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The project conducts secondary data analysis of an existing randomized clinical trial to optimize safety toolkits for elopement—a dangerous and prevalent behavior among individuals...

This $385,877 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to optimize the integration of child psychosocial screenings in primary care. The grant will fund the development and testing of the CareLoop intervention, which uses process service mapping to enhance referral and linkage pathways and promote whole-person,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $735,531 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). This award funds the dissemination and implementation of the Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS) intervention, a mobile phone-based platform designed to...

The Children's Hospital Corporation, doing business as Boston Children's Hospital, received a $2,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) to study ATP1A3-related disorders in Brazil. The key goals of this 2-year project are to: Establish a large patient cohort in Brazil to study the genotype-phenotype correlation and natural history of ATP1A3-related disorders, which...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute received a $2.1 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) beginning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet) utilizes this funding to develop,...

Summary The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) received a $5.6 million Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA 93.870), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Through this award, DC Health will deliver evidence-based home visiting services to 340 eligible families with perinatal women and children ages 0–5 years residing in...

This federal Project Grant award of $426,234, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to refine and test a novel virtual reality (VR) parent training tool for caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who exhibit severe destructive behavior. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Developing a customizable, in-home VR training...