Project Grant R01AG090610
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $490,262 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Plans4Care Inc. to develop and test a digital platform called Activities4Care. The platform aims to provide customized, evidence-based activities to enhance the well-being of caregivers and improve quality of life for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The 1-year project will create a clickable prototype mapping activities to the characteristics of...
- The National Institute on Aging, under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. a $505,042 Project Grant on Sep 22, 2025. The grant supports the development of YAYAGUIDE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The YAYAGUIDE prototype utilizes a micro-learning curriculum, a conversational agent, and machine learning algorithms to...
- The Project Grant award of $499,938 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Photozig Inc. for the "CARINGGPT: EMPOWERING DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS WITH PERSONALIZED AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES TO MATCH THEIR NEEDS, ENHANCE COPE WITH CAREGIVING, AND REDUCE STRESS" project. The project aims to develop an innovative AI-powered solution, "CARINGGPT," that will deliver personalized assistance and curated,...
- This Project Grant award of $326,382 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), is for the development and testing of "SEEINME" - a consumer-generated, HIPAA-compliant digital personal health profile for persons with dementia (PWD). The goal is to foster person-centered coordinated care and reduce caregiver burden by enabling assisted living/memory care communities to partner with and empower family members, informal...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $956,214 will fund Ceresti Health, Inc. to develop and validate a Spanish-language version of their Caregiver-Enabled Care Program (CECP) for Hispanic/Latino families caring for loved ones with dementia. The CECP is a digital population health intervention that provides personalized education, coaching, and remote monitoring to unpaid/informal caregivers via a dedicated tablet. This project aims...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), has awarded a $499,651 project grant to Carevirtue Technologies, Inc. to develop a novel, AI-enabled dementia care agent. This agent will provide 24/7 personalized education and support services to rural caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is to address the higher caregiving burden and lower social support experienced by rural ADRD care...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) is focused on pilot testing a culturally adapted decision aid intervention to support Chinese American dementia caregivers in making feeding-related decisions for their loved ones. The $244,019 award will fund a study to evaluate the efficacy of this decision aid in a pilot randomized controlled trial involving 60 Chinese American dementia caregivers. The goal is to help this population...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $349,333 to Rendever, Inc. to develop and test the feasibility of a new virtual reality (VR) platform for dementia caregivers. The VR-CARES initiative aims to create a novel support system that enables in-home caregivers to connect virtually, participate in support groups, access training, and engage in shared experiences with their care recipients using...
- This Project Grant award of $161,988 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a research project led by Dr. Emily Mroz at Emory University. The project aims to develop an intervention to improve preparedness and psychological health in experienced caregivers of persons living with dementia. Key activities include validating a caregiver preparedness measure, characterizing caregiving narration patterns, and exploring associations between narration and caregiver...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $2,208,923 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Washington (UW) on September 15, 2025. The grant, titled "AI-Enhanced and Culturally Adapted STAR-C for Latino Caregivers: A Stage I Pilot Study", aims to develop and integrate an AI-driven virtual assistant into the STAR-C intervention to provide real-time, culturally and linguistically tailored support for Latino caregivers managing behavioral...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research, provides $677,026 to conduct a Stage 2 efficacy trial of the WECARE intervention for Chinese American dementia caregivers. WECARE is a personalized digital health program designed to enhance caregiving mastery and psychosocial wellbeing for this underserved population. The 7-week intervention will offer multimedia content, quiz-embedded games, personalized feedback, location-specific resources, and social networks to address challenges like communication barriers, limited caregiving skills, and lack of social support. The 5-year project, which began on Sep 15, 2025, will recruit 160 participants and evaluate the intervention's efficacy through a randomized controlled trial, with depressive symptoms as the primary outcome. The implementation process will also be assessed to identify barriers and facilitators for the WECARE program's adoption and sustained use.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $677.0k | 9/8/25 |