Project Grant R01HD118205
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $613,738 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to Kate Allyn Prosthetic Research, LLC. The goal of this 1-year project is to develop a novel pediatric prosthetic foot-ankle system with a normalized ankle range of motion that can be adjusted to meet the needs of children during diverse types of play and physical...
- This National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Project Grant award of $275,197, issued on Aug 10, 2023, supports the development and evaluation of a novel, compliant low-profile prosthetic foot. The key objectives are to (1) design and test a family of layered low-profile prosthetic feet, (2) assess the biomechanical benefits of the layered low-profile foot with transtibial prosthesis users with short and long residual limbs, and (3) evaluate the biomechanical function...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $640,236 to investigate the influence of prosthetic foot stiffness on outcomes for individuals with transtibial bone-anchored limbs (BALs). The overarching goal is to determine how prosthetic foot stiffness impacts loading-related outcomes such as mobility, physical function, and quality of life for...
- The University of Michigan received a $280,260 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research (CFDA 93.865) program. The grant, awarded on December 1, 2024, with a completion date of March 13, 2027, aims to improve the design and functionality of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) used to address foot drop and gait issues. The project will develop a "Decoupled Energy Storage and Return Variable...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $305,000.00 to the University of Florida to evaluate the mechanisms driving ankle contractures in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The research aims to quantify the impact of muscle weakness and degeneration on ankle joint range of motion, as well as assess the tissue adaptations...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $295,907 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to Liberating Technologies Inc. (LTI) to develop a prototype "Unintrusive Pediatric Logging Orthosis Analytic Device (UPLOAD)." The goal is to create a commercially viable, unobtrusive remote monitoring system for pediatric orthotics that can improve compliance tracking. Key features include long battery life, low...
- This three-year $896,236 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development will fund research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to determine biomechanical mechanisms that optimize walking rehabilitation for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. The research will examine the effects of walking speed and environment (overground, dry treadmill, wet treadmill) on lower body kinematics and muscular demand. It will also link...
- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $141,609 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Program (CFDA 93.865) to The Ohio State University. The grant funds a study to determine the effectiveness of telehealth-delivered pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy (PCIMT) for school-aged children with unilateral cerebral palsy. The study aims to compare telehealth and in-person upper extremity...
- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $187,500 Project Grant on August 11, 2025 to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana. The grant, titled "BEYOND FOLATE - A SUPPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO PREVENT NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS", falls under the NICHD's Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The project aims to investigate a novel nutritional approach to prevent neural tube...
- This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $400,693 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) under the Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.846) is focused on investigating the role of piezo-mediated mechanosensory signaling in pediatric clubfoot deformity. The key objective is to define how excessive piezo2 signaling activates aberrant TAZ signaling, causing post-tenotomy recurrence in pediatric clubfoot...
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $686,880 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to Marquette University. The grant, titled "Advancing Functional Assessment of Pediatric Flatfoot Using Weightbearing CT", will fund a 5-year research project to comprehensively study the 3D structure and function of pediatric planus (flatfoot) deformities using emerging weightbearing computed tomography (WBCT) technology. The research aims to improve understanding of pediatric foot pathologies and advance clinical assessment capabilities, which have been limited by the inadequacies of standard 2D radiographic imaging. The project will conduct a cross-sectional evaluation of children with planus foot deformities using WBCT to generate new insights that could inform improved treatment approaches for this common pediatric condition.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $686.9k | 9/9/25 |