Project Grant R01HD118557
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support program), will support a mixed-methods research study to understand the interplay of social and physical environments, loneliness, and cognition among older people living with HIV. The $123,579 award, with a performance period from June 15, 2025 to March 31, 2030, will be administered by Northeastern University. The research aims to...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $459,641 supports research examining the relationship between loneliness and fear learning processes. Funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the University of California, Los Angeles will conduct a series of studies from June 2022 to May 2026. The studies aim to determine if loneliness augments fear learning in humans, leading to more persistent fears. Additionally, the research will examine whether...
- This Project Grant award of $147,486 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports research to investigate the relationship between loneliness, stigma, and symptom severity in youth experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). The project uses a mixed-methods approach, including quantitative analysis of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data and qualitative exploration of how interruptions to developmental...
- This Project Grant award of $249,900 was made by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which is part of the Administration for Community Living (CFDA 93.433), to develop an accessible loneliness intervention for people with aphasia and other post-stroke communication difficulties. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: (1) conduct focus groups and interviews to better understand loneliness in this population and gain input on a...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $250,200 to the University of Texas at Austin to conduct a qualitative research study on the life experiences and perceptions of social connectedness among institutionalized adult women aging with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The research aims to inform interventions to decrease loneliness and social isolation, and improve social...
- This $4.385 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging will fund research into digital detection of social isolation and loneliness markers of risk for Alzheimer's disease. The University of California, San Diego will collect data from 128 cognitively normal older adults divided into high- and low-risk groups based on cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and subtle cognitive decline markers. Researchers will administer in-lab standard measures as well as...
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports a $792,006 research study on suicidality in autistic adults. The study aims to comprehensively examine the relationships between adversity, trauma, and protective factors in predicting suicidal ideation and behaviors in a sample of 250 autistic adults aged 18-40, with at least half being at high-risk for suicide. The longitudinal study...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded a $155,500 Project Grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant will support a 2-year research project to investigate the impact of parent-child relationship quality on pre-vocational skills and activities among autistic youth transitioning out of high school. The study will leverage two existing longitudinal datasets...
- This Project Grant award of $431,750 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will support a research project examining the neurobiological mechanisms driving heterogeneity in social behavior across child development. The project aims to quantify children's attention to and motivation for social stimuli using eye-tracking and conditioned place preference techniques. This...
- This Project Grant award of $120,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877) will support a collaborative research project between an early-stage investigator and a senior investigator. The goal is to conduct a longitudinal examination of how challenging and adaptive social behaviors develop from early childhood...
This federal 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 $681,159 to Drexel University to conduct a 5-year longitudinal study on the development of loneliness and social isolation among autistic young adults aged 18-30. The study aims to characterize the trajectories of loneliness and social isolation associated with significant life transitions, such as starting a new job, entering college, or losing services. By identifying distinct subgroups and demographic variations, the research project seeks to evaluate the impact of social disruptions on the social connectedness and wellbeing of this population, which is critical for developing effective intervention and implementation strategies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $681.2k | 7/28/25 |