The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $1,576,238 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of Miami. The grant will fund a project titled "Leveraging a Strategic Alliance of Community-Based Implementers and Researchers to Characterize, Protocolize, and Scale Up Local Implementation Strategies for Ending the HIV Epidemic Among Latino MSM." The project aims to characterize, assess, and...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), awarded a $911,400 Project Grant to Emory University to establish the PREMISE (PrEP Epidemiology, Modeling, and Surveillance) system. The goal is to use national PrEP prescription data, legal/policy coding, and natural experimental designs to inform the U.S. HIV epidemic response and understand which programs and policies are effective at facilitating...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $702,000 to support a 3-year project aimed at optimizing the implementation of long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (LAI-PrEP) for HIV prevention. The key objectives are to: 1) Identify barriers and facilitators to LAI-PrEP implementation, 2) Determine optimal implementation strategies in partnership with...
This Project Grant award, totaling $2,127,639, was provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The grant supports a research project to develop a multi-level integrated strategy that combines two evidence-based interventions - "Many Men, Many Voices" (3MV) and "Client-Centered Care Coordination" (C4) - to optimize PrEP adherence and accelerate implementation at scale...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $1,260,020 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to San Diego State University Foundation. The 3-year grant, beginning August 2024, aims to integrate an evidence-based mental health intervention, Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR), into an existing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation project targeting transgender and...
The University of South Florida (USF) received a $389,527 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a study examining strategies and contextual factors that optimize the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in Kenya. The key products and services to be delivered through this two-year project include: Identifying implementation strategies and contextual factors that...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to implement an innovative HIV self-testing and long-acting injectable HIV treatment and prevention intervention for commercial minibus drivers in Nigeria. The $809,692 award to The George Washington University, with sub-awards to Wake Forest University Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Emory...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361), awarded a $1,606,442 Project Grant to Duke University to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of the "Using PREP, Doing It For Ourselves (UPDOS) Protective Styles" intervention. This e-health intervention aims to improve PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) uptake among Black cisgender women in the southern United States, who have been disproportionately affected by...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $698,683 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Washington to conduct the "Scaling Up for Impact: HIV Testing Counselor-Led Pathway to Accelerate PrEP Delivery at Scale" research project. This project aims to simplify and diversify models for delivering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, with the goal of making these interventions more accessible and scalable to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund a pragmatic pilot feasibility trial to assess the clinical and implementation outcomes of using point-of-care sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing to improve HIV prevention service delivery in adolescents. The $223,550 award, effective June 9, 2025 through June 8, 2027, will be provided to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...