Project Grant R01MH140598
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of Washington $699,750 on May 7, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to adapt and evaluate the "Do More, Feel Better" behavioral activation intervention for older people living with HIV who experience depression and have limited access to professional mental health care. The project addresses a documented gap: older people living with HIV (age 50 and above) represent more than half of the...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Rand Corporation $676,820 on September 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to evaluate the decentralization and scale-up of integrated chronic care clinics in Malawi. The award funds a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial that would permanently transition Malawi's HIV delivery platform—a network of 700 clinics serving over 900,000 clients—into full-time integrated chronic care facilities providing daily...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $1,111,169 on August 5, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a longitudinal convergent mixed-methods study quantifying the impact of water insecurity on HIV treatment outcomes in Ghana, with particular attention to climate-related drivers, infrastructure challenges, and interconnections with food insecurity and mental health among people living with...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Johns Hopkins University $149,190 on August 2, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to identify intervention opportunities in the continuum of cognitive impairment among persons aging with HIV. The research will estimate the proportion of cognitive impairment cases among people with HIV potentially attributable to psychosocial and behavioral risk factors, prioritizing those interventions that could prevent the...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of Rochester $446,515 on September 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop and test LAFIYA Pharmacy, a multilevel intervention combining an evidence-based U.S. pharmacy HIV prevention delivery model with behavioral components designed to expand access to HIV testing and oral or long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication through community pharmacies in Ghana. The intervention targets men...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $215,998 on August 19, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to deliver the Advancing Research Careers in HIV Program, a two-year research education and mentoring initiative. The program cultivates the next generation of interdisciplinary HIV social and behavioral science researchers by educating and guiding master's-level students in public health, nursing, and social work...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Drexel University $100,228 on December 16, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to support research on HIV-induced trained immunity in microglia and its contribution to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). The project investigates whether trained immunity—a form of innate immune memory characterized by hyperresponsiveness to secondary inflammatory stimulation—occurs in microglial cells of people living with...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of South Carolina $1,016,319 on July 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop multimodal artificial intelligence methods for monitoring and predicting neurocognitive impairment in people with HIV. The project integrates electronic health records, genomic, survey, and imaging data from the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program—a centralized repository with de-identified...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Duke University $508,072 on May 18, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a hybrid type-2 effectiveness-implementation trial testing the integration of Sauti Ya Vijana (SYV, the Voice of Youth), a peer-led, group-based mental health treatment, within HIV clinical care for youth living with HIV in Tanzania and the United States. The award funds research designed to address the mental health treatment gap...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $711,834 on July 15, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a comparative evaluation of strategies to scale up an evidence-based social network and HIV self-testing intervention for highly mobile men in sub-Saharan Africa. The project addresses disparities in HIV testing, prevention, and treatment engagement among men in sub-Saharan Africa,...
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of Washington $613,244 on August 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial addressing food insecurity and HIV outcomes among women living with HIV in Senegal. The research leverages agriculture and community engagement to improve HIV care outcomes in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, the area most severely affected by the HIV epidemic and facing the highest food insecurity in the country. Prior pilot work demonstrated that participation in a nutrition-sensitive agricultural intervention among women living with HIV was associated with improvements in food security, virologic suppression, and mental health. The proposed study will build on longstanding partnerships with Senegal-based organizations including the NGO DIG (Development in Gardening), the Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropical-CHNU de Fann, and the Region Medicale de Ziguinchor to evaluate and scale the intervention addressing the social and structural barriers that disproportionately impact women living with HIV in West Africa. The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. Administrative oversight is located at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. This is a Project Grant, a standard NIMH research assistance type supporting specified project periods up to five years with peer review and National Advisory Mental Health Council review.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $613.2k | 8/3/26 |