Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus received a formula grant award of $648,171 under the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Assistive Technology (AT) Act State Grants program (CFDA 93.464), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports the development and delivery of comprehensive statewide assistive technology programs serving individuals with disabilities of all ages in Puerto Rico. As a designated formula...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), awarded a $1,070,380 Project Grant to The Glimpse Group, Inc. on August 27, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The grant funds development and implementation of "Life at 100.4," an immersive social virtual reality (VR) education tool designed specifically for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and their caregivers. The intervention...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging awarded a $1.11 million Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, with an award date of September 20, 2025, and completion by May 31, 2030. This R25 training program delivers annual advanced clinical research courses and ongoing mentoring in cross-national research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), with instruction offered in both...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco a $758,207 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361: Nursing Research) effective April 10, 2026, through January 31, 2031, to conduct the Community Action Research for Equity (CARE) study. This research initiative examines healthcare decision-making and care delivery for incarcerated patients within the community hospital setting, using San Francisco General Hospital...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. a Project Grant valued at $427,805 on September 5, 2025, under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to conduct a mixed-methods research study examining the influence of intersectional stigma and social support on medication adherence, care engagement, and quality of life among older people living with HIV (OPLH) and other chronic health conditions. The two-year...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded Toivoa, Inc. a Project Grant of $383,159 under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) on September 16, 2025, with completion targeted for August 30, 2026. The project will develop an accessible, FDA-authorized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) digital therapeutic designed to address the critical mental health needs of individuals with Long COVID (post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection). This digital...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361 – Nursing Research) awarded Villanova University a $274K Project Grant effective September 17, 2025, through June 30, 2028, to establish and operate the Scholars for Applied Research and Impact (SARI) Program. This initiative addresses the critical need for trained nurse scientists capable of conducting rigorous research on systemic and institutional factors (SIF)—including unstable housing, food insecurity,...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866, Aging Research program) awarded $585,710 to Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS Health) on September 15, 2025, for a five-year project extending through August 31, 2030. The project will develop and test an expanded version of the Virtual Caregiver Coach for You (ViCCY) intervention, a 10-session virtual health coaching program designed to improve self-care practices and reduce stress among caregivers...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR, CFDA 93.361) awarded $424,897 to the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. on February 18, 2026, through December 31, 2030, to conduct the Aging-Related Health and Aging Acceleration in Older Women with Criminal Legal System Involvement (AGELIS) study. This research project addresses critical gaps in understanding how criminal legal system involvement (CLSI) functions as a social...
Federal Grant Award Summary New York University School of Medicine received an $8.3 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR, CFDA 93.361) awarded on September 11, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2029. This research project examines the causal impact of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program on health and housing outcomes by leveraging a randomized waitlist of 200,000 applicant households administered by the New York City Housing...
Federal Grant Award Summary
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus $1,843,426 under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) on September 25, 2025, for a three-year project extending through June 30, 2028. The award funds the refinement and evaluation of VIVE-AT (Viviendo Las Ventajas de la Asistencia Tecnologica), an innovative group-based assistive technology (AT) intervention designed to address functional disabilities among older adults aged 65 and older, with particular emphasis on serving Latino populations in Puerto Rico—a region with among the highest functional disability rates (58%) in the U.S. and its territories.
The project deliverables include: (1) refinement of the VIVE-AT intervention protocol to align with primary healthcare clinic settings; (2) a rigorous efficacy evaluation comparing VIVE-AT outcomes to a waitlist control group, measuring reductions in functional disabilities and improvements in quality of life at post-intervention and six-month follow-up; and (3) empirical assessment of proposed mechanisms of change, including knowledge of AT, motivation for AT use, self-efficacy with AT devices, and actual AT utilization. The research addresses a critical implementation gap by developing a cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable AT intervention model for integration into primary care, with the goal of preventing falls, loss of independence, and institutionalization while reducing the substantial annual economic burden ($tens of thousands per person) associated with functional disabilities in older adults.