Project Grant R03DC023134
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded $323,825 to the Trustees of Boston University (Boston University Medical Campus) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This project grant supports the development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools and machine learning models designed to enhance early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) using digital...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded Boston University Medical Campus a $327,000 project grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to identify clinically relevant cognitive subtypes in preclinical Alzheimer's disease using digital phenotyping methods. The research integrates multimodal data from traditional neuropsychological testing and digital voice recordings to develop computational models that characterize heterogeneous cognitive...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $499,997 CAREER grant to the Trustees of Boston University, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This project develops computational methods to enhance the transparency and adjustability of artificial intelligence (AI) models used in healthcare diagnostics,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $679,182 Project Grant to Trustees of Boston University effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). This award supports the development of computational machine learning models designed to predict post-stroke aphasia outcomes and language recovery trajectories in people with...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging awarded a $441,612 Project Grant to Boston University Medical Campus effective May 15, 2025, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to investigate the relationship between modifiable lifestyle risk factors and digital cognitive markers in Alzheimer's disease progression. The research leverages the Framingham Heart Study's multi-generational cohort to develop and validate digital cognitive assessment methods—including digital pen...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Boston University a project grant of $375,587.00 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to advance artificial intelligence (AI) for accessibility. The five-year project, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, focuses on addressing critical gaps in AI systems' ability to serve users with low vision and other...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $440,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award funds the development and validation of natural language processing (NLP) tools designed to automate the scoring of autobiographical memory interviews, which serve as the gold-standard assessment method for evaluating memory decline in Alzheimer's...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded Boston University Medical Campus $4.27 million under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for a two-year project period (June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2027) to advance research on the long-term health consequences of repetitive head impacts (RHI) across the lifespan. This project extends the work of the UNITE Brain Bank, the world's largest RHI and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) tissue repository currently...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Harvard Medical School received a $742,261 Project Grant award on August 5, 2025, from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286). The project, titled "Integrating Clinical Knowledge: A Multimodal AI System for Reliable Head CT Understanding and Interpretation," will develop advanced artificial intelligence...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Boston University Trustees a $250,000 Project Grant on February 23, 2026, under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853) to develop and deliver a two-week intensive summer school program in neurovascular imaging. Administered by Boston University's Neurophotonics Center and extending through January 31, 2031, the program provides...
Federal Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $245,250 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), awarded March 1, 2026, with a completion date of February 29, 2028. This project will deliver privacy-preserving artificial intelligence (AI) tools and software for analyzing voice-based cognitive assessments to enable early detection of cognitive impairment. The primary deliverables include a modular, open-source software suite designed for cloud deployment, privacy-preserving data pipelines that automatically obfuscate voice data while preserving cognitive assessment features, and full technical documentation. These tools will be integrated into the Global Research and Imaging Platform (GRIP) to ensure secure data sharing compliant with regulatory standards and to facilitate broad adoption across research and clinical settings. The project addresses critical barriers to wider dissemination of existing AI models developed by the team for detecting early cognitive decline from voice recordings. By refactoring the tools using software development best practices and implementing privacy protections that comply with personally identifiable information (PII) regulations, the award enables researchers and clinicians to integrate these assessment tools into their own workflows. The resulting fully documented tool suite will be accessible through GRIP's modular, open-access infrastructure, supporting scalable and secure cognitive assessment capabilities across diverse research and clinical environments.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $245.3k | 2/26/26 |