The University of Rochester was awarded a $6,292,954 Project Grant by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, titled "Monitoring and Mitigation of Neurological Injuries to Optimize Resilience After Repetitive Head Impacts (MONITOR RHI)," supports advanced biomedical research initiatives focused on transforming healthcare for military service members and the broader public. The grant, with a period...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $1,239,094 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop and optimize a rapid, robust quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for high-resolution brain imaging. The project aims to leverage expertise in MRI fingerprinting, machine learning, and pulse...
This $1,434,445.00 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) supports the University of Southern California (USC) in developing new deep learning-based architectures, algorithms and training mechanisms to address key challenges in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction. The project aims to create a robust, reliable and trustworthy toolkit for reducing MRI acquisition time, enabling high-quality reconstruction with...
This Project Grant award of $373,778, provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, will support the establishment of a novel vasculature database and analytical platform for mouse brain vasculature. The award aims to develop advanced topology-preserving vessel segmentation methods, novel topological features, topological mappings, and visual analytic...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $308,000.00 was issued by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the University of Rochester. The grant is funding a research project to investigate "INVESTIGATING MICROGLIAL REMODELING OF NEURAL CIRCUITS IN PREGNANCY" over a 2-year period from November 15, 2023 to November 14, 2025. The project aims to advance scientific understanding of the role of microglia, a type of immune...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $179,000 Project Grant under CFDA 93.286 "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to develop image processing algorithms for improving the visualization and interpretation of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) imaging used for cerebrovascular surgical planning....
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $135,000 Project Grant titled "The NeuroCity Initiative: Empowering Underrepresented Scholars to Pursue Careers in Neuroscience" (CFDA 93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders) to the University of Rochester. This 5-year grant aims to provide an immersive research and mentoring experience, a rigorous career development program, and continuous research and mentoring...
The University of Rochester received a $475,811 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will fund research from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 to study how the accumulation of macromolecules influences cartilage mechanics and chondrocyte health. Specifically, the university will analyze how the buildup of large soluble molecules within...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program provides $1,625,947 to the University of Rochester to conduct research on the relationship between air pollution-derived iron exposure, poverty-related stress, and Alzheimer's disease risk. The key objectives are to evaluate whether ambient and subway-level iron exposure leads to...
The University of Rochester received a $2.667 million Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director to conduct testing for COVID-19 in high risk children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The grant is funded through the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), which provides assistance awards and supplements for multiple offices in the NIH Office of the Director. Under the award, the University...