Project Grant R21HD114901

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $332,000 to the University of Southern California (USC) to study the long-term impacts of an early childhood development intervention delivered in rural Kenya. The study aims to follow up on a previous 8-month parenting intervention and a complementary 2-year "booster" program delivered by...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund the development and experimental testing of the "Msingi Bora Familia (MBF)" intervention. MBF integrates father-inclusive, gender-equitable, and family-focused curricula into the existing "Msingi Bora (MB)" responsive parenting intervention, which was previously shown to improve...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $477,502 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on women's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) empowerment in Burkina Faso. The key products and services to be delivered include: Evaluating short- and long-term changes in SRH empowerment and identifying predictors of these changes using...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), is funding a $1,255,424 research project titled "Efficacy Testing of a Multi-Level Family Planning Intervention to Increase Contraceptive Use and Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings." The overarching goal is to implement and evaluate a community-based intervention that...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $602,400 to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) funds research to test two low-cost interventions aimed at reducing dropout rates among low-income female university students due to unplanned pregnancies. The first experiment will assess the impact of combining financial incentives with targeted information to change beliefs about the perceived link between...

This Project Grant award for $1,206,248 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to test the effectiveness of the "Sumadhur" intervention to reduce anemia and improve micronutrient status among young, preconception women in Nepal. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year award include: Conducting a 2-arm cluster randomized controlled...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $146,550 to the University of Illinois to conduct a mixed-methods research study investigating social and behavioral drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The key objectives are to: 1) Analyze baseline data from a large HIV prevention intervention to...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support a two-year follow-up study to investigate the sustained implementation and fidelity of an evidence-based HIV prevention program in school settings in the Bahamas. The total funding amount is $237,441, with an award date of August 12, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026. The study...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Emory University a Project Grant under CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program in the amount of $1,764,975.00 on September 20, 2024. The grant supports a cluster randomized trial to quantify the impact of the "Ghya Bharaari Ekatra" (GBE) intervention, a theory-driven, dyadic intervention for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV) among newly-married...

This Project Grant award of $608,507 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of a training program on the treatment of health complications due to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Tanzania. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year award include: 1) conducting a social ecological needs assessment to...