This Project Grant award of $245,305.00 was made on July 6, 2025 by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The grant aims to develop a sustainable Master's degree program in research ethics and integrity in Morocco. Specific objectives include creating new courses and training faculty to equip them with the skills to teach the new curriculum,...
This Project Grant award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (CFDA 93.172 - Human Genome Research) aims to gain a multi-perspective understanding of the ethical challenges arising in patient-focused drug development (PFDD) for rare diseases and to develop tools to manage these challenges. The $1,276,313 award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2029, will fund a study with three key objectives: 1) explore stakeholder perspectives on ethical issues in PFDD, 2)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will fund a $300,000 study on ethical practices for research conducted in armed conflict zones. The project aims to map existing knowledge on research ethics in conflict settings, document current practices around research data collection, storage, and security, and develop best practices and guidelines to protect researchers, subjects, and affected communities. Outputs...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources (CFDA #47.076), provides $114,724 to the University of Pittsburgh to improve engineering ethics education. The award aims to develop and test interactive collaborative and competitive scenarios to teach ethical reasoning skills to undergraduate engineering students, compared to traditional instructional methods. Specifically, the University of Pittsburgh will assess...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) supports a study to identify neuroethical issues and decisional needs associated with the early use of neurotechnology, and to develop and test a patient-centered decision aid (PTDA) for advanced neurotechnology that can be used at different disease stages. The $609,456 award to The Pennsylvania State University, with a sub-award to Baylor College of Medicine, aims to generate new...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training federal grant program (CFDA 93.859), will support the "Enhancing Access for Successful Evaluation (EASE) Learning Experience" to build evaluation capacity for institutions with biomedical research training programs. The $100,005.00 award, with a project period from January 10, 2025, to December 31, 2026, will enable the development of learning...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) awarded a $1,581,298 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.226 - Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes) to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to establish the SCALE-LHS Coordinating Center ("Hub"). The Hub will serve four key functions: 1) coordinate network activities, 2) support equity-focused Learning Health System...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to improve the effectiveness of engineering ethics education and assessment. The $116,890 award to the University of Pittsburgh supports the development and implementation of a game-based educational intervention that immerses students in realistic, narrative-driven ethical scenarios. Additionally, the project leverages advanced machine learning and natural language...
This Project Grant award of $1,601,966, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program), supports research to identify situations that increase bias among healthcare providers, which can contribute to health disparities. The University of Arkansas is the prime awardee, with sub-awards to Carilion Medical Center, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Florida State University, and the University of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $542,660 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to develop an evidence-based framework and curricula for educating undergraduate researchers on ethical data life cycle management. The 3-year project aims to: Assess undergraduate researchers' competencies in data life cycle planning, access, assurance, description, evaluation, preservation, and publication. Create a framework for evaluating students' data life...
ENABLING ETHICAL RESEARCH; A BIOETHICS CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN - PROGRAM SUMMARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH HAS BEEN INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST FEW DECADES, REQUIRING A PARALLEL GROWTH IN RESEARCH ETHICS CAPACITY. LOW MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES [LMIC] FACE STRIKING HEALTH CARE ISSUES DUE TO SOCIOECONOMIC, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL TURMOIL, AND NEED BETTER RESEARCH TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ISSUES. PAKISTAN, THE FIFTH LARGEST COUNTRY OF THE WORLD BY POPULATION, IS TRYING TO INCREASE RESEARCH CAPACITY FOR HEALTH CARE ISSUES AFFECTING LOCAL POPULATIONS MANDATING A SUPPORTING EFFORT TO BUILD RESEARCH ETHICS RESOURCES. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS ONE SUCH EFFORT. ENABLING ETHICAL RESEARCH (ENABLER): A CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN, THE PLANNED PROJECT, WILL HAVE THREE MAIN AIMS; 1) DEVELOP A CURRICULUM FOR TWO-YEAR ADVANCED LEVEL MASTER OF BIOETHICS PROGRAM WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON RESEARCH ETHICS, 2) DELIVER A TWO- YEAR ADVANCED LEVEL MASTER OF BIOETHICS PROGRAM, AND 3) CONDUCT A NEEDS-ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH ETHICS AND BIOETHICS IN LEADING ACADEMIC CENTRES OF PAKISTAN THROUGH A MIXED METHOD APPROACH. THIS ADVANCED LEVEL MASTER PROGRAM IS FOR MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES ENABLING THEM TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE FIELD CAPABLE OF SPEARHEADING SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN THEIR OWN INSTITUTIONS AND CARRYING OUT HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH ON THE CONTEXTUAL ETHICAL ISSUES. THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE INTO IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY/STANDARDS OF BIOETHICS IN THE FOUR DOMAINS NAMELY; RESEARCH ETHICS, CLINICAL ETHICS, PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS, WITH RESEARCH BEING INTEGRATED IN EACH DOMAIN. THE PROGRAM WILL BE OFFERED ON A PART-TIME BASIS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RESEARCHERS, PHARMACISTS, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS, IN ADDITION TO HEALTH MINISTRY OFFICIALS AND POLICY MAKERS, LAWYERS, MEDICAL JOURNALISTS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS AMONG OTHERS, RESIDING IN PAKISTAN. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A COUNTRY- WIDE MAPPING EXERCISE OF RESEARCH ETHICS-RELATED CAPACITY IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE MANPOWER NEEDS, AND ETHICS INFRASTRUCTURE OF INSTITUTIONS, WHICH MAY BE HELPFUL FOR POLICY MAKING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND PLANNING OF SIMILAR TRAINING PROGRAMS. 1