Project Grant R41DK146772
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded $681,405 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco on June 1, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop and validate three-dimensional optical imaging as a bedside assessment tool for malnutrition in hospitalized patients with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa. The project integrates body composition measurement with physiologic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Good Nutrition Ideas LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Eugene, Oregon, received a $385,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award supports Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative to develop HOMEALS, a web-based clinical decision support...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded The Pennsylvania State University $150,594 on September 1, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop and validate customizable, feasible, and cost-effective dietary assessment methods for infants. The project will pilot and validate three novel infant-tailored dietary assessment methods designed to inform future clinical trials examining early-life...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, through the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), awarded the University of Arizona a Project Grant of $1,276,640 on September 17, 2025, to conduct a three-year research initiative examining nutritional memory and gut sensory function. The research program delivers three primary scientific products: (1) characterization of nutrient receptor profiles in gut neuropod cells using calcium...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Pennington Biomedical Research Center $316,936 on September 28, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop and test machine learning algorithms that identify contextual factors predicting children's energy intake. The research trains and tests a series of machine learning algorithms on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and dietary data to evaluate their ability to...
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded New York University a Project Grant of $861,091 on September 4, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The recipient will conduct neuroimaging and computational modeling research to identify the neural and decision-making mechanisms underlying loss-of-control eating and obesity. The research applies a novel framework positing that failures in self-control...
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded Boston Children's Hospital $831,433 on September 1, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), supporting research to redefine the biogeography and function of food proteins in human health and disease. The project establishes first principles of the food-host interactome by developing systematic approaches to map the transit, transformation, and tissue...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to Mealmate Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a personalized artificial intelligence chatbot and personalized nutrition recommendations application. The one-year project will advance knowledge in spoken dialogue systems and establish AI-based nutrition as a new research area. Mealmate will create a neural generative chatbot model with memory capabilities to provide more...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Pennsylvania State University $157,300 through the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct research comparing child eating patterns in controlled laboratory and home environments. The project, which commenced September 11, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027, will deliver empirical research data examining whether eating...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded $208,555 to Trustees of Tufts College (doing business as Tufts University School of Medicine) on September 16, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds investigation of geographic, sociodemographic, and patient-specific differences in plant-based food consumption among U.S. youth, with the goal of identifying strategies to promote better nutrition and reduce...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded $349,640 to Data4Systemschange, Inc. on September 1, 2026, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to develop NUTRI-DEEPDISH, an AI-powered dietary assessment tool that uses computer vision and deep learning to estimate portion sizes and predict nutritional content from meal images. The project expands an existing dietary assessment system based on semantic segmentation and monocular depth estimation, eliminating the need for in-image calibration markers. The work focuses on three aims: expanding food recognition to over 250 classes prepared in free-living environments; strengthening accuracy for non-homogeneous foods and leftovers to over 85 percent for calorie estimation; and statistically validating the system against weighed plate waste and human portion-size estimation capabilities. The resulting tool is designed to outperform human estimation on real-world meal images and will serve nutritionists, patients in supervised treatment programs, and individual users tracking dietary intake as a health indicator. Performance occurs in Concord, Massachusetts. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. The assistance type is a Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $349.6k | 9/1/26 |