Project Grant R41HD090813

The University of Michigan received a $3.10M Project Grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS, CFDA 93.350) awarded on August 15, 2025, with performance through July 31, 2029. The award establishes the mHealth Outcomes in Behavioral Interventions & Longitudinal Evaluation (MOBILE) Platform, a specialized clinical and translational science program designed to address barriers to mobile health technology adoption in clinical research settings. The platform...

This $5.37 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the development of a context-aware digital adherence intervention called SMARTSTEPS to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among men who have sex with men with substance use disorder. The grant will support two phases. Phase I will inform the specification of an algorithm that utilizes digital phenotyping data from a smartphone app to anticipate non-adherence based...

Federal Grant Award Summary Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $325,156 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, 2030. The project aims to develop, pilot, and plan implementation of an adaptive mobile health (mHealth) intervention designed to improve medication adherence among adolescents and young adults...

WECARE Project Grant Summary George Mason University received a $677,026 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective September 15, 2025, through August 31, 2030. The award funds a Stage 2 efficacy trial of WECARE (Wellness Enhancement for Caregivers), a personalized digital health intervention designed specifically for Chinese American dementia caregivers. The intervention addresses documented disparities in access to...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $632,775 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The grant aims to develop and pilot test the EMPOWER (Enhancing and Motivating PrEP Options among Women through Empowerment and Resilience) telehealth intervention to optimize pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and persistence among African American women in the southern United States. The project...

See Yourself Health LLC received a $612,981 project grant award from the National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). The grant funds the development of an immersive telehealth solution called the HOPE App, designed to deliver diabetes self-management education and support tailored for older adults with diabetes. The HOPE App will consist of 28 educational modules and maintenance programming delivered through...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boston College received a $440,217 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), effective September 19, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The award supports the development and evaluation of "Asking for Help" (A4H), a mobile health (mHealth) application designed to improve mental health outcomes for...

CONNECT-AD Study: Summary of Grant Products and Services The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded the University of California, Los Angeles a $534,287 Project Grant on September 30, 2025, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to develop and deliver research products addressing care coordination challenges in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The primary deliverable is the creation of the first multisite electronic health record (EHR) communication database incorporating...

This three-year $563,797 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to design health data-tracking technologies tailored for children. Led by the University of California Irvine, the award supports examining challenges in tracking children's health data through smartwatches, fitness bands, and patient monitors. The project consists of three stages. First, interviews will study data literacy, tracking experiences, and...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The Johns Hopkins University to develop and pilot the Caregiver-Informed Treatment Engagement (CITE) Program. The $242,795 grant, awarded on Feb 21, 2025, aims to create a virtual group intervention for caregivers of youth of color who have been referred to mental health services by a pediatric community primary care center. The goal is to improve access to...