Project Grant R41MD010491

This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $156,000.00 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to develop and refine a bilingual mobile health application called "Iniciando! La Adultez" for Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their Spanish-speaking parents. The app will feature personalized...

This Project Grant award of $132,033 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to support research and training to execute a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a culturally and linguistically adapted therapy program for Latino young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their Spanish-speaking parents. The award will allow the principal...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has awarded a $440,217 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program to Trustees of Boston College, doing business as Boston College, for the project "ASKING FOR HELP: EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF A SIMULATION-BASED MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATION FOR AUTISTIC YOUTH." The grant aims to develop and evaluate the acceptability, usability, and efficacy of a mobile health...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $956,214 will fund Ceresti Health, Inc. to develop and validate a Spanish-language version of their Caregiver-Enabled Care Program (CECP) for Hispanic/Latino families caring for loved ones with dementia. The CECP is a digital population health intervention that provides personalized education, coaching, and remote monitoring to unpaid/informal caregivers via a dedicated tablet. This project aims...

This Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), which administers the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The $384,883 grant was awarded on September 17, 2025 to Health Tequity LLC to develop and assess the usability of the ACTIVATE Artificial Intelligence Accessibility (AIA) Engine for a multilingual mobile app and voice navigation platform to improve self-management and health outcomes for patients...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $669,133 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Oregon. The grant will fund the development and piloting of a novel "Culturally Responsive Assessment, Formulation, and Treatment Tool (CRAFTT)" to help clinicians make personalized cultural adaptations to evidence-based mental health treatments for Latine youth. The project aims to address racial-ethnic disparities in mental...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,428,740 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The McLean Hospital Corporation in Belmont, MA. The grant, titled "Harnessing Smartphones for Real-Time Detection of Affective Disturbance and Future Depression Risk in Adolescents," aims to develop data-driven approaches using smartphone technologies to predict and interrupt states of high negative affect in teenagers, which may help reduce...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $608,698 to American University to evaluate the CAMINO intervention. The CAMINO intervention aims to reduce HIV risk and improve HIV-related outcomes among Latin American populations in the U.S. by addressing legal, social, and mental health barriers to HIV prevention and care. The project will recruit 50 Latin American participants, using a...

This $386,266 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the development of "CLUTTER-GO", a digital health platform to facilitate delivery and adherence to evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals with hoarding disorder. The CLUTTER-GO platform will consist of a web-based clinician portal and a patient-facing mobile app designed to improve patient...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,561,396 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The grant will fund a 4-year study to optimize the integration of human and digital support components in the Healthy Minds Program, a widely-used meditation app, to enhance its effectiveness in treating depression and anxiety. The study will use a hybrid factorial and micro-randomized trial design to evaluate...