Project Grant R43AG097252
- The U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,089,329 Project Grant to Homecare Hub US Inc. under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to scale a network of small community-based care homes as a high-value alternative to institutional long-term care. The project aims to demonstrate improved health outcomes for seniors by leveraging a technology platform that facilitates personalized, cost-effective care through a decentralized network of 2-12 person residential care...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $490,262 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Plans4Care Inc. to develop and test a digital platform called Activities4Care. The platform aims to provide customized, evidence-based activities to enhance the well-being of caregivers and improve quality of life for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The 1-year project will create a clickable prototype mapping activities to the characteristics of...
- The National Institute on Aging, under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. a $505,042 Project Grant on Sep 22, 2025. The grant supports the development of YAYAGUIDE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The YAYAGUIDE prototype utilizes a micro-learning curriculum, a conversational agent, and machine learning algorithms to...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $320,000 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Northwestern University. The purpose of this 2-year grant, with a start date of September 1, 2025, is to conduct a study to understand participant perspectives on respite care (adult day services) uptake among caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The study aims to explore...
- The Project Grant award of $499,938 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Photozig Inc. for the "CARINGGPT: EMPOWERING DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS WITH PERSONALIZED AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES TO MATCH THEIR NEEDS, ENHANCE COPE WITH CAREGIVING, AND REDUCE STRESS" project. The project aims to develop an innovative AI-powered solution, "CARINGGPT," that will deliver personalized assistance and curated,...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $499,996 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Beaver Health, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to develop a prototype of the COMPASS conversational AI assistant. COMPASS is designed to provide personalized, culturally responsive support and coordination for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) caregivers in real-time. The 12-month project aims to develop and test the initial...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), has awarded a $499,651 project grant to Carevirtue Technologies, Inc. to develop a novel, AI-enabled dementia care agent. This agent will provide 24/7 personalized education and support services to rural caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is to address the higher caregiving burden and lower social support experienced by rural ADRD care...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $819,713 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Chicago on March 15, 2025. The grant will fund the "COMMUNITYRX-DEMENTIA + PEER NAVIGATION (CRXDPEER)" project, a real-world implementation and effectiveness study of an IT-based social care intervention for dementia caregivers. The project aims to deploy an evidence-based community resource navigation program delivered by trained peer...
- This Project Grant award of $326,382 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), is for the development and testing of "SEEINME" - a consumer-generated, HIPAA-compliant digital personal health profile for persons with dementia (PWD). The goal is to foster person-centered coordinated care and reduce caregiver burden by enabling assisted living/memory care communities to partner with and empower family members, informal...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $300,195 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Suma Solutions, a California-based small business, to develop a software-as-a-service solution called SumaAdmin. The goal is to reduce licensing compliance burdens and streamline requirements for Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs), many of whom are from low-income and ethnic minority backgrounds. The key products to be developed and tested under this 1-year grant include: 1) a prototype of...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a Project Grant of $306,872 under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to Booklillicares, LLC. The grant funds a 1-year project to implement a technology platform for training and consumer access to nanny agency-sourced caregivers as a nascent elder companion care workforce. The project aims to (1) conduct customer discovery with nanny agency owners to grow or develop elder companion care services, and (2) identify nannies interested in transitioning to this role to help address the elder care crisis. This initiative leverages the parallels between nanny and elder companionship work to expand the pool of qualified, agency-vetted caregivers to support aging-in-place for the growing elderly population in the United States.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $306.9k | 9/19/25 |