Project Grant R43DD001220

This $778,398 National Institute of Mental Health project grant will fund research at the University of California, San Diego to test the accuracy of eye tracking as an early screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the general pediatric population. The research aims to screen approximately 8,000 toddlers ages 12-24 months attending well-baby checkups over the five-year period from May 2023 to March 2028. Researchers will use eye tracking technology to measure social attention...

Bloomalo LLC was awarded a $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research program. The grant will support development of an artificial intelligence-driven pediatric care platform to enable personalized and coordinated developmental and behavioral care for children. The platform aims to address critical gaps and needs in children's behavioral health by providing evidence-based content, personalized assessments using data-driven...

This Project Grant award of $193,754, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop an implementation strategy for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) based on academic detailing to improve prescribing and use among adolescents and young adults (AYA) in pediatric primary care settings. The primary objectives are to: 1) explore barriers and facilitators to PrEP discussions, prescribing, and persistence among...

The National Science Foundation awarded $276,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to Oneseventeen Media PBC for its SBIR Phase I project titled "An Intelligent Mental Health Care Companion for Kids." The project aims to develop a mobile-accessed system leveraging machine learning and cognitive behavioral therapies to detect and triage symptoms of loneliness, anger, anxiety, and depression in children ages 10-18. The system will utilize chatbots...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to Loon Medical LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop an innovative, user-friendly smartphone app called "MamaBear Health." The app aims to empower parents in rural and tribal communities to track their children's respiratory health and securely share this information with healthcare providers in...

This $385,877 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to optimize the integration of child psychosocial screenings in primary care. The grant will fund the development and testing of the CareLoop intervention, which uses process service mapping to enhance referral and linkage pathways and promote whole-person,...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $295,907 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to Liberating Technologies Inc. (LTI) to develop a prototype "Unintrusive Pediatric Logging Orthosis Analytic Device (UPLOAD)." The goal is to create a commercially viable, unobtrusive remote monitoring system for pediatric orthotics that can improve compliance tracking. Key features include long battery life, low...

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 Maternal and Child Health Bureau awarded $241,998.00 to the Connecticut Department of Children & Families under the Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) program (CFDA 93.110) to expand pediatric mental health care access into new geographic areas within Connecticut. The award, effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2026, supports the implementation of American Rescue Plan Act funding to enhance mental health service delivery capacity for children...

This National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21/R33 grant award in the amount of $734,360 aims to develop and validate an innovative, inexpensive multi-modal digital stethoscope capable of automated lung sound and respiratory rate analysis, with mobile phone interoperability to an electronic health (eHealth) platform for real-time lower respiratory infection (LRI) and antibiotic surveillance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The grant, awarded under the NIH's Child Health and Human...