Project Grant R43MD021402
- This $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant will fund Hairdays Inc. to develop a data-driven hair intelligence platform. The platform will leverage big data from scientific publications and databases as well as user data to provide personalized hair and scalp health insights matched with suitable products and care regimens. The technology will use algorithms to classify different hair types and profiles, identify contributing factors like porosity and texture, analyze product...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded ISA Associates, Inc. $918,009 on September 17, 2025, to develop a mobile intervention targeting the reduction of chronic stress impact on preterm birth risk in African American women. The award is a Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). ISA Associates will deliver a mobile...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Mae Health Inc. $303,389 on September 17, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and deploy a culturally-competent digital health platform integrated with doula community care networks for Black mothers enrolled in Medicaid. The platform tracks risk and symptoms personalized to the Black perinatal journey and coordinates care with services offered by managed care...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Datanomy Group LLC $306,801 on August 28, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop Project VELA, a cloud-based, model-agnostic federated query platform enabling multi-site research across health systems. Datanomy will build and validate a secure, federated query tool that allows researchers to ask clinically meaningful questions across diverse health systems without...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Accuhealth Technologies Incorporated a $311,977 project grant on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to implement and scale the Health360X clinical research platform service for decentralized, point-of-care clinical trials. Accuhealth will develop Health360X as a two-phase effort. Phase I focuses on optimizing electronic health record integration to enable...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Flourish Collective Inc. $306,798 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on August 9, 2026. Flourish Collective is developing an artificial intelligence–driven platform that predicts risk for poor maternal health outcomes and recommends action items to reduce that risk among pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid. The platform leverages data collected by doulas—non-clinical care...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Collective Good DX, Inc. $349,322 on August 9, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop a mobile peer-consult platform that leverages collective intelligence and adaptive machine learning to improve diagnostic accuracy in rural and underserved clinical settings. The platform will dynamically assess clinician expertise...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded New York University $203,993 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and pilot test a generative AI-powered sleep chatbot tailored for Filipino Americans. The intervention delivers personalized sleep advice grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia via text messaging. The chatbot provides cost-effective, self-paced delivery to address...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, awarded Sojourn Medtech LLC $349,859 on September 17, 2025, to develop a patient-centered self-cannulation training simulator for African American patients with end-stage renal disease under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds development of a training tool designed to increase self-cannulation competency and promote home hemodialysis adoption...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Pons Incorporated $337,355 on September 17, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop an automated image enhancement system for point-of-care ultrasound imaging in out-of-hospital settings. Pons will create AI-based point-of-care ultrasound technology designed to enable healthcare professionals not trained in ultrasound imaging—including nurses, caregivers, and...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Hairdays Inc. $306,872 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on August 9, 2026. Hairdays Inc., a New York-based minority and woman-owned small business, is developing a hybrid telehealth platform that integrates AI-assisted image screening to facilitate dermatologist referrals through collaboration between hair stylists and dermatologists. The platform addresses a critical gap by creating a standardized channel for hair stylists—who have frequent client contact but lack training or infrastructure to identify dermatologic concerns—to flag potential skin conditions, connect with dermatologists, and prioritize cases for faster intervention. The system incorporates computer vision-guided image capture and lighting correction tools using low-cost smartphones to enable standardized dermatologic imaging. Performance runs through July 31, 2027, with work performed in New York.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $306.9k | 8/11/26 |