Project Grant R43MH080520

Federal 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), with an award date of September 19, 2025, and completion date of June 30, 2027. The award supports the development and evaluation of the "Asking for Help" (A4H) mobile health application, a simulation-based mental health intervention designed to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $191,972 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded on September 8, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2030. The grant supports a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) examining an adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) intervention designed to address posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring lived...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Stony Brook University $1,392,414 through the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) on September 23, 2025, to conduct a large-scale Stage III efficacy trial of the Worker Resilience Training (WRT) program for first responders. The WRT is a 4-hour interactive workshop developed jointly by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston Medical Center Corporation received a $939,784 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion anticipated July 31, 2030. This award funds the development and testing of adaptive (stepped) interventions to improve access, engagement, and effectiveness of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment in resource-constrained primary care...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $1,142,517 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 – Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) effective July 24, 2025, through March 31, 2030, to conduct research examining health outcomes among youth who experience caregiver death. The research addresses a critical public health gap, as over two million U.S. youth annually experience caregiver death before age 18,...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to provide comprehensive mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement personnel across the United States. The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization specializing in law enforcement training, will develop and deliver virtual and in-person courses covering crisis...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), authorized under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is for $692,070 to adapt and pilot test a digital health HIV prevention intervention for Black heterosexual couples in New York State. The primary objectives are to: 1) Adapt an existing digital health intervention to meet the specific needs of this target population; and 2) Conduct a 6-month pilot randomized controlled trial with 60 couples to...

This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) supports the Association House of Chicago, a non-profit organization, in providing mental health awareness training programs to thousands of individuals in the Chicago area. The programs aim to train participants, including veterans, first responders, and higher education professionals, to...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $910,000 Project Grant to MC Dermott Center Inc. (doing business as Haymarket Center), a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to increase the mental health preparedness and wellness of 250 law enforcement officers and other first responders in the Northeastern Illinois region. The key activities include conducting large group training...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a $177,833 research study at Wayne State University to investigate the intergenerational impact of maternal childhood trauma on children's fear neurobiology and internalizing psychopathology risk. The 1-year study will enroll 120 Black American mother-child dyads to assess the relationship between maternal trauma history, PTSD symptoms, children's...