Project Grant R44AG066439

Plans4Care Inc. received a $490,262 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to develop Activities4Care, a digital platform designed to address the critical unmet need for meaningful activities among the 6+ million individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The award, effective June 15, 2025 through May 31, 2026, will fund the development and initial testing of a...

This Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $2,218,222.00 to conduct a randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of brain games and transcranial electrical stimulation in improving cognitive and functional outcomes for active duty service members and veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. The key products/services to be delivered include a four-arm Phase 2 clinical trial...

This $300,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), supports the development of an AI-powered toolkit to make digital activities, such as puzzles and competitive sports, more accessible for older adults aged 50 and above. The project, led by Northeastern University, aims to address the barriers that prevent many older adults from engaging with digital activities, whether due to...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of remotely operated reconfigurable walker robots for eldercare services through February 2025. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the award recipient Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Volunteer Services, Inc. will conduct research to design a multi-functional robotic system that can alter its physical configuration to navigate residential environments. The robot is...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded the University of Pittsburgh a $453,932 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for the period February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2028. The award supports the development and pilot testing of a narrative video game intervention designed to improve advance care planning (ACP) among persons living with dementia and their care partners. The intervention addresses cognitive biases that impair...

See Yourself Health LLC received a $612,981 project grant award from the National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). The grant funds the development of an immersive telehealth solution called the HOPE App, designed to deliver diabetes self-management education and support tailored for older adults with diabetes. The HOPE App will consist of 28 educational modules and maintenance programming delivered through...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research to develop AI-powered, affordable assistive robotic systems designed to improve mobility for the approximately 12% of U.S. adults experiencing mobility challenges. Awarded to New York University on September 1, 2025, with $780,000 in obligated funding and a completion date of August 31, 2030, the project delivers lightweight, wearable robotic exoskeleton...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, will support Memorywell, Inc. in delivering services under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866). Specifically, Memorywell will partner with the University of California San Francisco Acute Care for Elders unit to adapt its life story solution for use in acute care hospital settings, where brief patient life stories would be incorporated into electronic...

This Project Grant award of $353,391.00, provided by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research), aims to validate the use of a "Personal Learning Curve" paradigm as a sensitive marker of early memory decline related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers in a large, diverse sample of older adults. The study seeks to determine if this digital cognitive assessment tool, which measures learning over repeated evaluations, can detect subtle AD-related memory failures...

Grant Award Summary Rendever, Inc. received a $1.35M Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded September 22, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. The award supports the development and commercialization of a virtual reality (VR) platform designed to improve mental health and social connectivity for older adults, with particular focus on expanding the product beyond senior living communities into home-based settings where...