Project Grant R44GM133244

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $426,234 to Rowan University to pilot a Virtual Reality (VR) parent training tool for managing challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Refining and testing a customizable, in-home VR training tool that allows parents to practice...

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The $1,000,000 award to Immergo Labs, Inc. supports the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform for remote physical therapy and monitoring. The proposed innovation aims to increase the affordability, accessibility, and accuracy of physical therapy through an embodied telehealth solution with 3D virtual avatars and...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to enhance understanding of how aging affects people's ability to use emerging technologies like virtual reality (VR) for human-computer interaction. The project proposes an "Immersive Multimodal HCI (IMMERSIVE MHCI) framework" to explore the neural dynamics underlying age-related changes in visuospatial-motor (VSM)...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $457,105 project grant to The University of Texas at San Antonio under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support research into reducing cognitive demands and safety risks for users of mobile augmented and virtual reality technologies. Specifically, the research team will study how mobile augmented and virtual reality headsets impact user attention and symptoms of sickness while...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) provides $270,040 to Snorkle, Inc. to develop a generative AI-assisted platform that generates interactive, 3D visual explainers with narration in response to text prompts. The platform aims to make biomedical science and medicine more comprehensible across educational levels by leveraging visual elements to cater to diverse learning styles. Key...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) totals $565,660 and supports the development and evaluation of an automated virtual reality (VR) intervention to enhance firearm safety counseling among pediatric clinicians. The project aims to adapt an existing VR intervention to provide clinicians with interactive training on effective firearm safety counseling techniques. The goal is to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $294,388 to Medmicromaps, LLC in Billings, MT supports the development of a novel extended reality (XR) learning platform and immersive experience in the "microbial metaverse" for life science education. The project aims to enhance the teaching of complex microbiology concepts, particularly for undergraduate medical students, by leveraging XR technology and artificial...

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded a $254,892 Project Grant under CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health to Ralphvr Inc. The grant supports the development and feasibility testing of a multi-component virtual reality (VR) application called "Virtual Partner" to target a reduction in delirium among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The project aims to: 1) gather stakeholder and patient feedback to...

This $349,972 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to study how aging affects people's ability to use emerging technologies like virtual reality (VR) for human-computer interaction. The project will develop a novel dual visuospatial-motor VR-based interface to characterize the neural dynamics underlying visuospatial and motor functions in 3D environments. Novel nonlinear pattern...

This $165,807 Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to pilot test the effectiveness of a culturally tailored virtual reality (VR) stress management intervention for Black women. The study, conducted by the University of Miami, will assess the impact of the VR program on reducing intersectional stress, improving cardiovascular health indicators like blood pressure, and enhancing...