The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) totaling $1,397,114 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The grant, awarded on September 16, 2024, will support a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the "Parents ASSIST" intervention. This hybrid 5-session online program...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to examine multilevel factors influencing family formation plans among sexual and gender minority (SGM) couples. The $1,437,800 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2025, will support a mixed-methods study with three key objectives: Quantitatively testing the influence...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $1,287,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the University of Colorado-Denver to conduct a feasibility study on assessing the processes and outcomes related to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth. The study aims to: Establish the acceptability of study instruments and the sustainability of data collection/management procedures over 6...
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 $346,573 to Klein Buendel, Inc., a woman-owned small business, to develop and evaluate a hybrid web-based parent training program called EZParent. The program aims to improve access and sustainability of positive parenting practices by combining an online curriculum with human facilitator support. In Phase I, the project will...
This $150,034 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) is funding research on the parenting behaviors and self-regulation of low-income ethnic minority mothers and fathers and their toddlers. The key products and services being delivered through this 2-year award to the University of Maryland, College Park include: 1) assessing the levels and changes...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,855,707.00 and running from September 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029, is provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant aims to investigate the transactional associations between family media use, caregiver-child interactions, and the developmental trajectories of emotional and behavioral functioning in young children at...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $712,096 to Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. (doing business as Influents Innovations) to develop and evaluate a smart speaker-based parenting education program called "Talk Parenting" (TP). The TP program aims to deliver in-situ support to parents of young...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $340,143 Project Grant to Teen Health Research, Inc. under the CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program. The grant will fund the development of "TheTalk", a customizable online platform to improve parent-adolescent communication about sexual and reproductive health. The platform aims to provide adolescents aged 10-13 with inclusive, medically accurate, age-appropriate, and...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.865) totaling $244,190 to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and assess the feasibility of the Parent Infant Interac(X)tion Intervention (PIXI), a telehealth-based early intervention program for families of infants with neurogenetic conditions (NGCs). The study aims to: (1) identify participation facilitators and barriers for Black/African American and Hispanic...
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 $204,788 to New York University to adapt and evaluate an innovative trauma-focused parenting intervention called Parenting-STAIR for military-connected mothers. The goal is to adapt the existing 23-session Parenting-STAIR intervention, which has shown promise in reducing trauma symptoms and improving parenting skills among...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Iris Media Inc., doing business as Trifoia, a Project Grant for $567,052 to develop an evidence-based parenting training program for LGBTQ+ families. The project, titled "Evidence-Based Parent Training for Diverse Families (PTDF)," aims to create numerous eLearning modules and user engagement tools to address the unique needs and challenges faced by LGBTQ+ parents. Over a 17-week period, the project will conduct a randomized controlled trial with 240 LGBTQ+ parents from two-parent families to test the effectiveness of the PTDF intervention in improving parenting skills, self-efficacy, and child outcomes. The project will also evaluate the usability, content validity, educational utility, relevance, acceptability, and user satisfaction of the PTDF program. By the end of the project in March 2025, the goal is to deliver a validated, evidence-based parent training product to improve outcomes for LGBTQ+ families.