Project Grant R44MD018239
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $396,605 Project Grant on Sep 18, 2025 to Popcom Health Inc. under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program. The funding supports the design and development of an interactive, customizable digital health promotion comic tool to reduce childhood obesity risk in Black/African American and Latino preadolescents. The project, titled "Project Game On!: Empowering Urban Children...
- This federal Project Grant award of $771,632 was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The funding supports the development of "MIRAME SALUD", an immersive, avatar-driven digital health platform that delivers culturally tailored diabetes self-management training for Latino Americans. The platform leverages virtual reality and mobile technologies to promote...
- This Project Grant award of $384,883 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) supports the development and assessment of the ACTIVATE artificial intelligence accessibility (AIA) engine by Health Tequity LLC. The ACTIVATE AIA prototype will provide multilingual (English, Spanish, and Tagalog) mobile app and voice navigation capabilities to improve accessibility and care...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $306,003 Project Grant on September 17, 2025 to ISA Associates, Inc., a for-profit company in Arlington, Virginia. The grant is part of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, which supports research to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities among minority and underserved populations. The purpose of this project grant is to develop a mobile intervention to reduce the...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.307), provides $349,859 to Sojourn Medtech LLC to develop a patient-centered self-cannulation training simulator. The goal is to promote self-care and increase adoption of home hemodialysis among African American patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The award period runs from September 17, 2025 to...
- This $2,979,575 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund the "FIM+DASH: A Randomized Food Is Medicine Trial to Promote Healthy Eating and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Black Women with Obesity" research project. The 4-year study, which begins on September 14, 2025, will be conducted by the University of Illinois in Chicago. The project aims to evaluate the...
- This $169,079 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) is funding research to identify factors associated with variability in race/ethnicity documentation in emergency department (ED) settings and determine the impact of that variability on clinical outcomes. The research aims to develop strategies to improve the accuracy and reliability of...
- This Project Grant award, in the amount of $477,000.00, was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The funding will support the development of an "Interactive Outbreak Simulator: A Robust and Customizable Platform for Socio-Epidemiological Insights" at the University of Texas at Austin. The key objectives of this project are to create a platform for modeling...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $306,872 project grant on April 22, 2025 under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) federal grant program to Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. (doing business as Influents Innovations), a for-profit technology company in Oregon. The grant supports the development of "STEM AS I AM", a media-enhanced, culturally relevant tool to engage Black middle school...
- This Project Grant award in the amount of $275,766 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA #93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) supports the development of a proof-of-concept for HealthYU-Latinx, a technology-based solution designed to improve health literacy for Latinx secondary school students and their families. The funding will enable the creation of a web/mobile-based, self-paced curriculum featuring animated videos, live...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Program) provides $1,051,406.00 to the Rush River Research Corporation to develop a modern, culturally sensitive software tool to collect family health history information from African American communities. The tool aims to address higher mortality rates among African Americans for critical health conditions like heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes, which have increased risk with family history. The 20-month project (9/18/2025 - 5/31/2027) will involve an advisory board of African American physicians and community champions to ensure the tool's cultural relevance and usability, as well as rigorous testing for health literacy. This initiative gathers experts from community health research, medical software development, and the commercial sector to create this crucial tool to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities among minority populations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.1m | 9/18/25 |