Project Grant RF1AG096360
- The National Institute on Aging, under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. a $505,042 Project Grant on Sep 22, 2025. The grant supports the development of YAYAGUIDE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The YAYAGUIDE prototype utilizes a micro-learning curriculum, a conversational agent, and machine learning algorithms to...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), has awarded a $499,651 project grant to Carevirtue Technologies, Inc. to develop a novel, AI-enabled dementia care agent. This agent will provide 24/7 personalized education and support services to rural caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is to address the higher caregiving burden and lower social support experienced by rural ADRD care...
- The Project Grant award of $499,938 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Photozig Inc. for the "CARINGGPT: EMPOWERING DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS WITH PERSONALIZED AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES TO MATCH THEIR NEEDS, ENHANCE COPE WITH CAREGIVING, AND REDUCE STRESS" project. The project aims to develop an innovative AI-powered solution, "CARINGGPT," that will deliver personalized assistance and curated,...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $499,996 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Beaver Health, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to develop a prototype of the COMPASS conversational AI assistant. COMPASS is designed to provide personalized, culturally responsive support and coordination for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) caregivers in real-time. The 12-month project aims to develop and test the initial...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $819,713 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Chicago on March 15, 2025. The grant will fund the "COMMUNITYRX-DEMENTIA + PEER NAVIGATION (CRXDPEER)" project, a real-world implementation and effectiveness study of an IT-based social care intervention for dementia caregivers. The project aims to deploy an evidence-based community resource navigation program delivered by trained peer...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $2,465,320 project grant to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop a performance-based measure of daily function for screening Hispanic/Latino older adults for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. The award period spans from Sep 15, 2025 to Sep 14, 2029. The goal is to leverage the existing MindCrowd electronic cohort to evaluate a newly developed, brief, and simple behavioral test (the...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $344,164 project grant to Northwestern University to develop "M4: Modules on Advanced Methodology When Modeling Multinational Data." The primary objectives are to: 1) create a training program in large-scale data analysis for the next generation of researchers, 2) instruct trainees on protective behavioral and social factors related to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $1,761,543 to the University of Washington to advance explainable AI (XAI) techniques for identifying early driver events of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The project, titled "IDEAL-XAI: Advancing Explainable AI to Identify Early Driver Events of Alzheimer's Disease", aims to generate biologically informed explanations of AD progression, compute accurate feature attributions to identify...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $519,740 Project Grant to Washington State University to conduct the "Communicating Heath Advancements from Native Genetics Research (CHANGE Research)" project under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866). The project aims to partner with the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation to survey 500 American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults about their knowledge and perceptions of Alzheimer's disease and related...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research, provides $677,026 to conduct a Stage 2 efficacy trial of the WECARE intervention for Chinese American dementia caregivers. WECARE is a personalized digital health program designed to enhance caregiving mastery and psychosocial wellbeing for this underserved population. The 7-week intervention will offer multimedia content, quiz-embedded games, personalized feedback, location-specific resources,...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $2,208,923 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Washington (UW) on September 15, 2025. The grant, titled "AI-Enhanced and Culturally Adapted STAR-C for Latino Caregivers: A Stage I Pilot Study", aims to develop and integrate an AI-driven virtual assistant into the STAR-C intervention to provide real-time, culturally and linguistically tailored support for Latino caregivers managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. The project will run through September 14, 2029 and is part of the NIA's efforts to enhance access and address the unique needs of Latino populations facing a disproportionate risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.2m | 9/10/25 |