Project Grant W81XWH0810295

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a 3-year, $274,297 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on the extreme mechanics of the human brain. The research aims to generate insights into how the living human brain responds to large and rapid loading, which is critical for developing models to predict traumatic brain injury and designing safer protective equipment. The project will combine high-rate mechanical...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, will fund research at the Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (doing business as Georgia Health Sciences) to investigate the mechanisms linking traumatic brain injury (TBI) to subsequent neurodegeneration and dementia. The $1,975,262 award will support a 3-year study...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded $192,500 to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation through the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program on February 1, 2026. The project, scheduled for completion on January 31, 2028, will deliver research services investigating the mechanisms underlying chronic neurovascular dysfunction resulting from repetitive mild...

The Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute will conduct a prospective observational study on the therapeutic and adverse effects of medical cannabis for chronic traumatic brain injury under a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The grant is funded through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), which supports biomedical research to transform military and public health care through innovative solutions for battlefield medicine...

The University of Illinois, doing business as The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, received a $457,049 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under CFDA 93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders. The grant, awarded on Sep 15, 2023, will fund research to apply human in vitro models to understand the link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease and...

This $608,353 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a longitudinal study by Craig Hospital's Research Department on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "THRIVING AFTER TBI: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE-RELATED FACTORS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY," will be conducted over a 3-year...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $521,963 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, effective August 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This award funds a research investigation into gut serotonergic signaling in traumatic brain injury (TBI), addressing a significant public health concern with an estimated annual economic burden of $56.3 billion....

The Department of Defense's (DoD) Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded a $1,009,369 project grant to Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. The grant funds a 3-year research project titled "Probing the Role of Ion Channels as Mediators of Post-Traumatic Epileptogenesis: GIRK Channel Modulation as a Roadmap to Therapy." The research aims to: 1) characterize aberrant neuronal activity patterns in the brain following traumatic brain injury...

The U.S. Defense Health Agency has awarded a $1,395,898 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to Medicortex Finland LTD for the project titled "POINT-OF-INJURY DIAGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY USING SALIVA". The 2-year grant, effective from June 15, 2024 to June 14, 2026, will fund research to develop a point-of-injury diagnostic tool for traumatic brain injury using saliva samples. This aligns with the program's objective of...

The Department of the Army Medical Command awarded Tufts University School of Medicine a $813,375 Project Grant through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to investigate metabolic modulation of collagens in the extracellular matrix to preserve GABAergic inhibition after traumatic brain injury. The three-year award beginning August 1, 2022 will support research into medical solutions for traumatic brain injuries sustained on the battlefield. A $813k sub-award...