Project Grant YEPMP090026

This Project Grant award of $1,682,938 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to optimize an automated chatbot program to provide efficient, scalable treatment for eating disorders (EDs). The primary goals are to: 1) Estimate the individual and combined effects of four candidate ED treatment components (targeting overevaluation of weight/shape, dietary restraint, emotion dysregulation, and resisting urges to binge)...

The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) and its multidisciplinary team will implement a collaborative treatment model to provide trauma-informed and victim-centered services to help children and families heal from sexual abuse and serious maltreatment. Funded through a $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543), ChicagoCAC...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a total funding amount of $389,385, is aimed at helping communities better support the facilitation of audience engagement and information sharing in real-time social media. The primary goals of the project are to: Develop tools that support hosts of real-time social media in facilitating audience participation, including modeling audience behaviors and...

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was awarded a $207,382 federal Project Grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027, will fund research to map the cellular impacts of CHD8 haploinsufficiency and characterize microglial activity in CHD8 mutant mice. This work...

This Project Grant award of $712,096, 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), supports the development and evaluation of a smart speaker-based parenting support tool called "Talk Parenting" (TP). The TP program aims to provide families with engaging, in-situ support to build healthy bedtime, morning, and calming routines for young children aged 3-5 years. The...

The Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. was awarded $499,947 under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies, administered by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The three-year project grant will support the development and delivery of comprehensive services to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence,...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $1,543,185 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant (CFDA 14.267) to Community & Home Supports, Inc. (CHS), a non-profit organization based in Detroit, Michigan. The grant funding, awarded for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports CHS in delivering a range of homelessness intervention services in the Detroit metropolitan area. This includes temporary and permanent housing placement, homelessness...

The Vermont Department of Public Safety was awarded a $215,753 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554). The funding will support three key projects: 1) Improving the completeness of criminal history records from arrest to disposition, 2) Reducing any backlog of disposition data, and 3) Enhancing the quality of biometric data submitted to state and federal systems. The...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $445,000 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to The Children's Hospital Corporation, doing business as Boston Children's Hospital. The grant will fund the development and pilot testing of a novel telehealth and mobile health intervention called MOMENT-V to address cannabis use disorder in young adults seen in primary care. The intervention combines motivational enhancement therapy delivered via...

This $118,253 Formula Grant award was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The funding supports SCDOT's management and implementation of the Charleston Area Transportation Study (CHATS) Long Range Transportation Plan for fiscal year 2024. This includes activities such as transportation planning, infrastructure improvement projects, and multimodal...