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DEVICE TO CONTROL CIRCADIAN-EFFECTIVE LIGHT IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ENVIRONMENTS

PROJECT SOARS (STUDENT OWNERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCHOOL SAFETY)

EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS

PROMOTING PARALLEL PARENTING: PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST DURING HIGH-CONFLICT DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (PCF) - PARENTAL DIVORCE AND SEPARATION CONSTITUTE AN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE AND A RISK FACTOR FOR A NUMBER OF CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ACADEMIC PROBLEMS. THE ACT OF PARENTAL DIVORCE OR SEPARATION DOES NOT IN ITSELF CAUSE ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN. RATHER, CO-OCCURRING NEGATIVE FAMILY PROCESSES, PARTICULARLY HIGH INTER-PARENTAL CONFLICT (HIC), EXPLAIN MOST OF THE VARIANCE. ALTHOUGH MANY FAMILIES EXPERIENCE CONFLICT IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER DIVORCE, IT TYPICALLY DECREASES OVER TIME. IN CONTRAST TO NORMAL CONFLICT, FOR 10%-25% OF COUPLES, HIC ENDURES AND PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK FOR NEGATIVE OUTCOMES. THE LITERATURE BROADLY DEFINES HIC FOLLOWING DIVORCE AND SEPARATION TO INCLUDE ANGER, AN EXTREME LACK OF TRUST, UNRESOLVED GRIEF, HOSTILE CONTEMPT, UNCOOPERATIVE CO-PARENTING, VERBAL AND PHYSICAL FIGHTING, AND LEGAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PARENTS. COURTS ARE MOVING TOWARDS TRIAGED APPROACHES TO MANAGE FAMILY LAW CASES. ALIGNED WITH THIS MODEL, ALMOST EVERY STATE OR LOCAL JURISDICTION REQUIRES PARENTS TO COMPLETE A BRIEF (3- TO 4-HOUR), UNIVERSAL PARENTING EDUCATION COURSE BEFORE FINALIZING A DIVORCE. UNFORTUNATELY, EXISTING COURT-MANDATED UNIVERSAL PARENT EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS FAIL TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE PARENTING CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY HIC SEPARATION. THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED TO DEVELOP INTERVENTIONS TO AMELIORATE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN OF DIVORCING AND SEPARATING PARENTS WITH HIC. TO MEET THIS NEED, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST (PCF), AN AFFORDABLE AND HIGHLY SCALABLE ONLINE INTERVENTION FEATURING DIGITALLY ADAPTED MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING STRATEGIES PAIRED WITH EVIDENCE-BASED PARENT TRAINING RESOURCES. IN CONTRAST TO MOST UNIVERSAL PARENTING INTERVENTIONS PROVIDED BY FAMILY COURTS THAT PROMOTE CO-PARENTING, PCF EMPHASIZES PARALLEL PARENTING, A STRATEGY THAT WE HYPOTHESIZE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HIC. THE PROPOSED PCF INTERVENTION WILL BE BASED ON PARENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM-OREGON (PMTO), A WELL- ESTABLISHED, IN-PERSON PARENTING INTERVENTION SHOWN TO IMPROVE CHILD, PARENT, AND FAMILY OUTCOMES. ALTHOUGH PMTO IS EFFECTIVE WHEN ADAPTED FOR DIVORCING PARENTS, IT HAS NOT BEEN ADAPTED NOR SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATED FOR COUPLES EXPERIENCING HIC DURING SEPARATION. THE PCF INTERVENTION WILL IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS POPULATION BY INCORPORATING BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, A STRATEGY THAT INCREASES AN INDIVIDUAL'S MOTIVATION TO MAKE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BY FOCUSING ON THEIR NEED FOR AND REASONS FOR CHANGE. THE PROJECT INCORPORATES THREE AIMS IN TWO PHASES. IN PHASE I, WE AIM TO COMPLETE FOUR TASKS: (1) INTERVIEW JUDICIAL STAKEHOLDERS TO TAILOR THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND APPROACH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COURT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION; (2) CONDUCT DESIGN RESEARCH TO ADAPT THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL APPROACH TO PARENTS WITH HIC INVOLVED IN A SEPARATION OR DIVORCE; (3) DEVELOP CONTENT FOR FOUR TRAINING MODULES AND A HIGH-FIDELITY PROTOTYPE OF THE COURSE SITE; (4) ASSESS USABILITY OF THE PROTOTYPE USING A THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL AND FOLLOW-UP SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WITH PARENTS WITH HIC. IN PHASE II, AIM 1, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ENGAGE IN DESIGN RESEARCH TO COMPLETE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PCF INTERVENTION. IN AIM 2, A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH 250 DYADS (I.E., DIVORCING/DIVORCED/SEPARATED PARENTS WITH HIC) TO EVALUATE THE PCF INTERVENTION. DYADS WILL BE RECRUITED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT AND WILL BE RANDOMIZED TO BUSINESS AS USUAL (BAU) OR TO BAU+PCF. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT: 1. COMPARED TO BAU, BAU+PCF WILL (A) INCREASE PARENT SELF-EFFICACY, (B) DECREASE PARENTAL STRESS, (C) INCREASE PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE, (D) INCREASE PARENTAL MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE WITH THE INTERVENTION, (F) IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND (G) IMPROVE PARENT-REPORTED CHILD STRESS AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORS. 2. PARENTS WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF CONFLICT WILL BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO PARALLEL PARENTING, AND INCREASED PARALLEL PARENTING AMONG HIC DYADS WILL REDUCE CHILD ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS.

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PERSONAL RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ASIAN AMERICANS: A MHEALTH PROBLEM-SOLVING INTERVENTION TO REDUCE STRESS (PROP-AA) - ABSTRACT THE PROPOSED INTERVENTION, PERSONAL RELEVANCE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ASIAN AMERICANS: A MHEALTH PROBLEM- SOLVING INTERVENTION TO REDUCE STRESS, IS DESIGNED 1) TO INCREASE THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY A POPULATION THAT USES THEM AT ONE THIRD THE RATE OF WHITES,1 AND 2) TO DEVELOP A PERSONALLY-RELEVANT APPROACH TO STRESS-REDUCTION. PRACTICAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS INHIBIT THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY ASIAN AMERICANS2 INCLUDING A LACK OF FLUENCY IN ENGLISH AMONGST SPECIFIC SUBPOPULATIONS,3 INSUFFICIENT HEALTH LITERACY,2 AND STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL ILLNESS WHICH STEMS FROM ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL BELIEFS SHARED ACROSS SUBPOPULATIONS.4-6 WITH THE RISE IN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS DURING THE CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS RELATED TO COVID-19,7,8 THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH MAY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED,9 REINFORCING THE NEED FOR AN IMPROVED OPTION THAT ADDRESSES THESE BARRIERS. THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO DEVELOP A MHEALTH (MOBILE HEALTH) APPLICATION THAT IS SYSTEMATICALLY ADAPTED TO BE CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO SELECT ASIAN AMERICAN SUBPOPULATIONS. IF SUCCESSFUL, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD EXTEND THE APP TO ADDITIONAL GROUPS. IDENTIFYING PERSONALLY-RELEVANT INTERVENTIONS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE PERSISTENT MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS10 BY INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. PROBLEM-SOLVING THERAPY (PST), THE INTERVENTION THAT WILL BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT, IS LIKELY TO BE PERSONALLY RELEVANT TO ASIAN AMERICANS. PST IS A SKILLS-BASED, PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN MANAGING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF STRESSFUL EVENTS WHICH IS AN EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION FOR REDUCING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, SUCH AS DEPRESSION11 AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES.12 AN EXTERNAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION IS CULTURALLY-SYNTONIC TO ASIAN VALUES.13 THE PROPOSED MHEALTH APP FIRST WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR CHINESE AMERICANS AND KOREAN AMERICANS. THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS AND ADAPT THE PST USING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH THAT INTEGRATES TWO FRAMEWORKS, THE TOP- DOWN PSYCHOTHERAPY ADAPTATION AND MODIFICATION FRAMEWORK (PAMF)14 AND THE BOTTOM-UP FORMATIVE METHOD FOR ADAPTING PSYCHOTHERAPY (FMAP).15 IN ADDITION, THE APP LAYOUT, TEXT, VIDEO, AND AUDIO CONTENT WILL BE LOCALIZED. USERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AT LEAST FIVE MODULES IN THE APP, AN INTRODUCTION AND ONE MODULE FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SKILLS THAT COMPRISE PST. THE APP WILL INCLUDE VIDEO MODELING OF SKILLS BY ASIAN AMERICANS AND INTERACTIVE FEATURES THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO APPLY SKILLS LEARNED LIKE WRITING DOWN IDEAS AND DEVELOPING A PLAN. IN PHASE I, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL: A) DESIGN AND DEVELOP A MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT USING AN ITERATIVE, USER- CENTERED APPROACH. IN PHASE II, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL: A) COMPLETE CONTENT AND APP DEVELOPMENT, AND B) CONDUCT A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF THE INTERVENTION. WHEN THE STUDY CONCLUDES, PROP-AA WILL BE THE FIRST EVIDENCE-BASED PST MOBILE APP DESIGNED FOR ASIAN AMERICANS.

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PS10-1003 HIV PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR CBO'S

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SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH

PADRES PREPARADOS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING INTERVENTION FOR LATINO FAMILIES

FATHERING THROUGH CHANGE: ONLINE PARENT TRAINING FOR DIVORCED FATHERS (FTC)

MEDIA BASED CULTURALLY RELEVANT PARENTING EDUCATION FOR DIVORCED LATINO FAMILIES

ASD PARENT TRAINER: ONLINE COACHING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM (APT)

ENERGY-EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ENABLED BY ON-CHIP PRINTED MICROELECTRONIC OPTICAL COMPONENT AND CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE STRESS REDUCTION: A MOBILE MINDFULNESS APPLICATION TOSUPPORT HEALTH PROMOTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

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IMPROVING ACCESS TO EARLY PARENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT

ADAPT ONLINE: AFTER DEPLOYMENT ADAPTIVE PARENTING TOOLS

EDUCATION CENTER FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS ONLINE

ALCOHOL SERVERS APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY

RISK MODELING AND SHARED DECISION MAKING FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION - PROJECT ABSTRACT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION (PPD) IS A STRIKINGLY COMMON AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION, AFFECTING 1 IN 5 MOTHERS IN THE US. PPD POSES SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS, NOT ONLY TO MOTHERS BUT ALSO THEIR CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY. PPD HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED INFANT MORTALITY, HIGHER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, IMPAIRED MOTHER-CHILD ATTACHMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN, AND INCREASED STRESS WITHIN FAMILIES. HOWEVER, IN REALITY, WOMEN WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR DEPRESSION DURING THE CHILDBEARING YEARS ARE USUALLY NEITHER IDENTIFIED NOR TREATED. IN ADDITION, EVEN WHEN DEPRESSION IS DETECTED BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, WOMEN RARELY OBTAIN ASSISTANCE, DESPITE THE WIDE AVAILABILITY OF TREATMENT CHOICES. IN THIS PROJECT, WE PLAN TO LEVERAGE LARGE-SCALE, INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD AND CLAIMS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY CLINICAL DATA RESEARCH NETWORK TO DEVELOP AUTOMATED, SCALABLE RISK PREDICTION MODELS FOR PPD. WE WILL ALSO DEVELOP A DIGITAL SHARED DECISION-MAKING (SDM) TOOL FOR PPD TREATMENT BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS. THE PPD RISK MODEL AND THE DIGITAL SDM TOOL FOR PPD TREATMENT DEVELOPED IN THIS STTR PHASE I PROJECT WILL BE USED TO CONDUCT A FUTURE LARGE, PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-SITE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL TO TEST THEIR FEASIBILITY AND UTILITY IN ROUTINE CLINICAL CARE OF WOMEN DURING THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD.

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SBIR PHASE II: FOUNDRY-SCALE PRODUCTION OF ON-CHIP SILICON PHOTONIC LIGHT EMITTERS ENABLED BY PRINTED PHOTONIC INK -THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE II PROJECT WILL DEVELOP BLACK PHOSPHORUS-BASED INKS TO CREATE ON-CHIP EMBEDDED LASERS, ENABLING FULLY FUNCTIONAL SILICON PHOTONIC (SIP) CHIPS. SILICON IS THE FASTEST-GROWING MATERIAL CHOICE FOR PHOTONIC CHIP PRODUCTS BECAUSE SIP LEVERAGES THE FOUNDRY-PROCESSING CAPABILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY OVER DECADES. CURRENTLY, THE PRIMARY LASER SOLUTION BEING EMPLOYED IN SIP USES OFF-CHIP BONDED LASERS WHERE SYSTEM INTEGRATORS ASSEMBLING SIP PRODUCTS RELY ON A CUMBERSOME METHOD OF BONDING INDIVIDUAL LASERS TO SILICON CHIPS. THE MAIN ON-CHIP APPROACH, HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF III-V MATERIALS BONDED TO SILICON, WAS DEVELOPED FOR A SINGLE SPECTRAL BAND FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND IS CHALLENGING FOR ADOPTION IN BROADER MARKETS. THE LACK OF A SCALED-UP METHOD FOR FABRICATING MULTI-SPECTRAL BAND, SILICON-COMPATIBLE LASERS IS A MAJOR UNSOLVED PROBLEM FOR THE $1 BILLION-PER-YEAR SIP MARKET. THE TECHNICAL LEAP ENVISIONED IN THIS EFFORT WILL BE A KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGY OF PHOTONIC CHIPS THAT WILL FIRST BE SUPPLIED TO SUPPORT DEFENSE CUSTOMERS AND WEARABLE MEDICAL SENSOR DEVELOPERS TO GENERATE MORE PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA PER DOLLAR AND DRASTICALLY SHRINK THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF SUCH SENSORS. THIS WILL MEAN SMALLER, LIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND FLEXIBLE, WEARABLE SENSORS IN APPLICATIONS WHERE THE SIZE AND COST HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN TOO HIGH. THE INTELLECTUAL MERIT OF THIS PROJECT BUILDS UPON PHASE I RESULTS THAT SHOWED A MINIMUM VIABLE PROTOTYPE PHOTODIODE COMPONENT WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART PHOTO RESPONSE OF 800 MA/W UNDER 980 NM ILLUMINATION. THIS MILESTONE WAS ENABLED BY A NEW METHOD FOR CREATING INKS AND INK-PRINTED FILMS WITH HIGH-QUALITY OPTO-ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. IMPORTANTLY, THE ELECTRONIC QUALITY OF THE INKS WAS INCREASED TO COMMERCIALLY VIABLE LEVELS AND THE CURRENT IMPROVED TO LEVELS ON PAR WITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE LEDS. WHILE THIS WORK ESTABLISHED THE FEASIBILITY OF THE APPROACH, FURTHER TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS IN LIGHT EMISSION ARE REQUIRED TO VALIDATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND POSITION IT FOR INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VIA INTEGRATION INTO FOUNDRY LIBRARIES FOR USE BY DEFENSE COMPANIES, MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS, AND BEYOND. IN PHASE II, PHOTONIC INKS EMITTING AT 1450 NM WILL BE INTEGRATED DIRECTLY ONTO A FOUNDRY CHIP TO DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL ON-CHIP LASER COMPONENTS DEMANDED BY THE INTEGRATED PHOTONICS SYSTEMS ROADMAP (IPSR). THIS ACHIEVEMENT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE SCALABILITY OF THE APPROACH AND INCREASE THE VIABILITY OF PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AS A PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPING SENSORS. PHOTODETECTION WILL ALSO BE EXPLORED TO FURTHER EXPAND THE IMPACT OF INK-PRINTED COMPONENTS. THIS WILL CLOSE THE LOOP OF SILICON-BASED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, ENABLING LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

YOUTH EXCHANGE AND STUDY (YES) PROGRAM

NEW SBIR PHASE I 2009:TITLE: ER85245 WIRELESS ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION MONITORING; PI: DOUGLAS LABRECQUE

PARENTING THROUGH DIVORCE: LOW-COST, INNOVATIVE TRAINING

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS RESEARCH PROGRAM

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,

SBIR PHASE II: MEMS DEFORMABLE MIRRORS FOR LASER APPLICATIONS

SBIR PHASE II: CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) SEGMENTED DEFORMABLE MIRRORS

HIGN PERFORMANCE MEMS DEFORMABLE MIRROR FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS RETINAL IMAGING

LEADING LADIES

GREEN RETROFIT PROGRAM

DEEP CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SENSING: A COST EFFECTIVE, LONG-TERM TOOL FOR SEQUESTRATION MONITORING

A SPATIALLY UNIFORM ILLUMINATION SOURCE FOR WIDEFIELD MULTI-SPECTRAL OPTICAL IMAGING - PROJECT SUMMARY THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A NEW MULTI-SPECTRAL LIGHT SOURCE WITH EXCEPTIONAL ILLUMINATION UNIFORMITY WE CALL “EFFECTIVE UNIFORM COLOR-LIGHT INTEGRATION DEVICE (EUCLID)” FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS. OUR PROJECT'S PRIMARY GOAL IS TO SHOW HOW EUCLID IMPACTS MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS AND VALIDATE IN MESOSCALE BRAIN IMAGING, A POPULAR NEUROPHOTONICS APPLICATION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT EUCLID CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO A WIDE RANGE OF BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPIC AND MESOSCOPIC IMAGING APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND BIREFRINGENCE MICROSCOPY. IN BIOLOGICAL WIDEFIELD IMAGING APPLICATION, ILLUMINATION HOMOGENEITY IS A CRUCIAL FACTOR FOR EXCITATION PERFORMANCE AND RESULTING DATA QUALITY. YET, DUE TO SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL NON- UNIFORMITY OF CONVENTIONAL IMAGING SYSTEMS CAUSED BY IMPERFECT OPTICAL COMPONENTS, ILLUMINATION CORRECTIONS REQUIRE SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS. ILLUMINATION DESIGN FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING (MSI) IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AS FIELD UNIFORMITY ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF WAVELENGTH IS ESSENTIAL. RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHT EMITTING AND LASER DIODE TECHNOLOGY ENABLES CREATION OF MULTI-SPECTRAL LIGHT SOURCES WITH PREVIOUSLY UNATTAINABLE COMPACTNESS, POWER, AND CONTROLLABILITY. TRADITIONALLY, ACHIEVING HOMOGENOUS ILLUMINATION AT SEVERAL WAVELENGTHS REQUIRES COMBINING COLLIMATED BEAMS USING DICHROIC MIRRORS OR BEAM-SPLITTERS AND PRECISE ALIGNMENT. COST, COMPLEXITY, AND ABSOLUTE SIZE OF THE ILLUMINATION SOLUTION REQUIRE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WHEN DEVELOPING A MSI APPLICATION. THE SIGNIFICANT NOVELTY OF EUCLID IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A CONICAL GEOMETRY ALLOWING FOR LIGHT INTEGRATION, DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND UNIFORMITY ADJUSTMENTS. THE DIFFUSE-REFLECTIVE ADJUSTABLE HOLLOW CAVITY USED IN EUCLID ALTERS THE SOURCE FIELD DISTRIBUTION TO COMPENSATE SPATIAL NON-UNIFORMITY CAUSED BY THE IMAGING SYSTEM'S OPTICAL COMPONENTS WHILE ALLOWING FOR UNIFORM MIXING OF LIGHT FROM DISCRETE SOURCES WITH GREAT EFFICIENCY. WITH A MAXIMUM SPATIAL DEVIATION OF 1% OVER A LARGE FIELD OF VIEW, PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS SHOW SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED ILLUMINATION FOR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING IN BOTH NELSONIAN (CRITICAL) AND KOEHLER CONFIGURATION (FOV). EUCLID IS ALSO SHOWN TO PROVIDE SPECKLE-FREE LASER ILLUMINATION OVER A WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW WITH A PLATEAU UNIFORMITY AROUND 2% FOR A BROAD SPECTRUM. THIS UNIFORMITY INTRODUCED BY THE EUCLID IS 3 TIMES BETTER THAN CURRENT STATE-OF-THE ART FLAT-TOP ILLUMINATION TECHNIQUE. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PROPOSE TO SHOW EUCLIDS PERFORMANCE IN MULTISPECTRAL MESOSCALE BRAIN IMAGING WHERE NEURONAL ACTIVITY (CALCIUM SIGNALS), HEMODYNAMIC ACTIVITY (HEMOGLOBIN OXYGENATION), AND NEUROMODULATION (ACETYLCHOLINE LEVELS) ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY MONITORED ACROSS THE DORSAL CORTEX OF MICE WITH IMPLANTED ‘CRYSTAL SKULL’ WINDOWS. FOR THAT, WE WILL DEVELOP TWO DIFFERENT EUCLID DESIGNS. THE FIRST ONE WILL ACCEPT TWO DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL LED BULB TO PROVIDE OBLIQUE EXCITATION LIGHT TO MONITOR NEURONAL ACTIVITY. THE LATTER ONE WILL INTEGRATE TWO DIFFERENT LASER SOURCE AND PROVIDE SPECKLE-FREE UNIFORM ILLUMINATION TO DETECT HEMOGLOBIN OXYGENATION. WE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S NEUROVASCULAR IMAGING LABORATORY AND NEUROPHOTONICS CENTER ALLOWING US TO SHOWCASE HOW EUCLID CAN BE USED IN BIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS.

MOSAICVILLAGE: A YOUTH-INFORMED PLATFORM TO REDUCE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS THROUGH COLLECTIVE IMPACT

TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH IN EDUCATION: A MINDFULNESS BASED CURRICULUM (TIMEIN)

ADAPT: AFTER DEPLOYMENT ADAPTIVE PARENTING TOOLS

STTR PHASE I: PIC: ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE AND DOPING OF BLACK PHOSPHORUS FOR PRINTED LASERS ON SILICON PHOTONIC CHIPS

ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE STRESS REDUCTION: A MOBILE MINDFULNESS APPLICATION TO SUPPORT HEALTH PROMOTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

ACT ONLINE: STRESS REDUCTION FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH DD

TEACHER EDUCATION: PROMOTING READING READINESS (TEPRR)

ESCALA (ESCUELA Y CARRERA LATINA/LATINO SCHOOL AND CAREER)

EVIDENCE-BASED PARENT TRAINING FOR ADOPTIVE COUPLES

ALCHOHOL SERVERS APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY

BROADBAND SWIR PHOTODETECTOR ARRAYS ENABLED BY NANOMATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR INKS

PADRES PREPARADOS: A CULTURAL ADAPTION OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING INTERVENTIO

MEDIA-BASED CULTURALLY-RELEVANT PARENT EDUCATION FOR DIVORCED LATINO FAMILIES

FATHERING THROUGH CHANGE: ONLINE PARENT TRAINING FOR DIVORCED FATHERS

EVIDENCE-BASED PARENT TRAINING FOR DIVERSE FAMILIES (PTDF) - ABSTRACT HISTORICALLY, BIAS IN THE U.S. HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ+) PEOPLE TO MARRY AND FORM FAMILIES. THE SITUATION IS CHANGING, DUE TO A RECENT DRAMATIC SHIFT IN LEGAL AND SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE OF LGBTQ+ MARRIAGE AND FAMILY BUILDING. PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+ AND WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS DO NOT FIT WITHIN HETEROSEXUAL AND/OR CISGENDER NORMS—ARE INCREASINGLY HAVING CHILDREN OR CONSIDERING HAVING THEM. LGBTQ+ PARENTS GENERALLY EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PARENTING PROBLEMS AS HETEROSEXUAL, CISGENDER PARENTS, BUT THEY ALSO FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES RELATED TO THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER IDENTITY. LGBTQ+ PARENTS NEED EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING TO ADDRESS THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS AND DEVELOP SKILLS TO MITIGATE EXTERNAL STRESSORS AND FACILITATE RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMENT. THE LACK OF TARGETED PARENTING RESOURCES IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR LGBTQ+ PARENTS. PARENTING EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS CAN INCREASE THE USE OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES AND IMPROVE LONG-TERM CHILD BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. THE MOST EFFECTIVE PARENTING INTERVENTIONS RELY ON AND MODEL EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR SPECIFIC PARENT POPULATIONS. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE GROWING NUMBER OF LGBTQ+ FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FEW SERVICES AND INTERVENTIONS ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT, EVIDENCE-BASED PARENT TRAINING FOR DIVERSE FAMILIES (PTDF), WILL ADDRESS THIS GAP IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. WE WILL USE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AND IN PHASE I TO INFORM THE PROGRAM CONTENT AND PRODUCE NUMEROUS ELEARNING MODULES AND USER ENGAGEMENT TOOLS. WE WILL THEN CONDUCT A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WITH 240 LGBTQ+ PARENTS FROM TWO-PARENT FAMILIES. OVER 17 WEEKS, WE WILL TEST WHETHER, COMPARED TO A WAIT-LISTED CONTROL CONDITION, THE FULL PTDF INTERVENTION IMPROVES SELF-REPORTED PARENT OUTCOMES OF STRESS, SELF-EFFICACY, KNOWLEDGE, AND PARENTING SKILLS, AS WELL AS PARENT-REPORTED CHILD BEHAVIOR AND STRESS VARIABLES. WE ALSO WILL EXAMINE THE INTERVENTION'S USABILITY, CONTENT VALIDITY, EDUCATIONAL UTILITY, RELEVANCE, ACCEPTABILITY, AND USER SATISFACTION. BY THE END OF THIS FAST TRACK PROJECT, WE WILL HAVE AN APPROPRIATE, VALIDATED PARENT TRAINING PRODUCT TO IMPROVE PARENTING SKILLS AND CHILD OUTCOMES FOR LGBTQ+ FAMILIES.

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

STAMP IN SAFETY: PREVENTING INJURIES ON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS

AN AWARD TO THE RECIPIENT TO DESIGN AND CARRY OUT TWO TWO-WEEK "YOUTH AMBASSADORS" PROGRAMS IN THE US FOR 18 SECONDARY STUDENTS AND 10 UNIVERSITY STU

SBIR PHASE I: DIELECTRIC COATING OF MEMS DEFORMABLE MIRRORS

ASD PARENT TRAINER: ONLINE COACHING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM (APT)

PREPARAPRO: TRAINING FOR BILINGUAL LATINO PARAPROFESSIONALS.

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR BOREHOLE MAGNETOMETRIC RESISTIVITY AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION

TOPIC 18B. BROAD SPECTRUM ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING USING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE FRACTION INJECTION TRANSIENT RESPONSES AND THE FEASIBILITY OF UNIQUELY SEPARATING FRACTURE AND PROPPANT DISTRIBUTIONS

THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY OUTREACH GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES ELIGIBLE GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WITH THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AMONG THOSE ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS MOST IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY.

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STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER)

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - 2021

FY2016 CITIZENSHIP AND INTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM: CITIZENSHIP INSTRUCTION

TO SUPPORT AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO CREATE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

PROMOTE THE FORMATION OF CRITICAL THINKING BY INCREASING MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DISSEMINATION OF INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS IN ESTABLISHING THE INVESTMENT ECOSYSTEM THAT WILL BE THE BASIS OF THE DIGITAL INCUBATION CENTER THROUGH DIGITAL TRAINING METHODS, MENTORSHIP AND NETWORK ACTIVITIES.

TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE BY INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY, AND TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF SOLUTION ORIENTED BUSINESS MODELS/ HIGH IMPACT STARTUPS IN TURKEY.

SEC. 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYS GRANTS (MAN)

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS FOR MUSIC PROGRAMMING AT AFFORDABLE ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES IN BALTIMORE.

THE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM IN ALBANY, NEW YORK, WILL EXPAND ITS PROGRAMMING, REINVEST IN ITS COLLECTION, AND STRENGTHEN ITS STAFF TO PRESERVE AND TELL THE STORY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE IRISH PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE IN AMERICA. SHORTLY AFTER RELOCATING IN EARLY 2020, THE MUSEUM CLOSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT BUILT A SIGNIFICANT ONLINE FOLLOWING DURING THAT TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE ADDITIONAL DIGITAL OFFERINGS. THE MUSEUM WILL BUILD NEW CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIVERSE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING. THE MUSEUM WILL HIRE A FULL-TIME CONTENT AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER, WHO WILL DEVELOP NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS. STORAGE OF AND CARE FOR THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION WILL BE IMPROVED, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE MUSEUM TO INCREASE THE ROTATION OF OBJECTS ON DISPLAY AND CREATE DIVERSE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS.

TO PROVIDE 40 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WITH THE SKILLS, RESOURCES, AND NETWORKS NEEDED TO START AND SCALE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES.

TO INVOLVE MEMBERS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF THE KARAKIYAN DISTRICT, MANGYSTAU REGION IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF BUDGET PROGRAMS IN SEVEN RURAL D

TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY CONDUCTING THEMATIC TRAININGS

TO SUPPORT THE CATSKILLS IRISH ARTS WEEK.

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AS PART OF AMERICA250.

TO SUPPORT THE TRAVEL COSTS OF A U.S. EXPERT ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO DO ENGAGEMENTS IN IZMIR, MERSIN AND ANTALYA.

RCDG - VALUE-ADDED PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE CREATION AND PREMIERE OF A NEW WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH MICHELLE DORRANCE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES AND ARTIST FEES FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE GREATER BALTIMORE AREA.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A DOCUMENTARY FILM.

TO SUPPORT THE "PINTER CELEBRATION" A FESTIVAL FEATURING NEW PRODUCTIONS OF PLAYS BY HAROLD PINTER.

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF HAWKSBILL CONSUMPTION IN ECUADOR'S JAMBELI ARCHIPELAGO.

TO SUPPORT ARTIST FEES FOR THE MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST.

TO ASSIST SMALL GRASSROTS COMMUNITY-RUN PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY AND CARE IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE MINNESOTA IRISH MUSIC WEEKEND.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTIST FEES FOR A MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR OLDER ADULTS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AND RELATED ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WITH VIOLINIST RANDALL GOOSBY AND PIANIST ZHU WANG.

TO SUPPORT ARTIST FEES FOR THE MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST.

TO SUPPORT "THE YEATS PROJECT."

TO SUPPORT OSCAR WILDE'S "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" AS REIMAGINED BY IRISH PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR CONALL MORRISON.

TO SUPPORT THE 54TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL STEIRISCHER HERBST TAKING PLACE FROM SEPTEMBER 9 THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2021, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF - NECESSARY INTERRUPTION (2021) - BY REVEREND BILLY AND THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING CHOIR.

THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE COSTS INCURRED TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO RESPOND TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), WHICH MAY INCLUDE WORKPLACE SAFETY, MARKET PIVOTS, RETROFITTING FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, WORKER HOUSING, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. IT PROVIDES NEEDED RELIEF TO THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS FOR THEIR COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 27, 2020, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS) UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AND DECEMBER 31, 2021. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS.

TO COVER THE COSTS OF AN ACCELERATOR PROGRAM WHICH WILL PROVIDE 40 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WITH THE SKILLS, RESOURCES, AND NETWORKS NEEDED TO START AND SCALE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES.

TO SUPPORT THE 55TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL STEIRISCHER HERBST TAKING PLACE FROM SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 16 2022, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF U.S. ARTIST RAJKAMAL KAHLON TO PRESENT HER WORK UNSTABLE VISION, WHICH WILL BE ACCESSIBLE UNTIL 12 FEBRUARY 2023.

THIS FIXED AMOUNT AWARD IS FOR TRAVEL COSTS, PER DIEM, AND HONORARIUM FOR AN AMERICAN PROFESSOR TO PRESENT AT A HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION EVENT.

POSITIVE AND RESTORATIVE INVESTMENT IN DISCIPLINE REFORM IN EDUCATION (PRIDE): INTEGRATING SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (SWPBIS) AND RESTORATIVE DISCIPLINE (RD)