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Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (from the IRS e-File system), Tax Year 2024
Total Revenue
▼$330.8K
Program Spending
37%
of total expenses go to program services
Total Contributions
$0
Total Expenses
▼$340.3K
Total Assets
$356.2K
Total Liabilities
▼$8,850
Net Assets
$347.4K
Officer Compensation
→$71.9K
Other Salaries
$0
Investment Income
$20.1K
Fundraising
▼N/A
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VA/DoD Awards
$1.4M
VA/DoD Award Count
3
Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs and/or Department of Defense.
Total Federal Funding
$415.2M
Awards Found
150
| Awarding Agency | Description | Amount | Fiscal Year | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency for International Development | HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PHASE 2, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT | $52.7M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 – Sep 2031 |
| Agency for International Development | HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM (HES) | $47.7M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Sep 2027 |
| Agency for International Development | THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM VII (USP VII) | $17.8M | FY2015 | Sep 2015 – Sep 2023 |
| Agency for International Development | GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (GDA) BETWEEN USAID AND VIRUNGA SARL TO PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY TO AT LEAST 900 HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NYIRAGONGO TERRITORY, WHICH IS IN THE OUTSKIRTS GOMA. | $16.6M | FY2019 | Jul 2019 – Jan 2027 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | TO STRENGTHEN CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY, SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, VALIDATION AND TRAINING IN UGANDA UNDER PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFA | $15.7M | FY2018 | Apr 2018 – Sep 2024 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE, AND CONTROL OF VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN UGANDA | $15M | FY2019 | Sep 2019 – Aug 2026 |
| Agency for International Development | PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LEBANESE STUDENTS | $13.4M | FY2008 | Oct 2007 – Dec 2009 |
| Department of State | THE TLU PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN MENA COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM POPULATIONS TO ATTEND AMERICAN, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BASED IN THE REGION AND ACCREDITED BY A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDU. SANCTIONED REGIONAL INSTITUTION. | $12.7M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Sep 2032 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | STRENGTHENING CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY | $11.4M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Mar 2018 |
| Department of State | THE BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS' MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE PROGRAM AWARDS THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT | $10M | FY2020 | Jul 2020 – Jan 2024 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIIOUS | $8.4M | FY2014 | Apr 2014 – Aug 2019 |
| Agency for International Development | CRISIS MEDICAL RESPONSE FOR LEBANON (CMR LEBANON) ACTIVITY - AUB | $7.5M | FY2024 | Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | SUSTAINABLE QUALITY-ASSURED DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORYSERVICES FOR HIV-RELATED TESTING, VALIDATION, DISEASESURVEILLANCE, AND EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN UGANDA UNDERTHE U.S PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF(PEPFAR) | $7.2M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Sep 2028 |
| Department of State | THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVISE, IMPLEMENT, AND MONITOR WAYS FORWARD TOWARD DEVELOPING LOCALLY RESPONSIBLE MODELS FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INCLUSION IN MENA | $7M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 – May 2025 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF VECTOR - BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOU | $6.5M | FY2008 | Jul 2008 – Jun 2014 |
| Department of State | TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIC GOALS:. EXPAND ACCESS TO BASIC AND POST SE | $6.3M | FY2007 | Jul 2007 – Aug 2015 |
| Department of State | TO REDUCE THE ABILITY OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORKS AND ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS TO PROFIT FROM WILDLIFE AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE CRIMES IN THE VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK. | $6M | FY2024 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2027 |
| Agency for International Development | THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE | $6M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 – Apr 2020 |
| Agency for International Development | THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE | $5.7M | FY2013 | Sep 2013 – Sep 2018 |
| Agency for International Development | UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - USP | $5.7M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Sep 2018 |
| Agency for International Development | USAP II AUB | $5.3M | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Sep 2016 |
| Department of State | PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MENA REGION. | $5.3M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Jan 2024 |
| Department of State | TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - AUB | $4.3M | FY2017 | Sep 2017 – Jan 2023 |
| Agency for International Development | THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD THROUGH AUB IS TO SUPPORT PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS. | $4.3M | FY2020 | Apr 2020 – Oct 2022 |
| Department of State | TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM III | $4.1M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Sep 2018 |
| Department of State | THIS AWARD IS GOING TO AUB FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS COLLEGE-TO-WORK (PIPELINE) PILOT. | $3.8M | FY2020 | Jul 2020 – Sep 2023 |
| Department of State | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION. | $3.8M | FY2022 | Jul 2022 – Jul 2027 |
| Department of State | TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | $3.6M | FY2017 | Oct 2016 – Sep 2022 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | ENHANCED HIV PREVENTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY | $3.5M | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Mar 2017 |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | A U.S. ENERGY COMPANY AIMING TO BUILD PRIVATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXTEND THE GRID AND ELECTRIFY UP TO 70% OF BURUNDI | $3.1M | FY2024 | Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | PROVISION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HIV | $2.9M | FY2006 | Sep 2006 – Sep 2012 |
| Department of State | TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION. | $2.9M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 – Jan 2025 |
| Department of State | SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID, LEADEARSHIP TRAINING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE | $2.7M | FY2016 | Oct 2015 – Oct 2021 |
| Department of State | TO PROVIDE MASTER'S DEGREE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO STUDENTS FROM MENA. | $2.6M | FY2020 | Oct 2019 – Sep 2024 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | CAPACITY BUILDING IN CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | $2.5M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – May 2025 |
| Department of State | AWARD TO UPGRADE VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK SURVEILLANCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY TO COMBAT THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE | $2.5M | FY2020 | Sep 2020 – Mar 2024 |
| Department of State | TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS FROM THE MENA REGION. | $2.4M | FY2021 | Apr 2021 – Mar 2026 |
| Department of State | TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | $2.3M | FY2014 | Sep 2014 – Aug 2019 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 10 NEW GRANT - AUB | $2.3M | FY2010 | Sep 2010 – Dec 2012 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | UGANDA SCHISTOSOMIASIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRE (U-SMRC) - SUMMARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS A MAJOR NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE, ESTIMATED TO AFFECT 240 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, LEADING TO LOSS OF A MINIMUM OF 1.9 MILLION DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS (DALYS) ANNUALLY – 90% OF THIS BURDEN IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA. IN EAST AFRICA, UGANDA HAS A STRONG TRACK-RECORD OF SEMINAL STUDIES AND PARTNERSHIPS ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS RESEARCH. THE UGANDA SCHISTOSOMIASIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTER (U-SMRC) WILL BUILD ON THIS SOLID FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP A VIBRANT, UGANDA-LED, UGANDA-BASED INTERNATIONAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS RESEARCH NETWORK THAT FOSTERS AFRICAN CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH. UGANDA IS HIGHLY ENDEMIC FOR SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (SM). INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS UNIVERSAL IN MANY VILLAGES AROUND ITS GREAT LAKES AND THE RIVER NILE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH’S VECTOR CONTROL DIVISION (VCD), RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL, HAS LONG BEEN CONCERNED BY THE HIGH RATES OF SEVERE SCHISTOSOMAL MORBIDITY IN THE NORTH-WESTERN LAKE ALBERT REGION (LA), COMPARED TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE VICTORIA REGION (LV), DESPITE COMPARABLE TRANSMISSION AND PROGRAMMES OF PRAZIQUANTEL MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION. IN RESPONSE TO THIS CONCERN, THE U-SMRC’S CORE RESEARCH GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF SEVERE SM- ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND TO IDENTIFY BETTER STRATEGIES FOR ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL. WE HYPOTHESISE THAT KEY BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF SEVERE SCHISTOSOMAL MORBIDITY OCCUR AT EACH STAGE OF THE PARASITE’S LIFE CYCLE: IN THE HUMAN HOST, IN THE PARASITE, AND IN THE SNAIL HOST AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. TO INVESTIGATE THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE WILL USE TWO STUDY DESIGNS: (I) COHORTS OF PRE-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN (PSAC) IN LA AND LV, TO EXPLORE THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES THAT MAY LEAD TO SEVERE MORBIDITY AND (II) AN ADULT CASE CONTROL STUDY TO IDENTIFY CHRONIC EXPOSURES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE DISEASE. WE WILL ALSO COLLECT PARASITE AND SNAIL SAMPLES FROM BOTH SETTINGS, AND DEVELOP A SPECIMEN ARCHIVE FOR FUTURE STUDIES. OUR SPECIFIC AIMS WILL BE TO AIM 1. COMPARE EARLY-LIFE IMMUNE RESPONSES TO SM EXPOSURE AND INFECTION BETWEEN LA AND LV AND IDENTIFY CO-EXPOSURES THAT MODULATE SM-SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSES AND MORBIDITY RISK AIM 2. ESTABLISH A PLATFORM FOR LOCAL GENETIC SURVEILLANCE OF SCHISTOSOME PARASITES IN UGANDA AND DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A PARASITE GENETIC BASIS TO DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN LA AND LV AIM 3. DETERMINE WHICH POPULATION BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF BIOMPHALARIA SPP. SNAILS ACT AS LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF SM, FILTERING ITS DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN LA AND LV ECOSYSTEMS; AND WHETHER DETECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL (E)DNA SIGNATURES FROM BIOMPHALARIA AND SM CAN BE USED TO BETTER PREDICT SNAIL/PARASITE DIVERSITY AT TRANSMISSION SITES AND (RE)INFECTION RISK WITHIN KEY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DATA FROM EACH AIM WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED MODEL OF THE DRIVERS OF SEVERE SM- ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY. THIS MODEL WILL BE FURTHER UTILISED TO EVALUATE LIKELY BENEFITS OF SELECTED INTERVENTIONS, AND TO GUIDE FUTURE POLICY ON PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. | $2.1M | FY2022 | May 2022 – Apr 2027 |
| Department of the Interior | BUILDING A SELF-SUSTAINING PARK FOR THE 21ST CENTURY THROUGH STRENGTHENED PARK RANGER FORCE. | $2M | FY2013 | Aug 2013 – Sep 2018 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | STRENGTHENING CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY | $2M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Mar 2018 |
| Department of State | TO PROVIDE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MENA STUDENTS. | $2M | FY2022 | Sep 2022 – Aug 2027 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH EQUIPPING AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILTIES ON AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S (AUB)CAMPUS. | $2M | FY2008 | Sep 2008 – Mar 2013 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 2011 - NEW GRANT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT | $2M | FY2012 | Nov 2011 – Jun 2014 |
| Department of State | THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FULLTIME TLU STUDENTS AT AUB TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN GENDER STUDIES. | $1.9M | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Feb 2025 |
| Agency for International Development | TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT | $1.9M | FY2017 | Mar 2017 – Apr 2021 |
| Agency for International Development | TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND RENOVATE SPECIFIED FACULTIES AT THE UNIVERSITY I.E. ARTS & SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES ENGI | $1.8M | FY2004 | Sep 2004 – Jun 2008 |
| Agency for International Development | TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMODITIES TO UPDATE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S RESEARCH TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS. | $1.8M | FY2003 | Sep 2003 – Mar 2008 |
| Agency for International Development | CONSTRUCTING, UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING SEVERAL LABORATORY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS PURCHASE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FOR SEVERAL FACULT | $1.8M | FY2007 | Sep 2007 – Jun 2011 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE RENOVATION OF SELECTED AREAS AND THE PURCHASING COMMODITIES TO UPGRADE THE MEDICAL CENTER FACILITIES MODERNIZE | $1.8M | FY2006 | Sep 2006 – Jun 2010 |
| Agency for International Development | AID-ASHA-G-13-00031 AUB COMMODITIES | $1.8M | FY2014 | Mar 2014 – Mar 2016 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 12 NEW GRANT TRUSTEES OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT | $1.8M | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Sep 2014 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | DEVELOPMENT OF HIV VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE I-II-III IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | $1.8M | FY2007 | Feb 2007 – Jun 2012 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANT WAS AWARDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PURCHASING COMMODITIES AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILITIES ON AUB'S CAMPUS AND MEDICAL CENTER. | $1.8M | FY2009 | Sep 2009 – Jun 2013 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND TOUPDATE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEVERAL O | $1.7M | FY2000 | Sep 2000 – Sep 2003 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 2014 ASHA AWARD | $1.7M | FY2015 | Oct 2014 – Sep 2018 |
| Agency for International Development | INCREMENTAL FUNDING | $1.7M | FY2007 | Oct 2006 – Feb 2012 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | AN AUTOMATED RNA 3D STRUCTURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM | $1.7M | FY2014 | Jul 2014 – May 2017 |
| Agency for International Development | $1,300,000 THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT AIMS TO ESTABLISH, RENOVATE AND ACQUIRE COMMODITIES FOR AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SEMI-ARID CONDITION. | $1.6M | FY2021 | Oct 2020 – Sep 2025 |
| Agency for International Development | THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF FINANCIAL NEED. | $1.5M | FY2010 | Jan 2010 – Sep 2010 |
| Department of State | INCREASE WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY IN THE MENA REGION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE MENA ECONOMIES. | $1.5M | FY2019 | Oct 2018 – Apr 2021 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | SUSTAINING NATIONAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO SEASONAL | $1.5M | FY2011 | Aug 2011 – Jul 2016 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1/2 - THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION (GEOHEALTH-MENA) - LEBANON - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) REGION, ESPECIALLY ITS LMIC COUNTRIES, FACES A MYRIAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (EOH) CHALLENGES IN A CONTEXT OF DYNAMIC POLITICAL CHANGES, MULTIPLE CONCURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISES, WEAK REGULATIONS, AND LIMITED INVESTMENT IN EOH RESEARCH AND RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) IN LEBANON (U01 APPLICATION) IS PARTNERING WITH YALE UNIVERSITY (U2R APPLICATION) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN THE US TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MENA REGION (GEOHEALTH MENA), WHERE AUB SERVES AS THE HUB INSTITUTION AND ONE UNIVERSITY IN EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN WILL SERVE AS SPOKE INSTITUTIONS. THE AIM OF GEOHEALTH MENA IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN EOH RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, AT AUB, SISTER INSTITUTIONS, AND RELEVANT NGOS IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION. THE FOCUS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL BE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDE AMONG REFUGEE POPULATIONS. THE MENA REGION HOSTS MORE THAN 50% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES. THE U01 APPLICATION PROPOSES TO EVALUATE THE PATHWAYS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION OF SUCH EXPOSURE WITH NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES, AND EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN THIS ASSOCIATION. FINDINGS WILL INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM AT AUB WILL BUILD ON A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF STUDYING REFUGEE AND MIGRANT POPULATIONS AND TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO POLICY. YALE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE AUB TEAM IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROBEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE. THE U2R WILL PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED APPLICANTS (ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT, LEBANON, AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE A PHD IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AT AUB’S FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FHS) FOCUSING ON EOH ISSUES. THE U2R WILL ALSO PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED MDS (TWO FROM LEBANON AND ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE AN MPH AT AUB’S FHS AND A FELLOWSHIP IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AT AUB’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE. THE 7 TRAINEES WILL SPEND 3 MONTHS (MD/MPH) OR 6 MONTHS (PHD) DURING THEIR STUDY PERIOD AT YALE AND IOWA FOR ADVANCED AND RELEVANT RESEARCH TRAINING AND TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AGS&H). ADDITIONALLY, THE U01/U2R APPLICATIONS WILL OFFER SHORT-TERM RESEARCH AND AGS&H TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY. | $1.4M | FY2022 | Jun 2022 – Feb 2027 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN UGANDA - PROJECT SUMMARYTHE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA INFECTION IN AFRICA IS NOT VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE SHOWS THAT INFLUENZA HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. IN THE REGION, INFLUENZA VIRUSES ARE IMPORTANT RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS, AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, SUCH AS PNEUMONIA, ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH, PARTICULARLY AMONG CHILDREN. IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, MOST OUTBREAKS OF INFLUENZA GO UNREPORTED AND INFORMATION ABOUT CIRCULATING STRAINS IS RELATIVELY LIMITED. ALTHOUGH INFLUENZA HAS BEEN WIDELY STUDIED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY, SEASONALITY, AND BURDEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IN 2006 FUNDING WAS OBTAINED FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFLUENZA BRANCH IN ATLANTA, TO ESTABLISH AN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER IN UGANDA. INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES WERE STARTED, AND THE UGANDA NATIONAL INFLUENZA CENTER (NIC) WAS REINSTATED AT UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE. OVER THE PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS, INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE IN UGANDA HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SURVEILLANCE CAPACITIES, AND LABORATORY VIROLOGICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CAPACITIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, NOT ONLY FOR INFLUENZA BUT FOR OTHER DISEASES TOO. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THESE CAPACITIES CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AND STRENGTHENED TO ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE BUT ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL DETECTION AND RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC INFLUENZA. THIS PROGRAM IS BENEFICIAL AS IT GENERATES INFORMATION FOR USE IN REDUCING THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. THE PROGRAM WILL COMMUNICATE DATA ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO THE WHO GLOBAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (GISRS), FLUNET AND FLUID, AND ALSO PROVIDE ISOLATES OF INFLUENZA VIRUS TO THE ATLANTA WHO CC FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AND USE IN VACCINE PRODUCTION.THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST FOR FUNDING IS TO ENABLE UGANDA, THROUGH THE UVRI NATIONAL INFLUENZA CENTER, TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS BY MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING ROUTINE INFLUENZA SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND DEVELOP CAPACITY TO MONITOR AND QUICKLY RESPOND TO HIGHLY PATHOGENIC VIRUSES AND BACTERIA TRANSMISSIBLE AMONG HUMANS (FROM ANIMALS), AS WELL AS IDENTIFY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SYNDROMES. ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO GET INFORMATION ON GAPS AND WHERE THERE IS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS. THE IDENTIFIED OUTBREAKS WILL BE RESPONDED TO USING A ONE HEALTH MODEL. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRIES, AND FORESTRY, MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT AND THE UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY WILL BE IMPROVED AND PLANS, AND MOUS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON SURVEILLANCE DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS. THE NATIONAL ONE HEALTH PLATFORM WILL PROVIDE A CHANNEL FOR COMMUNICATION. A TOTAL AMOUNT OF US $ 249,955.00 REQUESTED TO FACILITATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE THREE COMPONENTS (US $ 140.000 FOR COMPONENT 1; US $ 59,955 FOR COMPONENT 2; AND US $ 50,000 FOR COMPONENT 3. | $1.4M | FY2021 | Sep 2021 – Sep 2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | NICOTINE FLUX, A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL TOOL FOR REGULATING NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES: SIGNIFICANCE OF NICOTINE FLUX TO THE RATE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS - PROJECT SUMMARY. ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS (ENDS) HEAT AND VAPORIZE A NICOTINE-CONTAINING LIQUID TO PRODUCE AN AEROSOL THAT CAN DELIVER NICOTINE TO THE BLOOD AND THE BRAIN. ENDS ARE CONSIDERED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE US AND ARE UNDER THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. ENDS USE HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST DECADE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH: OVER 20% OF US HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE CURRENT ENDS USERS, AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE IN THIS POPULATION. FEDERAL LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD RESTRICT ENDS LIQUID NICOTINE CONCENTRATION TO MAKE ENDS “SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ADDICTIVE AND APPEALING TO YOUTH.” HOWEVER, THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS TO CURB ADDICTION BY LIMITING NICOTINE LIQUID CONCENTRATION ARE UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED BECAUSE NICOTINE EMISSIONS FROM ENDS DEPEND ON MULTIPLE VARIABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE NICOTINE CONCENTRATION IS LIMITED, USERS CAN TURN TO A HIGHER POWER ENDS DEVICE TO ATTAIN MORE NICOTINE. TO ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PUBLIC HEALTH AIMS, REGULATIONS TARGETING ADDICTION MUST FOCUS ON NICOTINE DELIVERY, NOT NICOTINE CONCENTRATION. WHILE NICOTINE DELIVERY CANNOT BE REGULATED DIRECTLY, THE RATE AT WHICH AN ENDS EMITS NICOTINE, THE “NICOTINE FLUX” CAN BE REGULATED AND, IMPORTANTLY, PREDICTED FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF A FEW DEVICE DESIGN AND OPERATING VARIABLES. HOWEVER, TO DATE THERE IS NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUX AND DELIVERY, NOR BETWEEN FLUX AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS THAT SUPPORT NICOTINE DEPENDENCE. CLOSING THIS GAP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE, FIRST-PRINCIPLES FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATING ENDS. IN AIM1, WE WILL EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, NICOTINE FORM, AND THE RATE AND DOSE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY. IN THE CLINICAL LAB AT YALE UNIVERSITY, PARTICIPANTS WILL PUFF ON ENDS DEVICES UNDER CONDITIONS THAT DIFFER BY FLUX AND FORM, WHILE ARTERIAL BLOOD IS SAMPLED IN HIGH TIME RESOLUTION. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX AND FORM DETERMINE THE SPEED AND DOSE OF ENDS NICOTINE DELIVERY, AND THUS, ABUSE LIABILITY. IN AIM2, WE WILL ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, FORM, AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS. AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, PARTICIPANTS WILL USE ENDS DEVICES WITH VARYING NICOTINE FLUXES AND FORMS. DEPENDENCY MEASURES, SUCH AS URGE TO SMOKE, CRAVING, AND ABSTINENCE, WILL BE ASSESSED. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX/FORM INFLUENCE SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS RELATED TO DEPENDENCY, PUFFING INTENSITY, AND EXPOSURE TO TOXICANTS. IN SUMMARY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO USE NICOTINE FLUX AS AN ENCOMPASSING AND CONVENIENT CONSTRUCT TO REGULATE NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ENDS. | $1.3M | FY2022 | Feb 2022 – Jan 2026 |
| Department of State | EQUIP GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOCIALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES. | $1.3M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Sep 2023 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | TESTING AND COUNSELING FOR HIV: A MULTI-SITE STUDY | $1.3M | FY2006 | Sep 2006 – Jul 2014 |
| Agency for International Development | DCHA/ASHA | $1.2M | FY2015 | Sep 2015 – Dec 2019 |
| Agency for International Development | AUB FOLLOW-ON AWARD | $1.2M | FY2011 | Jun 2011 – Feb 2014 |
| Agency for International Development | CONSTRUCTION AND COMMODITIES AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 | $1.1M | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Sep 2022 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITY FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTAINMENT OF AVIAN AND PAN | $954.3K | FY2007 | Aug 2007 – Jul 2011 |
| VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH CORE FACILITY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT FACULTY OF MEDICINE | $850K | FY2008 | Sep 2008 – Sep 2013 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | A RANDOMIZED TRAIL OF HOME OR FACILITY-BASED AIDS CARE | $800K | FY2004 | Sep 2004 – Mar 2010 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | BCX-AFRICA: UTILIZING DATA SCIENCE TO EVALUATE THE APPLICABILITY OF BLOOD CELL TRAITS POLYGENIC RISK SCORES FOR DISEASE PREDICTION IN AFRICA - PROJECT SUMMARY THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO LEVERAGE EXISTING GENOMIC DATA OF BLOOD CELL TRAITS FROM THE H3AFRICA AND OTHER INITIATIVE ACROSS AFRICA FOR NOVEL GENE DISCOVERY AND GENETIC RISK PREDICTION IN AFRICA ANCESTRY INDIVIDUALS USING DSI-AFRICA FUNDED OPEN DATA SCIENCE PLATFORM (ODSP) WHICH ALLOWS FOR EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN A RESOURCE LIMITED SETTING. CIRCULATING BLOOD CELL TRAITS ARE CRITICAL INTERMEDIATE CLINICAL PHENOTYPES FOR A RANGE OF DISEASE OUTCOMES INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR, HEMATOLOGIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. GENETIC FACTORS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DETERMINING THESE TRAITS. HOWEVER, HUNDREDS OF GENETIC LOCI HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED USING CONVENTIONAL GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (GWAS) APPROACH IN EUROPEAN AND EAST ASIAN-ANCESTRY POPULATIONS. IN VIEW OF THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF AFRICANS FROM OTHER ANCESTRIES, AND THEIR LOW REPRESENTATION OF 1.1% IN GLOBAL GWAS, MORE STUDIES ARE REQUIRED TO UNRAVEL POPULATION SPECIFIC VARIANTS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED TO EXIST IN BLOOD CELL TRAITS. GIVEN THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA TO HUMAN ORIGINS AND DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY, THERE IS A CLEAR SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEED TO DEVELOP LARGE-SCALE EFFORTS EXAMINING BLOOD CELL TRAITS SUSCEPTIBILITY IN POPULATIONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT, WHICH MIGHT YIELD INSIGHTS THAT WILL BENEFIT OTHER ETHNICITIES REGARDING DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL AGGREGATE BLOOD CELL TRAITS GWAS DATA ACROSS CONTINENTAL AFRICA AND AFRICAN AMERICANS LEVERAGING EXISTING PARTNERSHIP IN AFRICA INCLUDING H3AFRICA FROM ~35K INDIVIDUALS. WE WILL TEST FOR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANTS AND 15 BLOOD CELL TRAITS IN A META-ANALYSIS GWAS AND REFINE GENETIC ASSOCIATION SIGNALS AT NEW AND EXISTING BLOOD CELL TRAITS ASSOCIATION LOCI. WE WILL DEVELOP AND ASSESS TRANSFERABILITY OF POLYGENIC RISK SCORE (PRS) FOR BLOOD CELL TRAITS RISK IN AFRICA INCLUDING EVALUATING THE PREDICTIVITY OF THE BLOOD CELL TRAITS PRS FOR A RANGE OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INCLUDING LEUKAEMIA (N=5,926), HYPERTENSION (N = 39,784), STROKE (N=5,540), DIABETES MELLITUS (N=20,506) AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE (N= 5,704) IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTICIPATING NON-ACADEMIC PARTNER ON THE PROJECT (54GENE LAGOS NIGERIA). OUR PROPOSAL IS DIRECTLY AIMED AT A KEY MISSION OF RFA-RM-22-023, TO SUPPORT HARNESSING DATA SCIENCE FOR HEALTH DISCOVERY, THAT WILL NOT ONLY GENERATE IMPORTANT FINDINGS RELEVANT TO HUMAN HEALTH, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A VEHICLE TO IMPROVE THE GENOMIC DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH CAPACITY IN AFRICA. OUR PROPOSAL ALSO DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE NIH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DATA SCIENCE. THE UNIQUE COLLABORATION WITHIN THE HUMAN HEREDITY AND HEALTH IN AFRICA (H3AFRICA) FOR A CROSS-GROUP ANALYSE IN AFRICA STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THROUGH SCIENTIFIC TRAINING IN ALL PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION, WHICH FACILITATE OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES. | $748K | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Jul 2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON | $730K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Sep 2015 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | INTRODUCING THE USE OF SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH | $719.9K | FY2013 | Sep 2013 – Aug 2016 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION | $654.9K | FY2015 | Aug 2015 – Jul 2020 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANTEE WILL PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED TO UPGRADE CLASSROOMS LEARNING PROGRAMS AND OFFICES FOR ITS HIGH SCHOOL | $650K | FY2006 | Sep 2006 – Dec 2010 |
| Department of Agriculture | FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, DIAGNOSTICS AND ANTIGENIC MATCHING RESEARCH IN UGANDA | $600.3K | FY2014 | Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 |
| VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | NICOP - MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION AND NEURAL STEM CELLS CROSS TALK POST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) | $569.8K | FY2017 | Apr 2017 – Oct 2021 |
| Department of Agriculture | DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS | $560.7K | FY2014 | Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 |
| Department of the Interior | CENTRAL AFRICA IS A GLOBALLY IMPORTANT REGION FOR FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) WORKS CLOSELY WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, U.S. AGENCIES, AND A RANGE OF OTHER PARTNERS TO ENSURE A STRATEGIC, RESULTS-BASED APPROACH TO WILDLIFE STEWARDSHIP IN THE REGION. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (USAID) CENTRAL AFRICA REGIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CARPE), USFWS IS PROVIDING THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE PRESSURES ON KEY WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO DEVELOP THE REQUISITE INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR DURABLE, LONG-TERM CONSERVATION SUCCESS. PLEASE SEE A RESULTS-BASED VISION FOR CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA FOR GREATER DETAIL ON USFWS APPROACH TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA THAT SEEKS TO SECURE WILDLIFE AND STRENGTHEN CAPACITY FOR BETTER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. FUNDING WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPACT WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN THE 10 COMMISSION OF CENTRAL AFRICAN FORESTS (COMIFAC) COUNTRIES: BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA, AND SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE. | $500K | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Sep 2019 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 2014 ASHA AWARD | $500K | FY2015 | Oct 2014 – Sep 2016 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 12 NEW GRANT - AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT BEIRUT | $500K | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Sep 2014 |
| Agency for International Development | 2020 ASHA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT | $500K | FY2022 | Oct 2021 – Sep 2025 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULAR PROTEINS INVOLVED IN HIV INFECTION | $430.9K | FY2009 | Jul 2009 – Jun 2010 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 11 - NEW GRANT - TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT BEIRUR | $400K | FY2012 | Nov 2011 – Mar 2014 |
| Department of Agriculture | TELEMEDICINE GRANT | $397.1K | FY2011 | Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF DIABETES IN LEBANON | $380K | FY2020 | Aug 2020 – Apr 2025 |
| Department of Agriculture | DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS | $343.9K | FY2014 | Oct 2013 – Mar 2016 |
| Department of Agriculture | DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS | $343K | FY2014 | Oct 2013 – Feb 2018 |
| Department of State | KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (KIP) PROJECT AIMS TO BRIDGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH CIVIL SOCIETY NEEDS & ACTIVISM BY FUNDING 15 STUDIES ABOUT GENDER & SEXUALITY | $332K | FY2015 | Sep 2015 – Aug 2017 |
| Agency for International Development | FY 10 NEW GRANT - AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL | $300K | FY2010 | Sep 2010 – Dec 2013 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | DEVELOPING DRUG-LIKE SMALL MOLECULES THAT TARGET TOXIC REPEAT RNAS TO ALLEVIATE MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1-DERIVED MIS-SPLICING | $299.3K | FY2020 | Sep 2020 – Sep 2022 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | TARGETING EXONUCLEASE RESISTANT RNA TO DEVELOP ZIKA VIRUS THERAPEUTICS | $299.2K | FY2018 | Jan 2018 – Oct 2019 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | A SMALL MOLECULE DRUG DISCOVERY PLATFORM TO TARGET CANCER-CAUSING MICRORNAS. | $298.3K | FY2017 | Aug 2017 – Jul 2019 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE COLORADO ALPHAHERPESVIRUS LATENCY SOCIETY | $297.1K | FY2014 | Apr 2014 – Mar 2021 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | THE PALESTINIAN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT LIBRARIES | $255.9K | FY2016 | May 2016 – Jan 2020 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | TARGETED SMALL MOLECULE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY FOR MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY-1 DRUG DEVELOP | $244.6K | FY2013 | Aug 2013 – Jul 2014 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN LEBANON: A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT STUDY | $243.8K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Jul 2013 |
| National Science Foundation | SBIR PHASE I: ANTIVIRAL ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES (COVID-19) | $243K | FY2022 | Dec 2021 – Nov 2022 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM | $237.5K | FY2021 | Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | MAINTENANCE OF INFLUENZA SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE IN UGANDA | $214.4K | FY2016 | Sep 2016 – Sep 2021 |
| Agency for International Development | GRANT AWARDED TO ASSIST WITH UPGRADING THE MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND CLASSROOMS. | $200K | FY2009 | Sep 2009 – Jun 2011 |
| Department of Energy | PROVIDING DIURNAL HEMISPHERICAL CLOUD FRACTION DATA AT ARM SITES | $196.3K | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Aug 2013 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM | $194.2K | FY2021 | Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 |
| Department of the Interior | ACCELERATION OF AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY | $180.6K | FY2017 | Mar 2017 – Mar 2021 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS ON WORKING CHILDREN | $169.8K | FY2007 | Sep 2007 – Aug 2012 |
| National Science Foundation | QUANTUM GRAVITY IN NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY | $155.8K | FY2009 | Jul 2009 – Jun 2012 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | PROTEIN-FREE REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN EXPRESSION BY A DRUG-SENSING RIBOSWITCH | $155.1K | FY2008 | Sep 2008 – Aug 2009 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | SMALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | $150K | FY2008 | Sep 2008 – Aug 2010 |
| National Science Foundation | QUANTA OF GEOMETRY | $150K | FY2015 | Sep 2015 – Aug 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | SPACE-TIME FROM THE SPECTRAL POINT OF VIEW: TOWARDS QUANTUM GRAVITY | $150K | FY2012 | Sep 2012 – Aug 2015 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM | $147.9K | FY2021 | Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING THE RELIABILITY OF BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE BY CORRELATING USER FEEDBACK AND EXECUTION DATA | $139.2K | FY2008 | Jun 2008 – May 2011 |
| Inter-American Foundation | PESTICIDE RUNOFF CONTAMINATES WATERWAYS AND REDUCES THE PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL-SCALE FARMS IN PARAGUAY. WHEN FARMERS CANNOT GROW ENOUGH CROPS TO MAKE A LIVING, THEY MAY FEEL PRESSURED TO MIGRATE, RENT, OR SELL THEIR LAND. THE IAF SUPPORTS COMMUNITY-LED APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND INCOME GENERATION. OUR GRANTEE, OÑOIR? IS SUPPORTING FARMERS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC YERBA MATE, A TRADITIONAL BEVERAGE IN PARAGUAY AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AND EXPAND SALES BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. OÑOIR? IS ALSO DIVERSIFYING INTO A NEW PRODUCT LINE OF ORGANIC MEDICINAL PLANTS, SUCH AS STEVIA AND LEMON VERBENA, GROWN AND SOLD BY WOMEN SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS. THIS GRANT IS PART OF THE IAF’S WOMEN INVESTING IN GROWTH AND SECURITY (WINGS) INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. | $137.7K | FY2021 | Aug 2021 – Feb 2025 |
| Department of State | THIS AWARD IS TO INSTRUCT AND DEVELOP MUSIC SKILLS WITH AROUND 100 KID FROM DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED AND IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES IN LEBANON INCLUDING REFUGEES LEADING TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH A CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA IN 2023. | $99.9K | FY2022 | Sep 2022 – Aug 2023 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM | $98.6K | FY2021 | Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 |
| Department of State | TAKING 100 EL-SISTEMA KIDS TO 26 REMOTE VILLAGES AND REFUGEE CAMPS, TO INTERACT WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A JOINT MUSIC CONCERT AND EDUCATE YOUTH AND PARENTS ON PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVITY, GENDER EQUALITY...ETC | $95K | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Feb 2025 |
| Department of State | BEMAS CREATIVE PATHWAYS WILL ENGAGE WITH 16 LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,5 COMMUNITY CENTERS OUTSIDE BEIRUT WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 9 ARTISTS AND ARTIST COLLECTIVES FOR 2YEARS BUILDING THE ARTISTIC TALENTS OF 1000 STUDENTS, 30TEACHERS AND 3 FRESH GRADUATES | $75.1K | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Feb 2025 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY AT KAIRUKI UNIVERSITY TO STUDY OROPHARYNGEAL COMPLICATIONS AMONG HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN TANZANIA WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING QUALITY OF SERVICES AND QUANTITY OF LIFE - PROJECT ABSTRACT THIS D71 PLANNING APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH TRAINING WILL ADDRESS GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF HIV INFECTION, HPV INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED CLINICAL CONDITIONS IN THE OROPHARYNX AND DENTAL HEALTH AMONG PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH) IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. TO DATE, RESEARCH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (LMIC) ON THESE TOPICS IS IN ITS RELATIVE NASCENCY, DESPITE THE COMMON OCCURRENCE OF OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL COMPLICATIONS. IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS D71 APPLICATION, WE PERFORMED A SCOPING LITERATURE REVIEW AND FOUND NO PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERSECTION OF ORAL HEALTH, HPV AND HIV IN TANZANIA. AMONG THE PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS, KAIRUKI UNIVERSITY (KU) WILL LEAD AND SUPPORT CONSULTANTS FROM THE MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES (MUHAS), THE KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (KCMU CO) AND DUKE UNIVERSITY (DUKE), THE PLANNING PROCESS WILL ADDRESS CURRENT GAPS AND EXPECTED SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRIORITIZING THESE OPPORTUNITIES ACCORDING TO IN-COUNTRY NEEDS, IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE TRAININGS TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED RESEARCH SKILLS, AND LEAD TO THE DESIGN OF A D43 RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH WILL PROVIDE TRAINEES WITH THE RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO FILL THE GAPS. WE WILL ENGAGE AND LEVERAGE THE HIV CLINICAL SCIENCE EXPERTISE OF KU, ACCESS TO A LARGE POPULATION OF PWH AND OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL EXPERTISE OF THE MUHAS SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, AND THE SCIENTIFIC, CLINICAL AND TRAINING EXPERTISE OF DUKE, MUHAS, AND KCMUCO TO CREATE A PORTFOLIO OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, RESULTING IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE D43 APPLICATION IN 2025/2026. THE D43 APPLICATION WILL ULTIMATELY ENABLE KU TO ASSEMBLE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERT RESEARCH TEAM TO PERFORM STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDIES ON HIV AND ITS OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL MANIFESTATIONS. | $60.5K | FY2025 | Jul 2025 – Feb 2027 |
| Department of Agriculture | TELEMEDICINE GRANT | $53K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Sep 2013 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM | $49.3K | FY2021 | Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | SUPERSTRING THEORY AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS | $45K | FY2009 | Sep 2009 – Aug 2011 |
| Department of State | TO TRAIN AND EMPOWER YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGIONS OF KYRGYZSTAN. | $44.9K | FY2018 | Sep 2018 – Oct 2019 |
| National Science Foundation | SPACE-TIME QUANTIZATION AND DARK MATTER -THIS AWARD FUNDS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR ALI CHAMSEDDINE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT. THEORETICAL ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATURE AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. THIS IS DONE BY SEARCHING FOR AND BUILDING THEORETICAL MODELS WHICH GO BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AND WHICH COULD BE TESTED BY EXPERIMENTS OR WHICH SATISFY STRINGENT MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS. THIS FORCES RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD TO EXPLORE THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INVENT NEW METHODS FOR THEIR ANALYSIS OF SUCH THEORIES. THUS, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ADVANCES THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DIRECTIONS REQUIRING HUMAN INGENUITY: FINDING THE PHYSICAL LAWS THAT GOVERN THE UNIVERSE AND ITS MATTER CONSTITUENTS RANGING FROM COSMIC TO SUBATOMIC SCALES. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL INVENT NEW MATHEMATICS TO REACH THIS SCIENTIFIC GOAL. IN PARTICULAR, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW GEOMETRY THAT DESCRIBES THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME AND HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY NATURE BEHAVES IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS OBSERVED. PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL ALSO STUDY A MODIFIED MODEL OF EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY WHICH EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF DARK MATTER AND HELPS TO SOLVE SOME LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS SUCH AS REMOVING SINGULARITIES IN COSMOLOGICAL MODELS AT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE AND FOR BLACK HOLES. THIS WORK WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT BROADER IMPACT. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS GRANT WILL THEREFORE HELP TO SUSTAIN A WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING CONSISTENT NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRIC MODELS AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL. ONE IMPORTANT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY QUANTA OF GEOMETRY THAT COULD BE USED AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER TO CONSTRUCT FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLDS AND THEIR NONCOMMUTATIVE EXTENSION. IN ADDITION, THE WORK OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE ON THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MIMETIC GRAVITY WILL BE APPLIED TO SOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN COSMOLOGY. 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. | $30K | FY2022 | Aug 2022 – Jul 2025 |
| National Science Foundation | QUANTIZED GEOMETRY, COSMOLOGY AND DARK MATTER | $30K | FY2019 | Sep 2019 – Aug 2022 |
| National Science Foundation | SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS | $30K | FY2016 | Aug 2016 – Jul 2023 |
| Department of Agriculture | 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. | $20K | FY2022 | Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 |
| Department of State | TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COMBATTING MISBELIEFS AND DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES PRIMARILY IN ESTONIA'S NORTHEASTER RUSSIAN SPEAKING REGION, TARGETING YOUTH, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATORS. | $15.8K | FY2024 | Sep 2024 – Feb 2025 |
| Department of State | FUNDING THREE CONCERTS AND WORKSHOPS FOR BLACK ALLEY VISITING LEBANON FROM 23 TO 29 MAY 2023. THE THREE CONCERTS, ONE IN SAIDA, AND 2 IN BEIRUT, ARE PART OF ECA'S AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD PROGRAMMING FOR 2023 | $15.5K | FY2023 | May 2023 – May 2023 |
| Department of State | PURCHASE OF LICENSES FOR FILMS AND SALARIES FOR SCREENINGS AT UNIVERSITIES AND CULTURAL CENTERS | $15K | FY2020 | Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 |
| Department of State | TO SHOWCASE AMERICAN FILMMAKERS AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN A NATIONWIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. | $12.5K | FY2021 | Dec 2020 – Sep 2021 |
| Department of State | PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK IN LEBANON DURING A 5 DAYS FESTIVAL WITH MORE THAN 80 FILMS. | $10.7K | FY2020 | Mar 2020 – Sep 2021 |
| Department of State | THIS AWARD WILL COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH FEATURING THE US TENOR JACK SWANSON IN THE OPERA GALA CONCERT ON DECEMBER 4, 2021 | $10K | FY2022 | Nov 2021 – Dec 2021 |
| National Science Foundation | SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS | $10K | FY2014 | Jul 2014 – Jun 2015 |
| Department of State | THE FESTIVAL WILL SCREEN 6 MOVIES FROM USA OR ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE | $7,500 | FY2022 | Nov 2021 – Nov 2021 |
| Department of State | THIS AWARD WILL COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL, SPECIFICALLY THE INCLUSION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORS AND FILMMAKERS WORKS TO BE SCREENED FOR LEBANESE AUDIENCES. | $7,000 | FY2021 | Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 |
| Department of Agriculture | TO SPONSOR THE RABIES IN THE AMERICAS (RITA) CONFERENCE | $6,988 | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 |
| VA/DoDDepartment of Defense | VSP - VISIT TO LONDON, UK, ONR GLOBAL OFFICES. | $6,060 | FY2015 | Aug 2015 – Oct 2015 |
| Department of State | TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORIC FACILITIES IN BEIRUT, WHICH WERE DAMAGED IN THE AUGUST 4TH EXPLOSION, | $6,000 | FY2020 | Sep 2020 – Sep 2021 |
| Department of State | THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS | $4,560.66 | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 |
| Department of State | TO PAY THE PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS TO DR. NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM TRUST TO PAY THE SUB GRANTEE SRI LANKA UNITES TO CONDUCT THE "PARTNERSHIP FOR 'ROAD TO REC | $1,951 | FY2010 | Mar 2010 – Mar 2010 |
| Department of State | THIS AWARD IS FOR MEMBERS FROM THE LEBANESE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO JOIN JOSIAH WOODSON'S LARGE CONCERT IN USJ LEBANON | $1,500 | FY2022 | May 2022 – May 2022 |
| Department of State | TO PAY THE SUPPORT COSTS TO THE NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM TRUST (NTT) FOR THE DR. NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM COMMEMORATIVE FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 30TH TO F | $1,000 | FY2010 | Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 |
| Department of State | THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS | $0 | FY2023 | Sep 2023 – Oct 2023 |
| Agency for International Development | TIME EXTENSION OF EXISTING GRANT | -$549 | FY2005 | Sep 2005 – Dec 2009 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | DD11-1104: NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON | -$19.3K | FY2011 | Sep 2011 – Sep 2015 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | INTRODUCING THE USE OF SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH | -$97K | FY2013 | Sep 2013 – Aug 2016 |
Agency for International Development
$52.7M
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PHASE 2, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Agency for International Development
$47.7M
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM (HES)
Agency for International Development
$17.8M
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM VII (USP VII)
Agency for International Development
$16.6M
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (GDA) BETWEEN USAID AND VIRUNGA SARL TO PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY TO AT LEAST 900 HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NYIRAGONGO TERRITORY, WHICH IS IN THE OUTSKIRTS GOMA.
Department of Health and Human Services
$15.7M
TO STRENGTHEN CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY, SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, VALIDATION AND TRAINING IN UGANDA UNDER PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF (PEPFA
Department of Health and Human Services
$15M
IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE, AND CONTROL OF VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN UGANDA
Agency for International Development
$13.4M
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LEBANESE STUDENTS
Department of State
$12.7M
THE TLU PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN MENA COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM POPULATIONS TO ATTEND AMERICAN, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BASED IN THE REGION AND ACCREDITED BY A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDU. SANCTIONED REGIONAL INSTITUTION.
Department of Health and Human Services
$11.4M
STRENGTHENING CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY
Department of State
$10M
THE BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS' MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE PROGRAM AWARDS THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Department of Health and Human Services
$8.4M
IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIIOUS
Agency for International Development
$7.5M
CRISIS MEDICAL RESPONSE FOR LEBANON (CMR LEBANON) ACTIVITY - AUB
Department of Health and Human Services
$7.2M
SUSTAINABLE QUALITY-ASSURED DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORYSERVICES FOR HIV-RELATED TESTING, VALIDATION, DISEASESURVEILLANCE, AND EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN UGANDA UNDERTHE U.S PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF(PEPFAR)
Department of State
$7M
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVISE, IMPLEMENT, AND MONITOR WAYS FORWARD TOWARD DEVELOPING LOCALLY RESPONSIBLE MODELS FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INCLUSION IN MENA
Department of Health and Human Services
$6.5M
IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF VECTOR - BORNE AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOU
Department of State
$6.3M
TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIC GOALS:. EXPAND ACCESS TO BASIC AND POST SE
Department of State
$6M
TO REDUCE THE ABILITY OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORKS AND ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS TO PROFIT FROM WILDLIFE AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE CRIMES IN THE VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK.
Agency for International Development
$6M
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE
Agency for International Development
$5.7M
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE
Agency for International Development
$5.7M
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - USP
Agency for International Development
$5.3M
USAP II AUB
Department of State
$5.3M
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MENA REGION.
Department of State
$4.3M
TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - AUB
Agency for International Development
$4.3M
THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD THROUGH AUB IS TO SUPPORT PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
Department of State
$4.1M
TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM III
Department of State
$3.8M
THIS AWARD IS GOING TO AUB FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS COLLEGE-TO-WORK (PIPELINE) PILOT.
Department of State
$3.8M
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION.
Department of State
$3.6M
TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Department of Health and Human Services
$3.5M
ENHANCED HIV PREVENTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
$3.1M
A U.S. ENERGY COMPANY AIMING TO BUILD PRIVATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXTEND THE GRID AND ELECTRIFY UP TO 70% OF BURUNDI
Department of Health and Human Services
$2.9M
PROVISION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HIV
Department of State
$2.9M
TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION.
Department of State
$2.7M
SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID, LEADEARSHIP TRAINING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Department of State
$2.6M
TO PROVIDE MASTER'S DEGREE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO STUDENTS FROM MENA.
Department of Health and Human Services
$2.5M
CAPACITY BUILDING IN CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Department of State
$2.5M
AWARD TO UPGRADE VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK SURVEILLANCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY TO COMBAT THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE
Department of State
$2.4M
TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS FROM THE MENA REGION.
Department of State
$2.3M
TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Agency for International Development
$2.3M
FY 10 NEW GRANT - AUB
Department of Health and Human Services
$2.1M
UGANDA SCHISTOSOMIASIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRE (U-SMRC) - SUMMARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS A MAJOR NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE, ESTIMATED TO AFFECT 240 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, LEADING TO LOSS OF A MINIMUM OF 1.9 MILLION DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS (DALYS) ANNUALLY – 90% OF THIS BURDEN IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA. IN EAST AFRICA, UGANDA HAS A STRONG TRACK-RECORD OF SEMINAL STUDIES AND PARTNERSHIPS ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS RESEARCH. THE UGANDA SCHISTOSOMIASIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTER (U-SMRC) WILL BUILD ON THIS SOLID FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP A VIBRANT, UGANDA-LED, UGANDA-BASED INTERNATIONAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS RESEARCH NETWORK THAT FOSTERS AFRICAN CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH. UGANDA IS HIGHLY ENDEMIC FOR SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (SM). INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS UNIVERSAL IN MANY VILLAGES AROUND ITS GREAT LAKES AND THE RIVER NILE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH’S VECTOR CONTROL DIVISION (VCD), RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL, HAS LONG BEEN CONCERNED BY THE HIGH RATES OF SEVERE SCHISTOSOMAL MORBIDITY IN THE NORTH-WESTERN LAKE ALBERT REGION (LA), COMPARED TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE VICTORIA REGION (LV), DESPITE COMPARABLE TRANSMISSION AND PROGRAMMES OF PRAZIQUANTEL MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION. IN RESPONSE TO THIS CONCERN, THE U-SMRC’S CORE RESEARCH GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF SEVERE SM- ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND TO IDENTIFY BETTER STRATEGIES FOR ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL. WE HYPOTHESISE THAT KEY BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF SEVERE SCHISTOSOMAL MORBIDITY OCCUR AT EACH STAGE OF THE PARASITE’S LIFE CYCLE: IN THE HUMAN HOST, IN THE PARASITE, AND IN THE SNAIL HOST AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. TO INVESTIGATE THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE WILL USE TWO STUDY DESIGNS: (I) COHORTS OF PRE-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN (PSAC) IN LA AND LV, TO EXPLORE THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES THAT MAY LEAD TO SEVERE MORBIDITY AND (II) AN ADULT CASE CONTROL STUDY TO IDENTIFY CHRONIC EXPOSURES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE DISEASE. WE WILL ALSO COLLECT PARASITE AND SNAIL SAMPLES FROM BOTH SETTINGS, AND DEVELOP A SPECIMEN ARCHIVE FOR FUTURE STUDIES. OUR SPECIFIC AIMS WILL BE TO AIM 1. COMPARE EARLY-LIFE IMMUNE RESPONSES TO SM EXPOSURE AND INFECTION BETWEEN LA AND LV AND IDENTIFY CO-EXPOSURES THAT MODULATE SM-SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSES AND MORBIDITY RISK AIM 2. ESTABLISH A PLATFORM FOR LOCAL GENETIC SURVEILLANCE OF SCHISTOSOME PARASITES IN UGANDA AND DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A PARASITE GENETIC BASIS TO DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN LA AND LV AIM 3. DETERMINE WHICH POPULATION BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF BIOMPHALARIA SPP. SNAILS ACT AS LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF SM, FILTERING ITS DIVERSITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN LA AND LV ECOSYSTEMS; AND WHETHER DETECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL (E)DNA SIGNATURES FROM BIOMPHALARIA AND SM CAN BE USED TO BETTER PREDICT SNAIL/PARASITE DIVERSITY AT TRANSMISSION SITES AND (RE)INFECTION RISK WITHIN KEY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DATA FROM EACH AIM WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED MODEL OF THE DRIVERS OF SEVERE SM- ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY. THIS MODEL WILL BE FURTHER UTILISED TO EVALUATE LIKELY BENEFITS OF SELECTED INTERVENTIONS, AND TO GUIDE FUTURE POLICY ON PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT.
Department of the Interior
$2M
BUILDING A SELF-SUSTAINING PARK FOR THE 21ST CENTURY THROUGH STRENGTHENED PARK RANGER FORCE.
Department of Health and Human Services
$2M
STRENGTHENING CAPACITY THROUGH IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF LABORATORY
Department of State
$2M
TO PROVIDE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MENA STUDENTS.
Agency for International Development
$2M
GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH EQUIPPING AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILTIES ON AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S (AUB)CAMPUS.
Agency for International Development
$2M
FY 2011 - NEW GRANT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Department of State
$1.9M
THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FULLTIME TLU STUDENTS AT AUB TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN GENDER STUDIES.
Agency for International Development
$1.9M
TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND RENOVATE SPECIFIED FACULTIES AT THE UNIVERSITY I.E. ARTS & SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES ENGI
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMODITIES TO UPDATE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S RESEARCH TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS.
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
CONSTRUCTING, UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING SEVERAL LABORATORY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS PURCHASE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FOR SEVERAL FACULT
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE RENOVATION OF SELECTED AREAS AND THE PURCHASING COMMODITIES TO UPGRADE THE MEDICAL CENTER FACILITIES MODERNIZE
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
AID-ASHA-G-13-00031 AUB COMMODITIES
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
FY 12 NEW GRANT TRUSTEES OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.8M
DEVELOPMENT OF HIV VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE I-II-III IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Agency for International Development
$1.8M
GRANT WAS AWARDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PURCHASING COMMODITIES AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILITIES ON AUB'S CAMPUS AND MEDICAL CENTER.
Agency for International Development
$1.7M
GRANT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND TOUPDATE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEVERAL O
Agency for International Development
$1.7M
FY 2014 ASHA AWARD
Agency for International Development
$1.7M
INCREMENTAL FUNDING
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.7M
AN AUTOMATED RNA 3D STRUCTURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM
Agency for International Development
$1.6M
$1,300,000 THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT AIMS TO ESTABLISH, RENOVATE AND ACQUIRE COMMODITIES FOR AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SEMI-ARID CONDITION.
Agency for International Development
$1.5M
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF FINANCIAL NEED.
Department of State
$1.5M
INCREASE WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY IN THE MENA REGION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE MENA ECONOMIES.
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.5M
SUSTAINING NATIONAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO SEASONAL
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.4M
1/2 - THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION (GEOHEALTH-MENA) - LEBANON - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) REGION, ESPECIALLY ITS LMIC COUNTRIES, FACES A MYRIAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (EOH) CHALLENGES IN A CONTEXT OF DYNAMIC POLITICAL CHANGES, MULTIPLE CONCURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISES, WEAK REGULATIONS, AND LIMITED INVESTMENT IN EOH RESEARCH AND RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) IN LEBANON (U01 APPLICATION) IS PARTNERING WITH YALE UNIVERSITY (U2R APPLICATION) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN THE US TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MENA REGION (GEOHEALTH MENA), WHERE AUB SERVES AS THE HUB INSTITUTION AND ONE UNIVERSITY IN EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN WILL SERVE AS SPOKE INSTITUTIONS. THE AIM OF GEOHEALTH MENA IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN EOH RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, AT AUB, SISTER INSTITUTIONS, AND RELEVANT NGOS IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION. THE FOCUS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL BE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDE AMONG REFUGEE POPULATIONS. THE MENA REGION HOSTS MORE THAN 50% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES. THE U01 APPLICATION PROPOSES TO EVALUATE THE PATHWAYS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION OF SUCH EXPOSURE WITH NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES, AND EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN THIS ASSOCIATION. FINDINGS WILL INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM AT AUB WILL BUILD ON A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF STUDYING REFUGEE AND MIGRANT POPULATIONS AND TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO POLICY. YALE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE AUB TEAM IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROBEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE. THE U2R WILL PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED APPLICANTS (ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT, LEBANON, AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE A PHD IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AT AUB’S FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FHS) FOCUSING ON EOH ISSUES. THE U2R WILL ALSO PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED MDS (TWO FROM LEBANON AND ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE AN MPH AT AUB’S FHS AND A FELLOWSHIP IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AT AUB’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE. THE 7 TRAINEES WILL SPEND 3 MONTHS (MD/MPH) OR 6 MONTHS (PHD) DURING THEIR STUDY PERIOD AT YALE AND IOWA FOR ADVANCED AND RELEVANT RESEARCH TRAINING AND TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AGS&H). ADDITIONALLY, THE U01/U2R APPLICATIONS WILL OFFER SHORT-TERM RESEARCH AND AGS&H TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY.
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.4M
SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN UGANDA - PROJECT SUMMARYTHE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA INFECTION IN AFRICA IS NOT VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE SHOWS THAT INFLUENZA HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. IN THE REGION, INFLUENZA VIRUSES ARE IMPORTANT RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS, AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, SUCH AS PNEUMONIA, ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH, PARTICULARLY AMONG CHILDREN. IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, MOST OUTBREAKS OF INFLUENZA GO UNREPORTED AND INFORMATION ABOUT CIRCULATING STRAINS IS RELATIVELY LIMITED. ALTHOUGH INFLUENZA HAS BEEN WIDELY STUDIED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY, SEASONALITY, AND BURDEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IN 2006 FUNDING WAS OBTAINED FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFLUENZA BRANCH IN ATLANTA, TO ESTABLISH AN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER IN UGANDA. INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES WERE STARTED, AND THE UGANDA NATIONAL INFLUENZA CENTER (NIC) WAS REINSTATED AT UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE. OVER THE PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS, INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE IN UGANDA HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SURVEILLANCE CAPACITIES, AND LABORATORY VIROLOGICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CAPACITIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, NOT ONLY FOR INFLUENZA BUT FOR OTHER DISEASES TOO. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THESE CAPACITIES CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AND STRENGTHENED TO ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE BUT ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL DETECTION AND RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC INFLUENZA. THIS PROGRAM IS BENEFICIAL AS IT GENERATES INFORMATION FOR USE IN REDUCING THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. THE PROGRAM WILL COMMUNICATE DATA ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO THE WHO GLOBAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (GISRS), FLUNET AND FLUID, AND ALSO PROVIDE ISOLATES OF INFLUENZA VIRUS TO THE ATLANTA WHO CC FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AND USE IN VACCINE PRODUCTION.THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST FOR FUNDING IS TO ENABLE UGANDA, THROUGH THE UVRI NATIONAL INFLUENZA CENTER, TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS BY MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING ROUTINE INFLUENZA SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND DEVELOP CAPACITY TO MONITOR AND QUICKLY RESPOND TO HIGHLY PATHOGENIC VIRUSES AND BACTERIA TRANSMISSIBLE AMONG HUMANS (FROM ANIMALS), AS WELL AS IDENTIFY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SYNDROMES. ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO GET INFORMATION ON GAPS AND WHERE THERE IS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS. THE IDENTIFIED OUTBREAKS WILL BE RESPONDED TO USING A ONE HEALTH MODEL. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRIES, AND FORESTRY, MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT AND THE UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY WILL BE IMPROVED AND PLANS, AND MOUS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON SURVEILLANCE DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS. THE NATIONAL ONE HEALTH PLATFORM WILL PROVIDE A CHANNEL FOR COMMUNICATION. A TOTAL AMOUNT OF US $ 249,955.00 REQUESTED TO FACILITATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE THREE COMPONENTS (US $ 140.000 FOR COMPONENT 1; US $ 59,955 FOR COMPONENT 2; AND US $ 50,000 FOR COMPONENT 3.
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.3M
NICOTINE FLUX, A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL TOOL FOR REGULATING NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES: SIGNIFICANCE OF NICOTINE FLUX TO THE RATE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS - PROJECT SUMMARY. ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS (ENDS) HEAT AND VAPORIZE A NICOTINE-CONTAINING LIQUID TO PRODUCE AN AEROSOL THAT CAN DELIVER NICOTINE TO THE BLOOD AND THE BRAIN. ENDS ARE CONSIDERED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE US AND ARE UNDER THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. ENDS USE HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST DECADE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH: OVER 20% OF US HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE CURRENT ENDS USERS, AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE IN THIS POPULATION. FEDERAL LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD RESTRICT ENDS LIQUID NICOTINE CONCENTRATION TO MAKE ENDS “SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ADDICTIVE AND APPEALING TO YOUTH.” HOWEVER, THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS TO CURB ADDICTION BY LIMITING NICOTINE LIQUID CONCENTRATION ARE UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED BECAUSE NICOTINE EMISSIONS FROM ENDS DEPEND ON MULTIPLE VARIABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE NICOTINE CONCENTRATION IS LIMITED, USERS CAN TURN TO A HIGHER POWER ENDS DEVICE TO ATTAIN MORE NICOTINE. TO ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PUBLIC HEALTH AIMS, REGULATIONS TARGETING ADDICTION MUST FOCUS ON NICOTINE DELIVERY, NOT NICOTINE CONCENTRATION. WHILE NICOTINE DELIVERY CANNOT BE REGULATED DIRECTLY, THE RATE AT WHICH AN ENDS EMITS NICOTINE, THE “NICOTINE FLUX” CAN BE REGULATED AND, IMPORTANTLY, PREDICTED FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF A FEW DEVICE DESIGN AND OPERATING VARIABLES. HOWEVER, TO DATE THERE IS NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUX AND DELIVERY, NOR BETWEEN FLUX AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS THAT SUPPORT NICOTINE DEPENDENCE. CLOSING THIS GAP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE, FIRST-PRINCIPLES FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATING ENDS. IN AIM1, WE WILL EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, NICOTINE FORM, AND THE RATE AND DOSE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY. IN THE CLINICAL LAB AT YALE UNIVERSITY, PARTICIPANTS WILL PUFF ON ENDS DEVICES UNDER CONDITIONS THAT DIFFER BY FLUX AND FORM, WHILE ARTERIAL BLOOD IS SAMPLED IN HIGH TIME RESOLUTION. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX AND FORM DETERMINE THE SPEED AND DOSE OF ENDS NICOTINE DELIVERY, AND THUS, ABUSE LIABILITY. IN AIM2, WE WILL ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, FORM, AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS. AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, PARTICIPANTS WILL USE ENDS DEVICES WITH VARYING NICOTINE FLUXES AND FORMS. DEPENDENCY MEASURES, SUCH AS URGE TO SMOKE, CRAVING, AND ABSTINENCE, WILL BE ASSESSED. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX/FORM INFLUENCE SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS RELATED TO DEPENDENCY, PUFFING INTENSITY, AND EXPOSURE TO TOXICANTS. IN SUMMARY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO USE NICOTINE FLUX AS AN ENCOMPASSING AND CONVENIENT CONSTRUCT TO REGULATE NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ENDS.
Department of State
$1.3M
EQUIP GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOCIALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES.
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.3M
TESTING AND COUNSELING FOR HIV: A MULTI-SITE STUDY
Agency for International Development
$1.2M
DCHA/ASHA
Agency for International Development
$1.2M
AUB FOLLOW-ON AWARD
Agency for International Development
$1.1M
CONSTRUCTION AND COMMODITIES AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000
Department of Health and Human Services
$954.3K
STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITY FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTAINMENT OF AVIAN AND PAN
Department of Defense
$850K
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH CORE FACILITY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Department of Health and Human Services
$800K
A RANDOMIZED TRAIL OF HOME OR FACILITY-BASED AIDS CARE
Department of Health and Human Services
$748K
BCX-AFRICA: UTILIZING DATA SCIENCE TO EVALUATE THE APPLICABILITY OF BLOOD CELL TRAITS POLYGENIC RISK SCORES FOR DISEASE PREDICTION IN AFRICA - PROJECT SUMMARY THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO LEVERAGE EXISTING GENOMIC DATA OF BLOOD CELL TRAITS FROM THE H3AFRICA AND OTHER INITIATIVE ACROSS AFRICA FOR NOVEL GENE DISCOVERY AND GENETIC RISK PREDICTION IN AFRICA ANCESTRY INDIVIDUALS USING DSI-AFRICA FUNDED OPEN DATA SCIENCE PLATFORM (ODSP) WHICH ALLOWS FOR EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN A RESOURCE LIMITED SETTING. CIRCULATING BLOOD CELL TRAITS ARE CRITICAL INTERMEDIATE CLINICAL PHENOTYPES FOR A RANGE OF DISEASE OUTCOMES INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR, HEMATOLOGIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. GENETIC FACTORS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DETERMINING THESE TRAITS. HOWEVER, HUNDREDS OF GENETIC LOCI HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED USING CONVENTIONAL GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (GWAS) APPROACH IN EUROPEAN AND EAST ASIAN-ANCESTRY POPULATIONS. IN VIEW OF THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF AFRICANS FROM OTHER ANCESTRIES, AND THEIR LOW REPRESENTATION OF 1.1% IN GLOBAL GWAS, MORE STUDIES ARE REQUIRED TO UNRAVEL POPULATION SPECIFIC VARIANTS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED TO EXIST IN BLOOD CELL TRAITS. GIVEN THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA TO HUMAN ORIGINS AND DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY, THERE IS A CLEAR SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEED TO DEVELOP LARGE-SCALE EFFORTS EXAMINING BLOOD CELL TRAITS SUSCEPTIBILITY IN POPULATIONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT, WHICH MIGHT YIELD INSIGHTS THAT WILL BENEFIT OTHER ETHNICITIES REGARDING DISEASE ETIOLOGY AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL AGGREGATE BLOOD CELL TRAITS GWAS DATA ACROSS CONTINENTAL AFRICA AND AFRICAN AMERICANS LEVERAGING EXISTING PARTNERSHIP IN AFRICA INCLUDING H3AFRICA FROM ~35K INDIVIDUALS. WE WILL TEST FOR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANTS AND 15 BLOOD CELL TRAITS IN A META-ANALYSIS GWAS AND REFINE GENETIC ASSOCIATION SIGNALS AT NEW AND EXISTING BLOOD CELL TRAITS ASSOCIATION LOCI. WE WILL DEVELOP AND ASSESS TRANSFERABILITY OF POLYGENIC RISK SCORE (PRS) FOR BLOOD CELL TRAITS RISK IN AFRICA INCLUDING EVALUATING THE PREDICTIVITY OF THE BLOOD CELL TRAITS PRS FOR A RANGE OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INCLUDING LEUKAEMIA (N=5,926), HYPERTENSION (N = 39,784), STROKE (N=5,540), DIABETES MELLITUS (N=20,506) AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE (N= 5,704) IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTICIPATING NON-ACADEMIC PARTNER ON THE PROJECT (54GENE LAGOS NIGERIA). OUR PROPOSAL IS DIRECTLY AIMED AT A KEY MISSION OF RFA-RM-22-023, TO SUPPORT HARNESSING DATA SCIENCE FOR HEALTH DISCOVERY, THAT WILL NOT ONLY GENERATE IMPORTANT FINDINGS RELEVANT TO HUMAN HEALTH, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A VEHICLE TO IMPROVE THE GENOMIC DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH CAPACITY IN AFRICA. OUR PROPOSAL ALSO DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE NIH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DATA SCIENCE. THE UNIQUE COLLABORATION WITHIN THE HUMAN HEREDITY AND HEALTH IN AFRICA (H3AFRICA) FOR A CROSS-GROUP ANALYSE IN AFRICA STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THROUGH SCIENTIFIC TRAINING IN ALL PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION, WHICH FACILITATE OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES.
Department of Health and Human Services
$730K
NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON
Department of Health and Human Services
$719.9K
INTRODUCING THE USE OF SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Department of Health and Human Services
$654.9K
IMMUNOLOGICAL AND VIRAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION
Agency for International Development
$650K
GRANTEE WILL PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED TO UPGRADE CLASSROOMS LEARNING PROGRAMS AND OFFICES FOR ITS HIGH SCHOOL
Department of Agriculture
$600.3K
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, DIAGNOSTICS AND ANTIGENIC MATCHING RESEARCH IN UGANDA
Department of Defense
$569.8K
NICOP - MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION AND NEURAL STEM CELLS CROSS TALK POST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)
Department of Agriculture
$560.7K
DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS
Department of the Interior
$500K
CENTRAL AFRICA IS A GLOBALLY IMPORTANT REGION FOR FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) WORKS CLOSELY WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, U.S. AGENCIES, AND A RANGE OF OTHER PARTNERS TO ENSURE A STRATEGIC, RESULTS-BASED APPROACH TO WILDLIFE STEWARDSHIP IN THE REGION. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (USAID) CENTRAL AFRICA REGIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CARPE), USFWS IS PROVIDING THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE PRESSURES ON KEY WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO DEVELOP THE REQUISITE INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR DURABLE, LONG-TERM CONSERVATION SUCCESS. PLEASE SEE A RESULTS-BASED VISION FOR CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA FOR GREATER DETAIL ON USFWS APPROACH TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA THAT SEEKS TO SECURE WILDLIFE AND STRENGTHEN CAPACITY FOR BETTER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. FUNDING WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPACT WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN THE 10 COMMISSION OF CENTRAL AFRICAN FORESTS (COMIFAC) COUNTRIES: BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA, AND SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE.
Agency for International Development
$500K
FY 2014 ASHA AWARD
Agency for International Development
$500K
FY 12 NEW GRANT - AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT BEIRUT
Agency for International Development
$500K
2020 ASHA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Department of Health and Human Services
$430.9K
CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULAR PROTEINS INVOLVED IN HIV INFECTION
Agency for International Development
$400K
FY 11 - NEW GRANT - TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT BEIRUR
Department of Agriculture
$397.1K
TELEMEDICINE GRANT
Department of Health and Human Services
$380K
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF DIABETES IN LEBANON
Department of Agriculture
$343.9K
DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS
Department of Agriculture
$343K
DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FMDV SUB-SAHARAN STRAINS
Department of State
$332K
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (KIP) PROJECT AIMS TO BRIDGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH CIVIL SOCIETY NEEDS & ACTIVISM BY FUNDING 15 STUDIES ABOUT GENDER & SEXUALITY
Agency for International Development
$300K
FY 10 NEW GRANT - AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Department of Health and Human Services
$299.3K
DEVELOPING DRUG-LIKE SMALL MOLECULES THAT TARGET TOXIC REPEAT RNAS TO ALLEVIATE MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1-DERIVED MIS-SPLICING
Department of Health and Human Services
$299.2K
TARGETING EXONUCLEASE RESISTANT RNA TO DEVELOP ZIKA VIRUS THERAPEUTICS
Department of Health and Human Services
$298.3K
A SMALL MOLECULE DRUG DISCOVERY PLATFORM TO TARGET CANCER-CAUSING MICRORNAS.
Department of Health and Human Services
$297.1K
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE COLORADO ALPHAHERPESVIRUS LATENCY SOCIETY
National Endowment for the Humanities
$255.9K
THE PALESTINIAN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT LIBRARIES
Department of Health and Human Services
$244.6K
TARGETED SMALL MOLECULE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY FOR MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY-1 DRUG DEVELOP
Department of Health and Human Services
$243.8K
PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN LEBANON: A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT STUDY
National Science Foundation
$243K
SBIR PHASE I: ANTIVIRAL ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES (COVID-19)
Department of Health and Human Services
$237.5K
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM
Department of Health and Human Services
$214.4K
MAINTENANCE OF INFLUENZA SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE IN UGANDA
Agency for International Development
$200K
GRANT AWARDED TO ASSIST WITH UPGRADING THE MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND CLASSROOMS.
Department of Energy
$196.3K
PROVIDING DIURNAL HEMISPHERICAL CLOUD FRACTION DATA AT ARM SITES
Department of Health and Human Services
$194.2K
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM
Department of the Interior
$180.6K
ACCELERATION OF AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY
Department of Health and Human Services
$169.8K
NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS ON WORKING CHILDREN
National Science Foundation
$155.8K
QUANTUM GRAVITY IN NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY
Department of Health and Human Services
$155.1K
PROTEIN-FREE REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN EXPRESSION BY A DRUG-SENSING RIBOSWITCH
Department of Health and Human Services
$150K
SMALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
National Science Foundation
$150K
QUANTA OF GEOMETRY
National Science Foundation
$150K
SPACE-TIME FROM THE SPECTRAL POINT OF VIEW: TOWARDS QUANTUM GRAVITY
Department of Health and Human Services
$147.9K
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM
National Science Foundation
$139.2K
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING THE RELIABILITY OF BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE BY CORRELATING USER FEEDBACK AND EXECUTION DATA
Inter-American Foundation
$137.7K
PESTICIDE RUNOFF CONTAMINATES WATERWAYS AND REDUCES THE PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL-SCALE FARMS IN PARAGUAY. WHEN FARMERS CANNOT GROW ENOUGH CROPS TO MAKE A LIVING, THEY MAY FEEL PRESSURED TO MIGRATE, RENT, OR SELL THEIR LAND. THE IAF SUPPORTS COMMUNITY-LED APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND INCOME GENERATION. OUR GRANTEE, OÑOIR? IS SUPPORTING FARMERS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC YERBA MATE, A TRADITIONAL BEVERAGE IN PARAGUAY AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AND EXPAND SALES BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. OÑOIR? IS ALSO DIVERSIFYING INTO A NEW PRODUCT LINE OF ORGANIC MEDICINAL PLANTS, SUCH AS STEVIA AND LEMON VERBENA, GROWN AND SOLD BY WOMEN SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS. THIS GRANT IS PART OF THE IAF’S WOMEN INVESTING IN GROWTH AND SECURITY (WINGS) INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
Department of State
$99.9K
THIS AWARD IS TO INSTRUCT AND DEVELOP MUSIC SKILLS WITH AROUND 100 KID FROM DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED AND IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES IN LEBANON INCLUDING REFUGEES LEADING TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH A CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA IN 2023.
Department of Health and Human Services
$98.6K
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM
Department of State
$95K
TAKING 100 EL-SISTEMA KIDS TO 26 REMOTE VILLAGES AND REFUGEE CAMPS, TO INTERACT WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A JOINT MUSIC CONCERT AND EDUCATE YOUTH AND PARENTS ON PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVITY, GENDER EQUALITY...ETC
Department of State
$75.1K
BEMAS CREATIVE PATHWAYS WILL ENGAGE WITH 16 LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,5 COMMUNITY CENTERS OUTSIDE BEIRUT WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 9 ARTISTS AND ARTIST COLLECTIVES FOR 2YEARS BUILDING THE ARTISTIC TALENTS OF 1000 STUDENTS, 30TEACHERS AND 3 FRESH GRADUATES
Department of Health and Human Services
$60.5K
BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY AT KAIRUKI UNIVERSITY TO STUDY OROPHARYNGEAL COMPLICATIONS AMONG HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN TANZANIA WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING QUALITY OF SERVICES AND QUANTITY OF LIFE - PROJECT ABSTRACT THIS D71 PLANNING APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH TRAINING WILL ADDRESS GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF HIV INFECTION, HPV INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED CLINICAL CONDITIONS IN THE OROPHARYNX AND DENTAL HEALTH AMONG PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH) IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. TO DATE, RESEARCH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (LMIC) ON THESE TOPICS IS IN ITS RELATIVE NASCENCY, DESPITE THE COMMON OCCURRENCE OF OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL COMPLICATIONS. IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS D71 APPLICATION, WE PERFORMED A SCOPING LITERATURE REVIEW AND FOUND NO PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERSECTION OF ORAL HEALTH, HPV AND HIV IN TANZANIA. AMONG THE PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS, KAIRUKI UNIVERSITY (KU) WILL LEAD AND SUPPORT CONSULTANTS FROM THE MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES (MUHAS), THE KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (KCMU CO) AND DUKE UNIVERSITY (DUKE), THE PLANNING PROCESS WILL ADDRESS CURRENT GAPS AND EXPECTED SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRIORITIZING THESE OPPORTUNITIES ACCORDING TO IN-COUNTRY NEEDS, IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE TRAININGS TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED RESEARCH SKILLS, AND LEAD TO THE DESIGN OF A D43 RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH WILL PROVIDE TRAINEES WITH THE RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO FILL THE GAPS. WE WILL ENGAGE AND LEVERAGE THE HIV CLINICAL SCIENCE EXPERTISE OF KU, ACCESS TO A LARGE POPULATION OF PWH AND OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL EXPERTISE OF THE MUHAS SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, AND THE SCIENTIFIC, CLINICAL AND TRAINING EXPERTISE OF DUKE, MUHAS, AND KCMUCO TO CREATE A PORTFOLIO OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, RESULTING IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE D43 APPLICATION IN 2025/2026. THE D43 APPLICATION WILL ULTIMATELY ENABLE KU TO ASSEMBLE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERT RESEARCH TEAM TO PERFORM STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDIES ON HIV AND ITS OROPHARYNGEAL AND DENTAL MANIFESTATIONS.
Department of Agriculture
$53K
TELEMEDICINE GRANT
Department of Health and Human Services
$49.3K
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM
National Science Foundation
$45K
SUPERSTRING THEORY AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS
Department of State
$44.9K
TO TRAIN AND EMPOWER YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGIONS OF KYRGYZSTAN.
National Science Foundation
$30K
SPACE-TIME QUANTIZATION AND DARK MATTER -THIS AWARD FUNDS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR ALI CHAMSEDDINE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT. THEORETICAL ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATURE AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. THIS IS DONE BY SEARCHING FOR AND BUILDING THEORETICAL MODELS WHICH GO BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AND WHICH COULD BE TESTED BY EXPERIMENTS OR WHICH SATISFY STRINGENT MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS. THIS FORCES RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD TO EXPLORE THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INVENT NEW METHODS FOR THEIR ANALYSIS OF SUCH THEORIES. THUS, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ADVANCES THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DIRECTIONS REQUIRING HUMAN INGENUITY: FINDING THE PHYSICAL LAWS THAT GOVERN THE UNIVERSE AND ITS MATTER CONSTITUENTS RANGING FROM COSMIC TO SUBATOMIC SCALES. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL INVENT NEW MATHEMATICS TO REACH THIS SCIENTIFIC GOAL. IN PARTICULAR, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW GEOMETRY THAT DESCRIBES THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME AND HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY NATURE BEHAVES IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS OBSERVED. PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL ALSO STUDY A MODIFIED MODEL OF EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY WHICH EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF DARK MATTER AND HELPS TO SOLVE SOME LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS SUCH AS REMOVING SINGULARITIES IN COSMOLOGICAL MODELS AT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE AND FOR BLACK HOLES. THIS WORK WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT BROADER IMPACT. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS GRANT WILL THEREFORE HELP TO SUSTAIN A WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING CONSISTENT NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRIC MODELS AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL. ONE IMPORTANT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY QUANTA OF GEOMETRY THAT COULD BE USED AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER TO CONSTRUCT FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLDS AND THEIR NONCOMMUTATIVE EXTENSION. IN ADDITION, THE WORK OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE ON THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MIMETIC GRAVITY WILL BE APPLIED TO SOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN COSMOLOGY. 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.
National Science Foundation
$30K
QUANTIZED GEOMETRY, COSMOLOGY AND DARK MATTER
National Science Foundation
$30K
SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS
Department of Agriculture
$20K
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.
Department of State
$15.8K
TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COMBATTING MISBELIEFS AND DISINFORMATION NARRATIVES PRIMARILY IN ESTONIA'S NORTHEASTER RUSSIAN SPEAKING REGION, TARGETING YOUTH, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATORS.
Department of State
$15.5K
FUNDING THREE CONCERTS AND WORKSHOPS FOR BLACK ALLEY VISITING LEBANON FROM 23 TO 29 MAY 2023. THE THREE CONCERTS, ONE IN SAIDA, AND 2 IN BEIRUT, ARE PART OF ECA'S AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD PROGRAMMING FOR 2023
Department of State
$15K
PURCHASE OF LICENSES FOR FILMS AND SALARIES FOR SCREENINGS AT UNIVERSITIES AND CULTURAL CENTERS
Department of State
$12.5K
TO SHOWCASE AMERICAN FILMMAKERS AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN A NATIONWIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS.
Department of State
$10.7K
PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK IN LEBANON DURING A 5 DAYS FESTIVAL WITH MORE THAN 80 FILMS.
Department of State
$10K
THIS AWARD WILL COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH FEATURING THE US TENOR JACK SWANSON IN THE OPERA GALA CONCERT ON DECEMBER 4, 2021
National Science Foundation
$10K
SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS
Department of State
$7,500
THE FESTIVAL WILL SCREEN 6 MOVIES FROM USA OR ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE
Department of State
$7,000
THIS AWARD WILL COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL, SPECIFICALLY THE INCLUSION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORS AND FILMMAKERS WORKS TO BE SCREENED FOR LEBANESE AUDIENCES.
Department of Agriculture
$6,988
TO SPONSOR THE RABIES IN THE AMERICAS (RITA) CONFERENCE
Department of Defense
$6,060
VSP - VISIT TO LONDON, UK, ONR GLOBAL OFFICES.
Department of State
$6,000
TO DOCUMENT THE HISTORIC FACILITIES IN BEIRUT, WHICH WERE DAMAGED IN THE AUGUST 4TH EXPLOSION,
Department of State
$4,560.66
THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS
Department of State
$1,951
TO PAY THE PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS TO DR. NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM TRUST TO PAY THE SUB GRANTEE SRI LANKA UNITES TO CONDUCT THE "PARTNERSHIP FOR 'ROAD TO REC
Department of State
$1,500
THIS AWARD IS FOR MEMBERS FROM THE LEBANESE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO JOIN JOSIAH WOODSON'S LARGE CONCERT IN USJ LEBANON
Department of State
$1,000
TO PAY THE SUPPORT COSTS TO THE NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM TRUST (NTT) FOR THE DR. NEELAN TIRUCHELVAM COMMEMORATIVE FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 30TH TO F
Department of State
$0
THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS
Agency for International Development
-$549
TIME EXTENSION OF EXISTING GRANT
Department of Health and Human Services
-$19.3K
DD11-1104: NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON
Department of Health and Human Services
-$97K
INTRODUCING THE USE OF SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (fac.gov)
No federal single audit records found for this organization.
Single audits are required for entities expending $750,000+ in federal awards annually.
Tax Year 2024 · Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990
Individuals serving as officers, directors, or trustees of the organization.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other |
|---|
Source: IRS Publication 78, Auto-Revocation List & e-Postcard Data
Tax-deductible contributions: Not confirmed
No additional tax-exempt status records found in ReconForce's database.
Sources: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (XML) & ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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| Year | Revenue | Contributions | Expenses | Assets | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024IRS e-File | $330.8K | $0 | $340.3K | $356.2K | $347.4K |
| 2023 | $318.5K | $0 | $318.3K | $378.9K | $356.9K |
| 2022 | $312.2K | $0 | $318.2K | $369.9K | $356.6K |
| 2021 | $166.1K | $0 |
Sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer & IRS e-File Index
| Tax Year | Form Type | Source | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 990 | IRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing → |
| 2023 | 990 | DataIRS e-File | |
| 2022 | 990 | DataIRS e-File |
Financial data: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (Tax Year 2024)
Leadership & compensation: IRS e-Filed Form 990, Part VII (Tax Year 2024)
Federal grants: USAspending.gov (live)
Organization info: IRS Business Master File
| Total |
|---|
| William Bernens | President | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Poeton | Secretary | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christiane Gross | Vice President | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dwayne Elliott | Treasurer | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Laura Herubin | Immed Past Pres | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
William Bernens
President
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Tim Poeton
Secretary
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Christiane Gross
Vice President
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Dwayne Elliott
Treasurer
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Laura Herubin
Immed Past Pres
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Members of the governing board. Board members often serve without compensation.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Allen | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew L Downing | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Brendan Furlong | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Caitlin Herron | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Carl Weinberger | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Cathryn Thom | Director |
Abigail Allen
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Andrew L Downing
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Brendan Furlong
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
| $189.5K |
| $375.7K |
| $362.7K |
| 2020 | $177.1K | $0 | $166.8K | $398.8K | $386.1K |
| 2019 | $251.3K | $0 | $303.8K | $402.9K | $375.9K |
| 2018 | $256.4K | $0 | $279.5K | $440.4K | $428.4K |
| 2017 | $330.7K | $0 | $326.7K | $455.7K | $451.1K |
| 2016 | $292K | $0 | $287.5K | $456K | $447.1K |
| 2015 | $333.6K | $0 | $284.7K | $446.2K | $442.6K |
| 2014 | $353K | $0 | $345.6K | $418.9K | $393.7K |
| 2013 | $339.4K | $0 | $330.1K | $420.9K | $386.2K |
| 2012 | $379.5K | $0 | $416.3K | $412.8K | $376.9K |
| 2011 | $436.8K | $0 | $438.8K | $560.7K | $413.7K |
| 2010 | $394.3K | $0 | $434.9K | $545.4K | $415.7K |
| 2021 | 990 | Data |
| 2020 | 990 | Data | PDF not yet published by IRS |
| 2019 | 990 | Data |
| 2018 | 990 | Data |
| 2017 | 990 | Data | PDF not yet published by IRS |
| 2016 | 990 | Data |
| 2015 | 990 | Data |
| 2014 | 990 | Data |
| 2013 | 990 | Data |
| 2012 | 990 | Data |
| 2011 | 990 | Data |
| 2010 | 990 | Data |
| 2009 | 990 | — |
| 2008 | 990 | — |
| 2007 | 990 | — |
| 2006 | 990 | — |
| 2005 | 990 | — |
| 2004 | 990 | — |
| — |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| Christian Thompson | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Hojnowski | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Rudowitz | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fabian Pilger | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ho-Tay Ma | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| James Wilson | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Uy | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| John West | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jordan Bouthot | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Keith Cartmell | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin S Rentko | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| May Mckevitt | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mayur Doshi | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Meghan Dibona | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Meredith Ramcharan | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Schummer | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Micki Clemson | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nick Cook | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip Clancey | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R Paul Carroll | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Martin | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Samuel Degiovanni | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Simmons | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Nawrocki | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Zack Ryan | Director | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Caitlin Herron
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Carl Weinberger
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Cathryn Thom
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Christian Thompson
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Daniel Hojnowski
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Emily Rudowitz
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Fabian Pilger
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Ho-Tay Ma
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
James Wilson
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Jennifer Uy
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
John West
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Jordan Bouthot
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Keith Cartmell
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Kevin S Rentko
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
May Mckevitt
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Mayur Doshi
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Meghan Dibona
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Meredith Ramcharan
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Michael Schummer
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Micki Clemson
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Nick Cook
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Philip Clancey
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
R Paul Carroll
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Robert Martin
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Samuel Degiovanni
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Steven Simmons
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Tim Nawrocki
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Zack Ryan
Director
$0
Hrs/Wk
—
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0