Developing Youth Resilience to Neighborhood Challenges
Official title: The Development of Youth Resilience to Neighborhood Disadvantage
Funded at University of Notre Dame · NIH-11370664 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A program to understand how kids and young adults build resilience when they grow up in tough neighborhood conditions, looking beyond mental health to social, emotional, and academic strengths.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Notre Dame NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Notre Dame, United States) |
| Project start | September 12, 2024 |
| Project end | July 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $232,418 |
| NIH project number | 5R00HD110604-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11370664 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Children and young people across a range of ages (roughly middle childhood through early adulthood) who live in neighborhoods facing adversity and their families.
✕Less likely to help
Participants with unrelated conditions or those not exposed to neighborhood adversity may not experience direct benefits.
What this research studies
This project follows children and young people from middle childhood through adolescence and into early adulthood to see how resilience develops in the face of neighborhood adversity. It will explore different types of resilience—psychiatric, social, emotional, and academic—and how these change over time. The study will also look at how supportive parenting and neighborhood resources influence these resilience paths, with stages designed for initial findings in early phases and broader insights later on. The goal is to identify factors that help youths cope and thrive despite environmental challenges.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Findings could guide interventions and policies to bolster resilience and long-term success for youths in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
How similar studies have gone: Previous work shows resilience can vary across development and be influenced by relationships and environment, but this study extends to multifaceted resilience across development.
Where this research is happening
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Shewark, Elizabeth — University of Notre Dame
- Study coordinator: Shewark, Elizabeth
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.