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The University of Pittsburgh received a $343,954 Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), awarded September 13, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This grant supports the ONWARD (Optimizing Navigation for Wellness and Resource Utilization in Youth with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes) intervention, which addresses health-related...

Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $330,065 Project Grant to the University of Colorado-Denver on July 10, 2026, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a five-year research study examining the dietary reversal of reproductive endocrine dysfunction in women with obesity. The project, which runs through June 30, 2031, will investigate whether a low-fat, eucaloric diet (22%...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a Project Grant totaling $759,944 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota on March 6, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award, with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2031, funds a clinical trial investigating a biologically-based obesity prevention approach in older adolescents and young...

Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Klein Buendel, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Lakewood, Colorado, received a $300,172 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) on August 1, 2025, with completion anticipated by July 31, 2026. The award funds development and feasibility testing of NOWEIGH, a mobile application designed to...

PEBBLES Study Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded University of California, Los Angeles a Project Grant of $751,436 on June 5, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct the Promoting Uptake of Evidence-Based Diabetes and Prediabetes Screening to Increase Health Effectiveness (PEBBLES) study. This research initiative will develop and test adaptive...

Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded $1,934,914 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham on March 4, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct a 10-year follow-up study of children born to mothers with overt type 2 diabetes who participated in the original Medical Optimization and Management of Pregnancies with Overt Type 2 Diabetes (MOMPOD) randomized controlled...

Project Grant Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) awarded $169,225 to the University of Colorado-Denver, effective July 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, to support Dr. Rochelle Cason-Wilkerson's research project titled "Targeted Intervention and Process Strategies (TIPS): Enhancing Patient Health Outcomes by Addressing Common Drivers of Attrition in Preschoolers with Obesity." The project adapts...

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) awarded University of Massachusetts Medical School a $999,986 Cooperative Agreement under the Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (CFDA 93.988) on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2027. This award funds the Lifestyle Change Implementation Research Network at the Prevention Research Center (PRC) at UMass Chan, which implements evidence-based lifestyle change interventions targeting...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham $298,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct a three-year pilot trial evaluating a scalable behavioral intervention for weight loss maintenance following discontinuation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and anti-obesity medications. The...

Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393), awarded a $658,093 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill effective July 13, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2031. This research initiative investigates mechanisms by which obesity drives endometrial cancer development and progression, with a focus on evaluating pharmacological and dietary weight-loss interventions as cancer...