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This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant will fund researchers at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK) to establish the Tennessee Longitudinal Survey of Ideas (TLSI). The $299,058 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026, will enable the UTK team to survey Tennessee innovators to gather insights on the timeline of innovation and the effects of public-private investments. The TLSI will collect data from...

Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded New Mexico Health Care Authority a Cooperative Agreement totaling $634.5 million under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) on December 29, 2025, with a completion date of October 30, 2030. The award funds three primary initiatives designed to transform rural healthcare delivery across New Mexico's rural, frontier, and tribal communities. Healthy Horizons ($393.3 million) strengthens specialty care and...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council Aging Innovation Fund. The Fund will make equity-based investments in late-stage venture and growth-stage healthcare and aging technology companies with commercialized products addressing challenges of an aging population. Leveraging its network, the Council will identify qualified investment opportunities using a top-down...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $314.8 million cooperative agreement on December 29, 2025, to the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware, Division of Public Health, under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798). This five-year initiative, concluding October 30, 2030, addresses critical healthcare access and outcome disparities affecting approximately 400,000 residents in rural Sussex and Kent...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services a $638.7 million cooperative agreement under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) on December 29, 2025, with performance extending through October 30, 2030. The award supports Kentucky's Rural Health Transformation Plan, which addresses significant health disparities in the Commonwealth's rural communities—home to 1.87 million residents (41.6% of the state...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $100,000 to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver Health) to prepare for a larger-scale "Lean Research Administration Model of Practice (RAMP)" implementation project. The key objectives of this one-year planning grant are to: 1) establish collaborations with academic organizations to participate in the planning and implementation of RAMP; 2) assess the...

Rhode Island Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,170,361 (with $793,419.04 in implementation funding for calendar year 2025 and $125,000 in milestone funding for 2026) under the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model program (CFDA 93.885) to enhance access to cell and gene therapies for individuals with sickle cell disease. The award,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) received a $2,146,642 cooperative agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Section 206 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: State Planning Grants to Promote Continuity of Care for Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries program (CFDA 93.694). The award, effective August 11, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2029, supports NH DHHS's efforts to promote...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $233,112 to the Vermont Agency of Human Services (awarded August 1, 2025, with completion by December 31, 2035) under the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model (CFDA 93.885). This award supports Vermont's participation in a voluntary federal initiative designed to expand access to innovative cell and gene therapies for Medicaid beneficiaries, with particular...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the establishment of an open-source ecosystem for the Interdisciplinary Networked Community Resilience Modeling Environment (IN-CORE) model. IN-CORE is an open-source modeling environment that can comprehensively model a community's physical, social, and economic systems and their complex interdependencies. This Phase I award will support initial focus group...