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This four-year project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $969,890 to the University of Connecticut to deliver a multi-level intervention combining personalized nutrition education, digital food and nutrition literacy tools, and community collaboration efforts to improve diet quality and decrease chronic disease risk factors among low-income...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) awarded a $589,183 Cooperative Agreement to Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAREC) to establish the first USDA Pilot Nutrition Hub. This funding, provided under USDA's Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants program (CFDA 10.200), will enable SUAREC and its 1890 Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Wellness, and Quality of Life to integrate and...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.514 - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) provides $114,151 to West Virginia State University Research and Development Corporation to deliver nutrition education to low-income families and youth in West Virginia. The primary aim is to improve nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices through hands-on training of professional and paraprofessional staff....

The University of New England (UNE) has been awarded a $1,092,498 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant will support research, education, and extension activities to improve nutrition security in rural underserved communities. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Implement and evaluate an innovative primary care-based healthy food prescription program paired with...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.514 - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) provides $105,052 to Delaware State University to deliver nutrition education and behavior change initiatives focused on addressing public health challenges like obesity, food insecurity, and food safety in Delaware. The primary goals are to provide evidence-based nutrition education, along with policy, systems, and...

This $139,048 federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (CFDA 10.514), supports the delivery of nutrition education services to low-income families and youth in Louisiana. Specifically, the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will provide interactive lessons and cooking demonstrations focused on improving diet quality, food resource...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $297,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of this 2-year project is to develop and test a peer-led nutrition and culinary education curriculum for college students. Key activities include: Conducting surveys and interviews with students and faculty/staff at multiple colleges to inform curriculum development...

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $310,000 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) to conduct a feasibility study for an adaptive intervention to improve food security and maternal-child health. The key objectives are to: Determine the feasibility of recruitment and retention, and the potential effectiveness of two first-stage...

This $2.19 million National Science Foundation project grant supports research into integrative wildlife nutrition from molecules to macro-ecology over three years. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the grant to Northwestern University will investigate how six species of wild primates in two tropical forests modulate their nutrition in response to varying food availability. The research team, which includes Rutgers University, Cornell University, Hunter College, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $657,757, awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports research to reduce nutrition insecurity and malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The key products and services to be delivered include: Mapping the food environments of 10 schools in Nairobi, Kenya and using participatory systems science...