Cooperative Agreement AID612LA1500002

This $657,757 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to reduce nutrition insecurity and malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year grant include: 1) physically mapping the food environments of 10 schools in Nairobi, Kenya and employing participatory...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $238,500 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants (CFDA 10.210) program. The overarching goal of this 5-year training project is to develop highly skilled Ph.D. graduates in human nutrition while increasing the diversity of the graduate student population and workforce. In addition to coursework and research opportunities, the program...

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...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $222,500 Project Grant to the University of Arkansas under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210). The grant will fund the Filling the Human Nutrition Pipeline project from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2027. The NNF Grants Program aims to support students pursuing Master's and doctoral degrees, as well as provide postdoctoral training, in fields that address...

The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) has been awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) National Workforce Strategy Development program (CFDA 10.244). The project, titled "The DC WIC Workforce Development Project," aims to address the critical challenge of recruiting and retaining...

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...

This $749,999 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) will support the Houston-Area Opportunities for Undergraduate Student Training in Obesity & Nutrition (HOUSTON) Academy 2.0. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will deliver experiential learning and research opportunities to 40 undergraduate students over 12 months focused on addressing...

The Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (also known as the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists) was awarded a $3,900,000 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. This award is funded through the State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Program (CFDA 93.439), which supports state and local initiatives to improve nutrition, physical activity, and...

This Project Grant award, with an ID of R01HD114708, was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The $641,647 grant supports an integrated intervention to address the double burden of maternal and child malnutrition in Guatemala. The project will conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial with 766 pregnant women and their children. It will provide food supplementation...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a 5-year, $22,967,534 Cooperative Agreement under its Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Helen Keller International to improve the nutrition status of women, adolescents, and children in Nepal's underserved and marginalized communities. The project aims to address critical nutrition challenges through community-based interventions. Key activities under the cooperative agreement include: Subawards to...