Cooperative Agreement NU36OE000016

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $3,032,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.283) to the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to modernize and strengthen the capacity of the environmental public health (EPH) workforce. Through this 5-year award starting on August 1, 2024, NEHA will provide capacity building assistance focused on workforce development, data modernization, and partnership engagement. Key initiatives include coordinating a national EPH...

The Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $4,000,468 project grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program. This 3-year grant will support the Center's efforts to develop and sustain diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)-focused researcher training and career development programs. The Center will also...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $388,159 and funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, aims to maintain and enrich the existing UC San Diego Human Milk Research Biorepository (HMB) cohort. The key objectives are to increase the diversity of the cohort by recruiting 300 new participants from low or low-middle income households and/or those who self-identify as Black or Hispanic/Latinx, as well as...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $256,688 Project Grant (CFDA 93.113 Environmental Health) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for the Leader Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program (LSURP). The program aims to increase the diversity of applicants to graduate programs in environmental health and biomedical sciences at UT Austin and peer institutions. LSURP provides an immersive summer research experience and training on graduate...

This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $1,270,897 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to establish the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center. The REACH Center is a multi-institutional partnership that leverages expertise in public health, medicine, public policy, earth and atmospheric sciences, and environmental justice to research the health and equity impacts of climate change mitigation and...

This $3,820,922 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will establish a Climate Change and Health Center focused on a "community-driven, health-first approach to climate action and the energy transition." The center's key innovations include developing a scenario health risk model for energy policy decision-making, conducting a pilot study on the impacts of climate change...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $1,524,000 five-year Cooperative Agreement under the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421) to The Johns Hopkins University. The funding will support efforts to enhance public health infrastructure, improve essential service delivery, and strengthen organizational capabilities across governmental, non-governmental, tribal, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the State Capacity Building program (CFDA 93.240) provides $500,000 in funding to the National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. (NCFH) to build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) that address health disparities and inequities among racial, immigrant, and minority (RIM) communities, especially in rural areas. Through this 5-year project, NCFH will collaborate with subject matter...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $1,147,169 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to the Centro Comprensivo De Cancer De La Universidad De Puerto Rico. The grant, titled "The Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation, Cancer, and Health Disparities Research Center (CCCARIB-CARES)", will fund a collaborative research and capacity-building effort to assess the impact of climate change-related stressors on the cancer...