Cooperative Agreement NUE1EH001446

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $510,211 Project Grant to Health Resources In Action, Inc. (HRIA) doing business as The Medical Foundation under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). HRIA will conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in environmental justice communities in Massachusetts disproportionately impacted by pollution and COVID-19. Activities include...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $499,922 Project Grant to the Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this competitively selected American Rescue Plan-funded grant is to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from...

This Project Grant award of $430,252 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative multi-year research project examining the multi-sectoral determinants of health in low-income communities globally. The research uses qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the formulation, interpretation, translation, and implementation of health policies across local, national, and transnational scales. The project...

This Project Grant award of $315,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) funds the New York State Department of Health's (NYSDOH) efforts to monitor water quality at recreational beaches in New York and notify the public of any health risks. The key activities include: Monitoring water quality for pathogens at designated recreational bathing beaches Notifying the public of sample...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) provides $2,512,500.00 to Health Research, Inc.'s Wadsworth Center Division to extend New York State's biomonitoring program. The funding will be used to assess disproportionate exposure to environmental chemicals among urban and rural communities in New York. This 3-year award, running from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027, will support...

This $204,248 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program aims to integrate climate change data into a regional community health assessment and engage local stakeholders in the rural Appalachian region. The overarching goals are to: Incorporate climate change impacts into the regional community health assessment process to identify climate-sensitive health priorities. Co-design visual storytelling...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,294,377, granted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, will fund the Center for Climate: Equitable and Accessible Research-Based Testing for Health (C-EARTH) initiative. The key objectives of C-EARTH are to: 1) create new research capacity for developing and evaluating climate change and health solutions, 2) identify climate-related health effects and test evidence-based...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health awarded a $593,882.50 Project Grant to the Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC) under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The grant project, titled "Restoring Health Equity and Resilience to Cleveland through Vacant Land Improvements," aims to improve health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities in Cleveland, Ohio through...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides $377,295 to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to support upgrades and enhancements to the state's air monitoring network. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase four EPA-required Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Federal Reference Method (FRM)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program to the Hoopa Valley Tribe. The funding will be used to upgrade air monitors at existing monitoring sites, purchase equipment to support the tribe's air monitoring program, and establish a new air multipollutant monitoring station on the Hoopa Valley Reservation....