This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will establish the "ONE-EARTH ONE-HEALTH: AN ECOSYSTEM FOR HUMAN-CENTERED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS" Research Coordination Network. The network aims to advance a new "geohealth" science that studies the interconnections between Earth processes and human health, with the goal of developing human-centered, implementable solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on public...
This $2,414,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports the Health Security Activity in Ethiopia. The primary awardee, Project Hope - The People-To-People Health Foundation Inc., will deliver global health and community development services focused on reproductive health, maternal and child health, community health systems strengthening, and addressing health...
This cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) grant program, aims to improve access to equitable and quality health services and prevent catastrophic health expenditure in Ethiopia. The $11.2 million award, effective from January 21, 2025 to April 7, 2025, will fund the Health Financing Activity (HFA) to strengthen and institutionalize health care financing functions and systems to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $962,344 to the Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) in Ghana to strengthen capacity for policy-relevant life course epidemiological research. The award aims to develop a sustainable pipeline of African physician scientists and postdoctoral investigators dedicated to addressing the growing burden of non-communicable...
This R21 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $234,750 to Emory University to develop and pilot test a culturally-responsive mental health support intervention called "WEYERA" for Ethiopian and Eritrean (Habesha) emerging adults in Atlanta, Georgia. The key objectives are to: 1) develop the WEYERA intervention in collaboration with a Habesha youth advisory...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $428,790 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to advance community-engaged climate change and health research. The key activities include: Developing user-focused data products that integrate spatial, environmental, and health data to help identify communities in Africa facing the greatest risks of food insecurity due to climate change. This will result...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a 5-year, $629,068 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to conduct an implementation study of integrated human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in HIV care centers in Ethiopia. The study aims to leverage the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) virtual learning platform to promote experience sharing and technical assistance across 5 hospitals to improve...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The grant will support the "Inverting the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services with Community Resource Hubs: A Metro-Wide Patient-Centered Social Needs Referral Network" project. The project aims to (1) improve hypertension...
The Yale University COMPASS Health Equity Research Hub was awarded a $1,828,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) by the Office of the Director, NIH. The Hub will support community-led health equity structural interventions (CHESIs) and provide thematic technical assistance across areas such as food/nutrition security, intergenerational family interventions, poverty-reduction, cultural resilience, and participatory research approaches. The Hub...
This $1,500,000 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.310 - Trans-NIH Research Support) will fund the establishment of the SHHARE Community Project: The Shared Hub for Health Action Research and Equity at New York University School of Medicine. The project aims to provide support and resources to community organizations and coalitions to strengthen their capacity, leadership, and success in addressing structural drivers of health inequities. Key...