Cooperative Agreement U48DP006787

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $349,997, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136), supports the Regents of the University of Minnesota's efforts to expand access to low-barrier buprenorphine in acute care settings. The project aims to enhance best practice model fidelity and implement prehospital innovations to...

The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute awarded $2,350,623 under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota on May 1, 2021 for a project concluding on April 30, 2022. The project aims to reduce childhood obesity through an individual randomized controlled trial testing combinations of ecological momentary intervention, home visiting, and video feedback delivered to 510 low-income, racially...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) to the Regents of the University of Michigan on September 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the "Development and Rigorous Evaluation of Culturally Grounded Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Lakota Youth on a Rural...

This federal Project Grant award of $386,612 from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) will support a research project by the Regents of the University of Minnesota to investigate socioeconomic and environmental factors that contribute to accelerated biological aging, cancer risk, and differences in cancer outcomes among middle-aged and older adults. The project will leverage data from two large prospective studies, the Atherosclerosis Risk in...

The Regents of the University of Minnesota has been awarded a $350,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516). The grant, titled "Wiidookadadidaa Chinoojimayang (Healing Together)," will support the development and implementation of education and training programs focused on harm reduction, pro-recovery, and anti-stigma initiatives to...

The University of Minnesota received a $417,496 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support (CFDA 93.310) program. The project, titled "The Effectiveness of Public Policy Interventions in Reducing Racial Disparities in Drowning," aims to characterize and evaluate the impact of various state and local policy interventions designed to reduce accidental drowning deaths and injuries, with a focus on understanding differential...

The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $969,980 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The four-year award will support research and community engagement to develop place-based solutions improving food-related health outcomes for Somali Americans in central Minnesota. Through a human-centered design approach including needs assessments,...

The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $1,389,542 Project Grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Program) to evaluate population-based strategies for improving smoking cessation among rural residents. The project aims to determine the efficacy of providing free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) starter kits, along with digital NRT education, to rural smokers. Additionally, the...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the "Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds" (CFDA 93.761) program, will expand evidence-based fall prevention initiatives in South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. The $1,250,000 award to Sanford Medical Center will fund the "Stand Strong: Empowered Connections" regional program,...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) on September 30, 2025. The purpose of this 4-year award is to evaluate a sexual violence and intimate partner violence primary prevention program implemented in drinking establishments in Sacramento...