The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded a $1,828,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to Yale University to establish the COMPASS Health Equity Research Hub. The Hub will support community-led health equity structural interventions (CHESI) and provide thematic technical assistance across focus areas such as food/nutrition security, intergenerational family interventions, poverty-reduction, cultural resilience, and...
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) was awarded a $1,897,062 Cooperative Agreement on September 6, 2024 under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) by the National Institutes of Health. The award will fund the Southeast Center for Health Achievement and Growth in Equity (SEACHANGE) Hub, which aims to promote health equity and reduce disease burden in underserved populations. The SEACHANGE Hub will provide tailored support services, contextual guidance, and capacity...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $1,498,658 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to support the Partners in Research: Building Capacity for Community-Driven Research to Advance Health Equity (PEER Hub) project. The PEER Hub will leverage the University's institutional and national networks, as well as its training and technical assistance expertise, to...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, titled "The SHHARE Community Project: The Shared Hub for Health Action Research and Equity in Community-Led Interventions," was granted by the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.310 - Trans-NIH Research Support) for $1,500,000.00 with a project period from September 4, 2024 to April 7, 2025. The award establishes the SHHARE Community Project, a centralized hub that will provide support and resources to community...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) was awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding will support the development of a "Triage Clinical Decision Support for Prolonged Field Care Scenarios" over a 2-year period from March 2025 to March 2027. The project aims to advance medical capabilities in providing critical care during...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has been awarded a $3,000,337 Cooperative Agreement (U24HL175772) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support (CFDA 93.310) program. The funding will support a Consortium Facilitation, Coordination, and Data Management Center for the Human Virome Project (HVP), a major initiative to characterize the communities of bacteriophage and eukaryotic viruses associated with the human body. The Center...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) has awarded a $1,487,500 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for the "PIPP PHASE II: COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) - THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) CENTER" project. This 7-year award, effective September 1, 2024, aims...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $865,468 Cooperative Agreement to BCT Partners LLC (doing business as Mind, Body, And Soul Enterprises) under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259). This funding supports BCT Partners in delivering technical assistance, training, and capacity building services to help state and local governments, public housing authorities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations effectively...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $230,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259) to BCT Partners LLC, doing business as Mind, Body, And Soul Enterprises, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. Under this 3-year award, BCT Partners will provide technical assistance, training, and capacity building services to help state and local governments, public housing authorities,...
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) was awarded a $11,879,155 Cooperative Agreement by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) federal grant program. The award will support the establishment of the NYC Center for Minority Health, Equity, and Social Justice at the City College of New York (CCNY). The center...