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...
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 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 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 Cooperative Agreement award, titled "RACING AHEAD (RESEARCH-FOCUSED ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND ADDRESS DISPARITIES)", is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The $704,996 award to East Carolina University (ECU) aims to assess the university's organizational capacity for health disparities research and...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) was awarded a $2,934,790 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to establish the COMPASS Health Equity Research Hub. The Hub will serve as a centralized resource to provide scientific, technical, and collaborative support for assigned projects conducting structural intervention research to address social determinants of health and advance...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (CFDA 93.350) in the amount of $250,000 will enhance collaboration between the NIH and the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen research in support of pressing global public health needs. The key activities proposed include: Advancing infectious disease global health research Supporting the Immunization Agenda 2030 Expanding genomics for global health,...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136), will fund the Health Research And Educational Trust (HRET) to deliver a range of public health research, publishing, and technical assistance services. The $1,735,000 award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, will support HRET's efforts to enhance public...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program provides $394,309 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to maintain, enrich, and enable broader use of data and sample resources for the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study (ARCH) cohort. The key goals of the project are to: 1) expand collaborations and hire underrepresented minority (URM) faculty and staff,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $79,484,892 was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421). The goal of this 5-year initiative is to enhance public health infrastructure and service delivery across the United States through capacity-building assistance. The primary awardee, Health Research, Inc.,...