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,...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) will provide $750,000 to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The funding will support the expansion and enhancement of culturally responsive prevention, treatment, and recovery services to address the opioid...
This $2,316,128 federal Project Grant award, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The project aims to design tailored harm reduction strategies that effectively address the heterogeneous nature of overdose epidemics, demographics, and local infrastructures across six distinct jurisdictions. The grantee, the Regents of the University of Minnesota, will collaborate with...
The University of Minnesota was awarded a $241,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210). The grant will support the establishment of a Tribal Natural Resources graduate program track and increase the enrollment and graduation of Black, Indigenous, and other students of color in the University's Natural Resources Science and Management graduate...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331). The three-year award will support the UMLA VEGGIERX PROGRAM, which will provide additional COVID relief and response services to address critical food security needs of low-income communities in Minneapolis, Minnesota through September 2025. As part of...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310). The grant will support the Growing Global Agriculturalist Project, a four-year program aimed at broadening and deepening young people's knowledge and involvement in agriculture. The project will engage 105 urban,...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) was awarded a $45,189,044 Project Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant funds will support comprehensive treatment and recovery services for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorders (SUD) in Minnesota over a 3-year period from September 2024...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish the Digital Center: Meat and Poultry Processing Education. The grant was awarded under the Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.520) and will fund the creation of educational resources and programming from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The grant program aims to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. under the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.516). The 3-year project aims to address opioid misuse in rural Georgia through a two-pronged strategy: (1) building community capacity by establishing extension hubs for opioid-related education, information, and support services; and (2)...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant will support two methods to engage farms in promoting critical conversations and environmental engagement related to environmental sustainability metrics. Specifically, the University will enable youth to serve as environmental leaders...