Project Grant CH832254010

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $7,698,402 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to Brown University to establish the "Climate, Health, and Aging Innovation and Research Solutions for Communities (CHAIRS-C)" center. This center aims to advance scientific understanding of the adverse health impacts of climate events, particularly extreme temperatures, humidity, and air pollution, on aging populations and those with...

This Project Grant award, titled "LIFE-SPACE, ISOLATION, AND FUNCTIONAL EXPOSOME STUDY IN PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS (LIFESPACE)", is funded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) in the amount of $730,089. The overarching goal of this 5-year study is to examine and improve the validity and generalizability of digital signals collected from everyday life activities, such as driving and daily living, in identifying biological...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide $425,000 in technical assistance to address environmental justice concerns and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities in Maryland. Specifically, the grant will support the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) in developing and implementing replicable workforce training programs and audit tools focused on reducing...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $3,690,905 Project Grant (CFDA 93.113 Environmental Health) to Ochin, Inc., a nonprofit health IT collaborative in Portland, Oregon. The grant aims to study how extreme climate events impact health outcomes, particularly hypertension and asthma, among the patient populations served by Community Health Centers (CHCs). The grant will support several key activities: Establishing a data infrastructure to link electronic health...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control has awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Older Adults Home Modification Grant Program (CFDA 14.921) to Green River Society Inc., a nonprofit organization located in Southlake, TX. This grant will enable Green River Society to deliver home modification services to over 1,900 low-income elderly homeowners in both urban and rural communities. The program focuses on providing...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded a $1,423,745 Cooperative Agreement under the Older Adults Home Modification Grant Program (CFDA 14.921) to the Healthy Aging Association in Modesto, CA. This grant funding enables the Healthy Aging Association, an experienced nonprofit organization, to deliver home modification services to over 1,900 low-income elderly homeowners in both urban and rural communities. The program...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $913,711.04 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The funding will support research examining the role of public transit accessibility on physical activity and social participation among older adults with and without disabilities. The 3-year project aims to: 1) assess whether self-reported public transit use is associated with physical activity and social participation, 2)...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), provides $2,278,304 in funding to Emory University to investigate the impact of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution exposure on the risk and underlying biological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The project, titled "IMPACT-ADRD: Investigating the Multi-Omics Perturbations Associated with Complex...

The Project Grant award of $4,000,468 was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program. The grant will fund the Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) from September 21, 2024 to September 20, 2027. The ECO-Health Center will undertake three key aims: 1) Developing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility-centered...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) supports research to estimate the present and future burden of extreme temperature on aging populations in the United States. The $760,779 grant, awarded to the University of Washington, will be used to derive all-cause and cause-specific risk functions for extreme high and low temperature across the lifespan, project future impacts of extreme temperature-related disease using climate and population change...