Project Grant NU58DP007072

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), will fund the "COMMUNITY-DERIVED MULTILEVEL-MULTICOMPONENT NUTRITION INTERVENTION TO REDUCE FOOD ACCESS DISPARITIES - FRESH-EATS" project. The total award amount is $576,459 and the project period runs from September 15, 2024 to October 31, 2026. The project aims to determine the feasibility of...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $2,252,730 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to the University of Chicago. The grant will fund a project to model the long-term health, equity, and economic impacts of national strategies to address food and nutrition insecurity. Key interventions to be evaluated include expanding the USDA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, expanding SNAP...

The Ascension Foodrx-Social Systems Initiative (AFRX-SSI) is a $483,612 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331). The initiative aims to improve dietary health, reduce food insecurity, and increase positive birth outcomes among pregnant individuals receiving maternal health services at Ascension Medical Group sites and delivering at Ascension Seton hospitals in Central Texas. The grant funds...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $295,923 to Equiti Foods, LLC to implement a "Food is Medicine" (FIM) program that will bring medically tailored meals to underserved groups at low or no cost. The key objectives are to: 1) Form advisory committees to guide the FIM program, 2) Expand Equiti Foods' capacity to produce culturally and medically...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $3,318,608 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to conduct the "Cardiovascular Risk Reduction for Adults with Food Insecurity using Structured Incentives (CVD-FIT)" study. The 5-year project aims to test a multi-component intervention that includes monthly income...

This $310,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will support a feasibility study for an adaptive intervention to improve food security and maternal-child health. The study aims to determine the feasibility of recruitment and retention, as well as the potential effectiveness of interventions, including WIC referrals, care navigation,...

This Project Grant award of $1,051,034.40, provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a research project led by Dr. Hazzard, a registered dietitian and public health researcher. The project aims to examine binge eating as a potential mechanism underlying the paradoxical association between food insecurity and elevated risk of obesity in...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $744,721 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of California, San Francisco on December 15, 2022 with a completion date of November 30, 2023. The grant funds the Network of User-Engaged Researchers Building Interdisciplinary Scientific Infrastructures for Healthy Food (NOURISH) project. NOURISH aims to develop technical solutions to transform "food swamps" saturated with...

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to implement the "Inverting the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services with Community Resource Hubs: A Metro-Wide Patient-Centered Social Needs Referral Network" project. The project aims to improve hypertension control and address food insecurity and other...

This $468,522 five-year Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.514 - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) will support South Dakota State University's efforts to deliver nutrition education programs to low-income families and youth across South Dakota. The funding will enable SDSU to recruit, train, and deploy paraprofessional educators to provide interactive lessons, cooking demonstrations, and tailored...