Project Grant P031L230026

This $711,791 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 fund a large longitudinal cohort study focused on understanding the epidemiology and risk factors for type 2 diabetes among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) adolescents and young adults. The study, led by the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, will...

This $1,000,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund scholarships and support services for 11 high-achieving, low-income undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees at Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). Over 5 years, the project will provide up to 4 years of scholarship support, as well as interventions to foster STEM identity,...

This $984,495 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will enable the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago to establish a major benchmarking survey of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) adults. The grant will expand and leverage NORC's existing large probability panel of AANHPI populations to conduct a comprehensive survey focused on...

Community Partners received a $1,066,300 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The three-year award will support Community Partners' PROJECT SOAR initiative, which will provide college and career support services to residents in public housing in Los Angeles, California through August 2025. FIPSE aims to support innovative strategies to improve postsecondary...

The Pacific American Foundation Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support the NALU STUDIES MAUI ALAKA'I OPI'O project. The two-year project ending October 31, 2023 aims to study the Maui alaka'i opi'o fish under the NOAA Office for Coastal Management's Coastal Zone Management Program. This Program, identified by CFDA #11.473, provides funding to projects that develop science-based approaches for...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $341,268 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. (APIA) in Alaska. The grant funding will be used to continue and expand APIA's Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services within their primary care clinics, which provide treatment for substance use disorders including...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research (CFDA 93.393) program, supports the establishment of the National ASPIRE - Asian American Prospective Research Cohort. The award of $2,514,759 will create a cohort of 20,000 Asian American men and women aged 40-75 years to study multi-level determinants of cancer etiology specific to Asian American populations. The cohort will collect data on health behaviors, structural...

This federal Project Grant award of $685,642 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will support a longitudinal study to evaluate the effects of federal and state nutrition policies and community food environments on obesity disparities among diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) ethnic subgroups. The study led by Drexel University will link longitudinal BMI data from over 1 million...

The Project RISE grant from the Department of Education provides $1.9 million to Project Grad Kenai Peninsula to support innovative academic and social-emotional learning supports for Alaska Native students through September 2024. Funded under the Alaska Native Educational Programs CFDA 84.356, the award advances the goals of the program by recognizing the unique needs of Alaska Native learners and integrating their languages and cultures into education. Project Grad Kenai Peninsula will deliver...

Carlos Albizu University was awarded a $952,851 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support the ALBIZU-DLITM Pilot Program from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The FIPSE program aims to provide assistance for institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction quality and expand opportunities. This Project...