Project Grant P18AP00070

This federal Project Grant award for $276,621.19 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The award will fund a study investigating the impact of early life exposure to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on vascular risk factors, incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), and all-cause mortality in Black adults. The research...

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $260,250.00 to Health Research, Inc. at the Roswell Park Division to investigate "The Role of SLC45A3-ELK4 Chimera as a Molecular Determinant of Prostate Cancer Health Disparity." The award period runs from March 15, 2025 to March 14, 2027. The funding supports advanced biomedical research on cancer biology and therapeutic...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the 21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot program (CFDA 93.353), aims to determine barriers leading to inferior survival for Black and Hispanic patients with Hodgkin lymphoma. The $589,591 award, granted on February 1, 2025, will fund a 5-year study by the University of Florida to: Examine differences in the receipt and quality of Hodgkin lymphoma treatment for initial diagnosis and relapse. Examine the...

This $932,740 Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program. The grant was awarded to the Morehouse School of Medicine, a private non-profit historically black medical school located in Atlanta, Georgia. The project aims to investigate racial disparities in lung cancer treatment and survival among...

This federal Project Grant award for $4,036,820.00, granted by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund a 5-year multilevel peer-to-peer education program to increase Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccinations and utilization of school-based health centers (SBHCs) among medically underserved adolescents. The primary awardee, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, will develop tailored...

This federal Project Grant award of $120,406.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) will support the non-profit organization Hopehealth Inc. in providing expanded and comprehensive primary healthcare services, including medical, dental, behavioral health, and enabling services, to underserved and vulnerable...

The National Park Service awarded a $4,819,535 Project Grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the nonprofit organization Reinvestment Partners. The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the historic Harriet Tubman YWCA site in Durham, North Carolina. This award is part of the African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant program, which supports the documentation, interpretation, and preservation of sites and stories related to the African American struggle...

This Project Grant award of $599,959 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) aims to address disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates and opioid overdose deaths in minority communities in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year project include: Partnering with 5 community clinics to implement quality...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $352,141, was provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the 21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot program (CFDA 93.353). The award will fund research at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan to identify ancestry-specific genetic regulators of macrophage function and response to anti-HER2 antibody therapy that may underlie racial disparities in outcomes for HER2-positive breast cancer patients. The research aims to...

This Project Grant award of $727,972.00 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) is funding a study to understand racial/ethnic disparities in clinician concordance with hypertension treatment guidelines and blood pressure control. The primary objectives are to: 1) evaluate the extent of racial disparity in hypertension treatment based on the 2017 AHA/ACC guidelines in the Southeastern U.S.; 2) investigate patient, provider, clinic, and...