This Project Grant award, titled "FOOD-BASED RANDOMIZED TRIAL FOR ENHANCING SUPPORT OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES (FRESH)", is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award totaling $690,147 will be used by the Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio to conduct a randomized trial evaluating the impact of in-hospital food...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research), will fund a $324,226 pilot and feasibility study to evaluate the use of a "food prescription" (food RX) program combined with a healthy eating family behavioral intervention for youth with type 1 diabetes from food insecure households. The study will be conducted through a partnership between...
This Project Grant award of $310,000 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 primary objectives are to determine the feasibility of recruitment and retention, and assess the potential effectiveness of two first-stage food insecurity...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) provides $586,502 to Boston Children's Hospital to examine the relationship between household food insecurity, neighborhood food access, and childhood obesity, as well as test a meal kit delivery intervention for families and children affected by food insecurity and obesity. The award period runs from Aug 1, 2024...
This Project Grant award of $480,441 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Nutrition (CFDA 10.331, Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program) to Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc. (FHCSD), a Federally Qualified Health Center, to implement the Produce Delivery Program and Food as Medicine (PDP-FAM) initiative. The PDP-FAM initiative will deliver 20-pound fresh produce box subscriptions directly from a local farm to the homes of over 400...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) will evaluate the impact of the updated federal nutrition standards for school meals in the United States. The $663,097 award to Merrimack College, effective May 7, 2025, will support a 5-year study to examine school meal compliance, product reformulation, meal participation rates, student dietary intakes, and body mass...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $324,882.00 to support a pilot trial of an intervention to improve initial type 2 diabetes self-management among younger adults with children. The project aims to develop and evaluate an intervention that can positively influence long-term diabetes-related health outcomes, as younger adults with type 2 diabetes often struggle to achieve recommended...
This federal Project Grant award of $719,465.00 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), is funding a longitudinal, randomized-controlled experiment examining the impact of a suite of healthy food policies in online retail settings. The objective is to evaluate the effects of ultra-processed food and beverage taxes, front-of-pack nutrition labeling, and...
This $2,252,730 project grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program) will support research to model the health equity and economic impacts of national strategies to address food and nutrition insecurity. The primary goals are to: 1) measure the long-term population health effects of interventions like expanding the USDA nutrition incentive program and SNAP benefits, 2) estimate impacts on...
This $734,221 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), supports genetic investigations into cardiometabolic diseases at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The research aims to enhance biological insights into the shared risk factors and pathophysiology underlying conditions such as coronary artery disease, stroke, type 2...