Project Grant R01DK148960
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of Virginia $806,797 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of Kids SipSmarter, a school-based behavioral and health literacy intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among middle school students and caregivers in rural Appalachia. The project will execute in two...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $768,251 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to implement a youth-led school meal participation and nutrition improvement initiative. The award funds the School Meal Action program, which will train high school students in low-income communities on the history, requirements, and logistics of school nutrition programs;...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded $208,555 to Trustees of Tufts College (doing business as Tufts University School of Medicine) on September 16, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds investigation of geographic, sociodemographic, and patient-specific differences in plant-based food consumption among U.S. youth, with the goal of identifying strategies to promote better nutrition and reduce...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the University of Cincinnati's Sponsored Research Services Division $202,500 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to co-design and test a nutrition education program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers. The funded research addresses poor dietary quality in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities,...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York $2,144,401 on September 14, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to conduct comparative effectiveness research on food prescription programs for food-insecure families with young children. The research employs a community-engaged approach to develop and test two innovative food prescription interventions among...
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases awarded Virginia Commonwealth University $1.863 million on September 12, 2025, under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to conduct a feasibility and pilot study integrating a prescription produce program within a diabetes prevention program for type 2 diabetes prevention. The recipient will conduct a mixed-methods feasibility and pilot study using a randomized controlled trial...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Boston Medical Center Corporation $500,214 on September 25, 2025, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to design and pilot clinic-based health information technology tools aimed at improving WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) retention among low-income families with young children. The project employs human-centered design methods to...
- The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of Illinois $5,959,150 on September 14, 2025, for a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of a food-is-medicine intervention to promote healthy eating and blood pressure control in hypertensive Black women with obesity. The FIM+DASH trial will deliver cooking classes, nutrition and hypertension education, and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, a component of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $702,086 to the Morehouse School of Medicine on August 16, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). The award funds research adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program to integrate family engagement and family health history assessment as mechanisms to improve adherence and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded San Diego State University Foundation $1,424,715 on May 6, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to test the effectiveness of introducing a produce distribution service into small stores on increasing healthy food access and improving health outcomes among low-income, primarily Hispanic rural residents in Imperial County, California. The project will assess and characterize...
The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Virginia Commonwealth University $795,243 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to evaluate the impact and implementation of school meal policy reforms on child dietary intake and health outcomes through a natural experiment design. The study leverages a unique policy environment in which the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2024 added sugar limits and sodium restrictions for school meals take full effect in the 2027–28 school year nationally, while Virginia simultaneously implements a synthetic dye ban in schools effective July 2027. The research compares dietary and health outcomes in two matched school districts—one in Richmond, Virginia, and one in South Carolina—with eight randomly selected Title I elementary schools per district participating. Virginia schools will experience both national and state policy changes, while South Carolina schools will experience only the national changes, enabling evaluation of the combined policy impact on children's dietary quality and other health outcomes. The project runs through June 30, 2030. The award supports evaluation research addressing the public health burden of excess added sugar, sodium, and ultra-processed foods in children's diets, particularly among economically disadvantaged populations who rely heavily on school meals. Over 30 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program and over 15 million in the School Breakfast Program daily.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $795.2k | 8/24/26 |