Project Grant R01MD020706
- 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...
- 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 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $333,197 on September 15, 2025, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to design and pilot-test a community-engaged intervention aimed at reducing ultra-processed food consumption in toddlers aged two to three years to improve cardiovascular health. The research evaluates the association between ultra-processed food consumption and changes in adiposity, cardiometabolic risk...
- 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 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $206,470 on August 15, 2026, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310, Assistance Listing) to develop and deliver training on leveraging real-world data for behavioral and social sciences research. The award funds the creation of a comprehensive portfolio of real-world data training modules addressing topics in chronic disease research,...
- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $462,961 on August 15, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to study how food and gene interactions impact low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and drive variability in dietary responses. The project will employ three complementary research objectives. The first applies advanced machine learning techniques to analyze large-scale, multidimensional dietary data to identify...
- The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $301,868 on August 1, 2026, under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to curate school demographic data for education research. The award supports research activities designed to improve education quality, increase student academic achievement, and reduce achievement gaps. Performance of work takes place in Palo Alto, California, with a period of...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $2,257,952 on September 11, 2025, under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct causal analysis of how pre-conception, delivery, and postpartum policies shape maternal and infant health outcomes and disparities. Stanford will use linked administrative datasets from California—including birth records, hospitalizations, emergency...
- 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 on Aging awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $423,500 for a Project Grant on August 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). The recipient will conduct the first rigorous study of neighborhood-level spillover effects of income transfers on health outcomes. The research investigates whether income gains accruing to low-income neighborhood residents generate health improvements among nonrecipients through peer diffusion of healthy behaviors and...
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 photovoice method to document challenges and solutions related to school meals; and strategies for collaborating with schools and districts to implement identified improvements. The program targets high schools serving low-income students in the San Joaquin Valley, a largely rural region with high rates of diet-related diseases. Research by the region's Child Nutrition Alliance identified participation barriers including student and family unawareness of program benefits, concerns about meal quality (high added sugar, processed items, limited fresh produce), and limited visibility into schools' operational constraints (kitchen space, staffing, budgets). The initiative addresses these challenges by centering high school students' perspectives and solutions, a gap in existing meal participation programs that typically exclude adolescents despite their lower participation rates relative to younger students. The award period runs from September 1, 2026, through February 28, 2031. Work is performed in Palo Alto, California. The assistance type is Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $768.3k | 9/1/26 |