Project Grant SCH50016GR0011

This Project Grant award of $430,252 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative multi-year research project examining the multi-sectoral determinants of health in low-income communities globally. The research uses qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the formulation, interpretation, translation, and implementation of health policies across local, national, and transnational scales. The project...

This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509) provides $500,000.00 to Physicians, Scientists, And Engineers For Sustainable And Healthy Energy, Inc. to conduct research aimed at filling gaps in cumulative burden analysis, including air and water pollution burdens, and to inform locally-tailored policies and strategies to mitigate environmental health disparities in selected underserved communities...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) provides $194,241 to Novare, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Butte, Montana, to implement a one-year Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) demonstration project within EPA Region 8 states and 28 tribal nations. The project aims to create an expired medical supply and equipment hub to address excessive waste from hospitals and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $5,044,509 in funding to Health Research, Inc. (HRI) to build capacity for indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) initiatives in K-12 schools across New York State and nationally. The key products and services to be delivered...

This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program provides $372,713 to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct a national-scale assessment of the impact of extreme heat events and wildfires on patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The key objectives are to: 1) quantify the associations between exposure to extreme heat events and hospitalization/mortality...

This Project Grant award of $186,728 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225) aims to design, implement, and evaluate an intervention to improve linkage to care for people experiencing homelessness after discharge from the emergency department. The key objectives are to (1) understand the facilitators and barriers to linkage-to-care for this population after emergency department discharge,...

This $974,572 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides support for U.S. researchers participating in a multinational research consortium focused on improving understanding of the complex linkages and pathways between climate, environment, and public health. The research is part of the Belmont Forum's Collaborative Research initiative to address global environmental change challenges. The award supports the U.S. researchers in this...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports U.S. researchers participating in a multinational Belmont Forum initiative on global change research. The $762,760 award, effective August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028, will fund collaborative research by a consortium of partners from at least three countries. The research aims to improve understanding of the complex linkages and pathways between climate, environment, and...

This $595,043 Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant titled "PURE-CLIMATE: IDENTIFYING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS A MODIFIABLE RISK FACTOR FOR HUMAN HEALTH" will leverage the existing infrastructure and data of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study to establish a global study on the impacts of climate change on human...