Public Health Funding Opportunities
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| 13 Opportunities | Deadline | Amount |
| Health Care Grants Duke Endowment | 15 Jun 2023 | see record |
Funding Priorities Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations Access to essential health care services is critical to good health, yet vulnerable populations in the Carolinas face a variety of barriers. We are interested in supporting access-expanding projects for underserved populations such as… | ||
| Building Capacity for Chronic Disease Education and Awareness Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) | 03 Jul 2023 | $400,000USD |
Building Capacity for Chronic Disease Education and Awareness is a competitive grant program to expand and advance CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) work with partners to focus on education, outreach, and public awareness activities of a chronic… | ||
| Healthy Start Initiative – Enhanced Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | 17 Jul 2023 | see record |
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Healthy Start Initiative - Enhanced (HSE) Program. The purpose of HSE is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse… | ||
| Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative Office of Minority Health (OMH) | 18 Jul 2023 | $1,250,000USD |
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. Through its demonstration projects, OMH supports the identification of effective… | ||
| Geriatric Research Grant Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) | 05 Aug 2023 | $40,000USD |
The purpose of FPTR's research grant program is to fund research studies in specified areas initiatied by emerging investigators. One Geriatric Research Grant is to be awarded for research in methods to facilitate the aging-in-place for older adults in a supportive community setting utilizing novel… | ||
| Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 07 Oct 2023 | see record |
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied… | ||
| Special Solicitation: Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic-Driven Policies and Programs to Improve Children’s Health and Well-Being Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | 12 Oct 2023 | $250,000USD |
This CFP aims to fund research on how COVID-19-related relief and recovery policies, and now the post-pandemic recession, impact child health and well-being. HER is interested in understanding how pandemic-driven social and economic programs and policies related to poverty reduction—such as… | ||
| Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) National Science Foundation (NSF) | 15 Nov 2023 | see record |
The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative, mathematical, or… | ||
| Pediatric Research Grants Gerber Foundation | 15 Nov 2023 | $350,000USD |
The Foundation’s mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh… | ||
| Shade Structure Program American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) | 23 Dec 2023 | $8,000USD |
The AAD Program awards grants to public schools and non-profit organizations for installing permanent shade structures for outdoor locations that are not protected from the sun, such as playgrounds, pools or recreation spaces. In addition to the grant, the AAD also provides a permanent sign for… | ||
| Healthy Eating Research (HER) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | 05 Apr 2024 | $275,000USD |
Healthy Eating Research (HER) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) committed to building a Culture of Health through identifying effective strategies to improve children’s nutrition and weight. HER’s mission is to support and disseminate research on policy, systems,… | ||
| CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Women's Lung Health Disparities CHEST Foundation | 10 Apr 2024 | $10,000USD |
Applications must address important and timely issues surrounding women’s lung health, including, but not limited to, diseases such as COPD and lung cancer. Projects must also demonstrate how it will have a positive impact on the lung health of a community. | ||
| Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) | Continuous | $50,000USD |
Small grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health. We are particularly but not exclusively interested in activities that build… | ||