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Funding by Topic: Food security and nutrition

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences through Data to Action Inactive
Funding for non-research activities that leverage multi-sector partnerships and resources to improve adverse childhood experiences and positive childhood experiences. Target populations include tribal populations, rural communities, and other geographically underserved areas, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): May 9, 2023
Application Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service Produce Prescription Pilot Program Inactive
Funding to establish and demonstrate Produce Prescription Programs through collaborations with stakeholders from healthcare and food industries in tribal communities. Programs will help increase access to fruits, vegetables, and healthy traditional foods for American Indian/Alaska Native people by allowing eligible individuals to receive a fruit and vegetable voucher from a participating healthcare provider to redeem at a local market.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 8, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program Inactive
Grants to eligible agencies for the competitive distribution of sub-grants that increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in areas that have significant levels of food insecurity.
Geographic coverage: Alaska, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, U.S. Virgin Islands
Application Deadline: Jun 6, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Strengthening the Safety Net: Improving Access to High Quality Health Care in Michigan Inactive
Grants to safety net clinics and medical and dental homes to increase access to affordable healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured in Michigan. Funding may be used to support ongoing operations, as well as expand hours and services, team-based approaches to care, patient navigation and enrollment, and/or wrap-around services.
Geographic coverage: Michigan
Application Deadline: Jun 2, 2023
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Native American Agriculture Fund Grants Inactive
Grants to support native American farmers and ranchers, with special emphasis on traditional foods, food sovereignty programs, lending, youth programming, and climate resilience.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
Sponsor: Native American Agriculture Fund
California Tribal Fund - Food Sovereignty and Local Control of Food Systems Inactive
Grants for California-based tribes and tribally-controlled nonprofit organizations working to build food systems in native communities that are self-directed, well-resourced, and supported by policies and systems.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
Healthy Meals Incentives Grants for Small and Rural School Food Authorities Inactive
Grants for small and rural School Food Authorities that are experiencing challenges in the improvement of the nutritional quality of their school meals due to limited staffing, difficulty in accessing training, increased food costs due to limited purchasing power, lack of physical space, and outdated kitchen equipment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Sponsors: Action for Healthy Kids, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Pennsylvania Research Grant and Mini Grant Programs Inactive
Research grants in Pennsylvania to conduct applied policy research that can result in legislative or program policy considerations and mini grants for projects that focus on basic data collection/analysis, timely issues, and/or the preparation of reference materials.
Geographic coverage: Pennsylvania
Letter of Intent (Required): May 26, 2023
Application Deadline: Aug 28, 2023
Sponsor: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship Inactive
A self-directed fellowship for Native Americans engaged in meaningful work that benefits Indigenous people and communities in reservation and/or urban settings. The fellowship is open to both emerging and experienced leaders from a wide variety of fields, including but not limited to healthcare, agriculture, food systems, youth leadership development, natural resource management, climate change, economic development, journalism, language and cultural revitalization, and traditional or contemporary arts.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 18, 2023
Sponsors: First Nations Development Institute, The Henry Luce Foundation
Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas Inactive
Grants to institutions of higher education in U.S. territories, commonwealth, and freely associated states designed to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences as well as to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research.
Geographic coverage: Atlantic Territory and Commonwealth and the Pacific Territories, Commonwealth, and Freely Associated States
Application Deadline: May 15, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture