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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.

Healthy Eating Research: Supportive and Equitable Policies and Programs Enabling All U.S. Children and Adolescents to Thrive
Funding for research on supportive family policies and programs with a potential to impact equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes. Populations of focus include low income families, and Black, Latino/a, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 3, 2024
Application Deadline: Jul 10, 2024
Sponsors: Duke University, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants
Funding for programs that are designed to improve lives, strengthen tribal communities, and solve local problems through service and volunteering.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 5, 2024
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Delaware Highmark BluePrints Grants
Grants for health-related projects, programs, and supportive services in Delaware in the priority areas of healthcare access, economic stability, social and community context, and neighborhood and built environment.
Geographic coverage: Delaware
Application Deadline: Apr 5, 2024
Sponsor: Delaware Community Foundation
Rapides Foundation Healthy Behaviors School District Partnership Grant
Funding for school districts in central Louisiana for projects that promote healthy behaviors in the areas of tobacco prevention and control, alcohol and substance misuse prevention, and healthy eating and active living.
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Application Deadline: Apr 8, 2024
Sponsor: The Rapides Foundation
Opportunity Appalachia Targeted Technical Assistance
Targeted technical assistance for downtown and rural development projects in Appalachian counties across 6 states. Priorities include projects focusing on downtown development, housing, manufacturing, IT, healthcare, education, food systems, clean energy, heritage tourism, and recreation.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Application Deadline: Apr 12, 2024
Sponsor: Appalachian Community Capital
Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund
Grants to local nonprofit organizations in North Dakota focused on the areas of basic needs, community asset building, health and wellbeing, and restorative and responsive services.
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2024
Sponsors: North Dakota Community Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust
Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP)
Grants for projects that assist in the development, coordination, and expansion of domestic farmers markets, roadside stands, community‐supported agriculture programs, agritourism activities, and other direct producer‐to‐consumer market opportunities. Priority will be given to projects that benefit communities located in low income/low food access (LI/LA) census tracts.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Local Food Promotion Program
Grants to intermediary organizations to support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises to help increase access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products. Priority will be given to projects that benefit communities located in low income/low food access census tracts.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Competitive Grants
Funding to support projects that will increase the purchase of fruit and vegetables among low-income consumers who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by providing incentives at the point of purchase. Projects that serve underrepresented geographies and communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: May 14, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes and Advance Health Equity in Rural Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grants for research projects to develop, adapt, or implement intervention strategies to address social determinants of health to improve health and promote health equity in rural populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Apr 17, 2024
Application Deadline: May 17, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health