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Funding by Topic: Population health

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

Good and Healthy South Dakota Community Health Grant Inactive
Funding to support local community and organization-based efforts, foster collaboration among organizations, and support the mission of the South Dakota Department of Health through the implementation of a Community Health Work Plan.
Geographic coverage: South Dakota
Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2023
Sponsor: South Dakota Department of Health
HHS COVID-19 and Health Equity Impact Fellowship Inactive
A mentored fellowship opportunity located in Washington, D.C. to conduct policy research and participate in quantitative data analyses on topics such as social determinants of health; health equity; access to healthcare services for at risk populations; and analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care services, maternity care, and/or the HIV population.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
GATHER Food Sovereignty Grants Inactive
Grants for projects that lead to self-directed, well-resourced, community supported food systems in Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute
North Carolina Advancing Healthy Food Equity Inactive
Grants for organizations in North Carolina that are led by, serving, and accountable to American Indian, Black, Latino, other People of Color, and members of immigrant communities to advance equitable access to healthy food.
Geographic coverage: North Carolina
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Sponsor: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation
Texas Cancer Screening and Early Detection Inactive
Funding for the delivery of evidence-based clinical services to screen for cancer and precancer in underserved populations who do not have adequate access to screening, early detection interventions, and healthcare. Rural and/or medically underserved populations must be included in the defined service area of proposed projects.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Feb 23, 2023
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Texas Primary Prevention of Cancer Inactive
Funding to implement evidence-based strategies to ensure that all Texans benefit from cancer prevention knowledge. Projects will include interventions to reduce cancer risk, disease burden, and cancer disparities and address social determinants that contribute to cancer burden and disparities. Applications must include the delivery of interventions to non-metropolitan (rural) and/or medically underserved counties in the state.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Feb 23, 2023
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Elevate Youth California: Supporting Capacity Building for Community Organizations Working in Substance Use Disorder Prevention Inactive
Grants to strengthen the capacity of emerging grassroots community-based organizations and tribal organizations in California to use innovative practices for substance use disorder prevention among youth ages 12-26. Populations of focus are low-income, rural and/or urban racial, ethnic, and cultural communities disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Feb 20, 2023
Sponsors: California Department of Health Care Services, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation
NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Inactive
Funding for projects that use computers, information technology, and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their healthcare providers. The program focus is on innovation and outreach in which information access can reduce health disparities and support underserved communities that bear a disproportionate burden of disease.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jan 17, 2023
Application Deadline: Feb 17, 2023
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Maternal and Child Health Secondary Data Analysis Research (MCH SDAR) Inactive
Funding to support applied research through analysis of existing databases and/or administrative records to improve the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare services and health outcomes for underserved maternal and child health populations. Underserved populations include indigenous and Native American persons, people in rural areas, persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 13, 2023
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students Inactive
Funding to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. Projects should increase physical activity, healthy dietary behaviors, and self-management of chronic health conditions among students and implement strategies and activities at the school level that promote student and staff health. Projects should also address social determinants of health and reach populations such as racial/ethnic minority students, students receiving free and reduced lunch, students of lower socioeconomic status, and those who live in rural/sparsely populated areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 11, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services