Grant Programs

Spring 2013 Funding Opportunities

The Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives (HFHL) Institute invites letters of interest and proposals for three spring funding opportunities:

Planning Grant (open to the community and University faculty and research staff)
University Research Grant
Graduate and Professional Student Research Grant

For the first time, the Institute is issuing a request for letters of interest (RFLI) for our Planning Grant Program which is designed to fund the development of authentic community-university partnerships or interdisciplinary University faculty research teams related to food, nutrition and health. The expected outcome of this award is that teams prepare and submit a grant proposal to one of the major HFHL grant programs or to other equivalent University, government and/or private sources.
Please Note: University researchers and community members who do not identify partners are nonetheless encouraged to submit a LOI describing their research interests. Furthermore, those interested in developing a community-university partnership are encouraged to attend an upcoming networking event to connect with potential research partners. Tentatively planned for late March – details are forthcoming.
Letters of Interest (and supporting documents) Submission Deadline: April 19, 2013
To learn more and to view or download the RFLI, click here.

The University Research Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks to fund new, interdisciplinary faculty research teams that include members from at least three distinct disciplines and that produce research that has a high potential for growth and for becoming self-supporting over time. The priority areas for focus are food protection (safety), prevention of obesity and diet-related disease, and food policy. Within these priority areas, of special importance is the integration of agriculture and health sciences.
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 17, 2013
View and download RFP here.
Download HFHL Proposal Routing Form here.

The goal of the Graduate and Professional Student Research Grant Program is to support student research and/or other activities related to broadening interdisciplinary learning and engagement in the areas of food, agriculture, and human health.
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 17, 2013
View and download RFP here.

Funds for all grant programs will be awarded through a competitive review process.

Awarded Grants

2012 University Research Grants Awarded (.pdf)
2012 Community-University Partnership Grants Awarded (.pdf)

2011 Community-University Partnership Grants Awarded (.pdf)

2010 University and Student Research Grants Awarded (.pdf)
2010 Community Engagement Grants Awarded (.pdf)

2009 University Research Grants Awarded (.pdf)
2009 Community Engagement Grants Awarded (.pdf)

2008 University Research Grants Awarded (.pdf)

2007 Grants Awarded (.pdf)

Upcoming RFPs

The next Community-University Partnership Grant RFP will be released in August 2013. To view a copy of the 2012 RFP, click here.

Background

The HFHL Institute administers its grant funds around four priority areas:

Community Engagement
Food Policy
Prevention of Diet-Related Chronic Disease and Obesity
Food Safety

Read details of funded research in each of these priority areas.

In fall 2010, the HFHL Institute also began awarding small research grants to fund student research and/or other activities related to broadening interdisciplinary learning in the areas of food, agriculture, and human health.

In summer 2012, HFHL announced the availability of small supplemental grants ($500 - $1000) to support the advancement and promotion of projects supported by HFHL . This opportunity is available to both past as well as current grantees who have completed no less than six months of their project. To download the application or to apply on-line, click here.

This spring, the Institute released a RFP for our new Planning Grant Program. Funding form this program will support the development of authentic community-university partnerships or interdisciplinary University faculty research teams related to food, nutrition and health.