Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Obesity and weight control
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
AmeriCorps State and National Native Nation Planning Grants
Planning grants to support tribes in developing an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in implementing evidence-based interventions to solve community problems.
Planning grants to support tribes in developing an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in implementing evidence-based interventions to solve community problems.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 9, 2025
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Application Deadline: Apr 9, 2025
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Highmark Foundation Grants
Grants for projects in West Virginia and Western and Central Pennsylvania in the areas of chronic disease, family health, and service delivery systems.
Grants for projects in West Virginia and Western and Central Pennsylvania in the areas of chronic disease, family health, and service delivery systems.
Geographic coverage: West Virginia and Western and Central Pennsylvania
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Highmark Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Highmark Foundation
T.L.L. Temple Foundation Grants
Grants for projects in the T.L.L. Temple Foundation service area of rural communities in Eastern Texas and Miller County in Arkansas. Priorities include education, economic opportunity, health, human services, arts and culture, and environment and conservation.
Grants for projects in the T.L.L. Temple Foundation service area of rural communities in Eastern Texas and Miller County in Arkansas. Priorities include education, economic opportunity, health, human services, arts and culture, and environment and conservation.
Geographic coverage: 23 counties in Eastern Texas and 1 county in Arkansas
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: T.L.L. Temple Foundation
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: T.L.L. Temple Foundation
Louisiana Healthcare Workforce Collective Impact Grants
Inactive
Grants to community coalitions in Louisiana to identify and address pressing community health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity, workforce development, and healthcare access, quality, and cost.
Grants to community coalitions in Louisiana to identify and address pressing community health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity, workforce development, and healthcare access, quality, and cost.
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food, and Nutrition Insecurity
Inactive
Notice of Special Interest for research on interventions that address nutrition security and the mechanisms of food insecurity on a variety of health outcomes. Priority populations include racial/ethnic minority populations, lower income populations, and rural and remote populations including tribal communities and insular areas.
Notice of Special Interest for research on interventions that address nutrition security and the mechanisms of food insecurity on a variety of health outcomes. Priority populations include racial/ethnic minority populations, lower income populations, and rural and remote populations including tribal communities and insular areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
Kansas Healthy Habits for Life
Inactive
Grants to help schools in Kansas address childhood obesity by reducing cardiovascular risk factors, promoting physical activity, encouraging healthy eating habits, and reinforcing positive mental health.
Grants to help schools in Kansas address childhood obesity by reducing cardiovascular risk factors, promoting physical activity, encouraging healthy eating habits, and reinforcing positive mental health.
Geographic coverage: Kansas
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
Connecticut Health and Environmental Justice Grants
Inactive
Grants for projects in Connecticut that focus on health, environmental justice, and disparities in health outcomes based on geographic location.
Grants for projects in Connecticut that focus on health, environmental justice, and disparities in health outcomes based on geographic location.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: Connecticut Community Foundation
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: Connecticut Community Foundation
USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I
Inactive
Funding for research that focuses on the development of new technologies that address important problems affecting people, institutions, and communities in rural America, including health, agriculture, rural development, and the environment.
Funding for research that focuses on the development of new technologies that address important problems affecting people, institutions, and communities in rural America, including health, agriculture, rural development, and the environment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 17, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Sep 17, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Promise Neighborhoods Program
Inactive
A grant program that supports improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
A grant program that supports improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 10, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Application Deadline: Sep 10, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program
Inactive
Grants to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions to support projects that strengthen the research, teaching, and extension capacity needed to advance fundamental sciences, as well as research and development in support of food and agricultural sciences.
Grants to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions to support projects that strengthen the research, teaching, and extension capacity needed to advance fundamental sciences, as well as research and development in support of food and agricultural sciences.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture