Newswise Feature Channel: Budgets and Funding

Program at Rutgers Supporting Veterans Facing Challenges Bolstered by $1 Million Grant

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:40:22 EST

Face the Fight, a collaboration of organizations committed to reducing veteran suicide, has awarded the grant to Vets4Warriors, a program at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care that offers around-the-clock support to veterans.

Binghamton University Researcher to Aid Innovative Mayo Clinic Project to Treat Inflammatory Diseases

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:30:01 EST

Binghamton University, State University of New York will play a key role in a federal grant of up to $42.8 million to develop an implantable device that acts as a living pharmacy to treat inflammatory diseases. Mayo Clinic is the prime site for this groundbreaking research, and researchers at Binghamton will assist with bioengineering the transplanted cells.

Researchers Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Increase Lung Cancer Screenings in Underserved Communities

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:55:57 EST

The funding will support a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.

Lurie Children's to Develop a Novel Genomic Test for More Rapid Precision Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:30:57 EST

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago was awarded $3.7 million through the National Cancer Institute Cancer Moonshot Scholars program to advance precision diagnosis of brain tumors in children.

StARS, a New Alzheimer's Research Center, Will Evaluate, Scale Programs for Nationwide Adoption

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:05:46 EST

Faculty at the Center for Equity in Aging at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing partnered with researchers at University of Minnesota School of Public Health and Emory University Rollins School of Public Health to create StARS, the State Alzheimer's Research Support Center. The initiative will create a new research support center for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) to serve as a resource to support the evaluation of dementia care policies, programs, and practices that have potential to improve care coordination and quality that might be scaled for nationwide adoption.

Rogel Cancer Center Receives $50M Gift to Revolutionize Pancreatic Cancer Care, Research

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:35:36 EST

With a $50 million gift from Richard and Susan Rogel, the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center aims to revolutionize how the world detects, treats and ultimately cures pancreatic cancer. The gift will create the Rogel and Blondy Center for Pancreatic Cancer and will provide support for clinical care and translational research, playing to the strengths of the Rogel Cancer Center's current robust team of 60 doctors and scientists from 10 departments already working in this area.

Cedars-Sinai Builds Community Partnerships to Address Health Equity

Cedars-Sinai — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:25:27 EST

Cedars-Sinai is expanding its long-standing commitment to local nonprofits through grantmaking and shared learning opportunities, as a way to promote greater health equity in the areas of homelessness and housing, access to care, and other community response categories.

Attorney General Griffin Provides $1 Million Grant to Build Cybersecurity Center at UA Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:15:41 EST

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has announced a $1 million grant to establish a cybersecurity research and education center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. UA Little Rock, a recognized leader in cybersecurity education, will use the funding from the Office of the Attorney General to establish the Cyberspace Operations Research and Education (CORE) Center, which will enhance research opportunities and support the development of Arkansas's future cybersecurity workforce.

$75 Million Donation From AbbVie Foundation to Support UChicago Medicine's New Cancer Pavilion

University of Chicago Medical Center — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:25:32 EST

The AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit working to advance health equity, is donating $75 million to UChicago Medicine to support the $815 million cost to construct a state-of-the-art cancer care pavilion, the first and only freestanding facility of its kind in Illinois.

Study of Chemical Exposure, Dementia Risk Funded by $11M NIH Grant

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:50:14 EST

By poring over decades worth of data, researchers hope to better determine how pesticides, metals, and exposures to other elements impact Alzheimer's disease risk

Rutgers Health Officials Celebrate $47.5 Million Grant to Improve Health Care in New Jersey

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:40:16 EST

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Rutgers and community leaders on Oct. 30 at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to celebrate a $47.5 million federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science that will improve health and well-being for New Jersey residents over the next seven years.

DOE Announces Funding for Climate Resilience Centers

Department of Energy, Office of Science — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:25:27 EST

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Climate Resilience Centers (CRCs). These new centers will be dedicated to rapidly developing new science and talent to address the nation's most pressing climate resilience challenges.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Awarded $2.5 Million in PCORI Funding to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Childhood Respiratory Infections

Wake Forest University School of Medicine — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:10:44 EST

A team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health has been approved for a $2.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help improve antibiotic prescribing for children with acute respiratory tract infections in outpatient settings.

John Theurer Cancer Center First in the Country to Evaluate New AI Technology Assessing Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer Post Surgery

Hackensack Meridian Health — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:35:30 EST

Nitin Yerram, MD, co-director of urologic oncology at JTCC, received a grant from Artera to assess the MMAI platform for estimating prostate cancer aggressiveness in men who have had a prostate biopsy and underwent surgery.

University Hospitals Invests More Than $700 Million to Address Health and Economic Disparities

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:55:27 EST

University Hospitals' community health investment totaled $707 million last year, including investments in maternal and child health, addressing food insecurity, creating jobs for under-resourced individuals and continuing to provide charity care to the uninsured.

White House Names Abramson Cancer Center Neuro-Oncologist a Cancer Moonshot Scholar

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:50:12 EST

The Biden Cancer Moonshot Program named Penn Medicine's Richard E. Phillips, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Neuro-Oncology and an assistant professor of Neurology, a Cancer Moonshot Scholar today. Phillips is among 11 scholars included in this year's cohort, who together will receive a total of $6 million to support cancer research and innovation across the country. The $2.4 million grant will support Phillips as he researches tumor epigenetics, an emerging field pertaining to how changes to DNA can impact the development of cancer cells, with a specific focus on brain tumors in children and young adults.

Six Global Environmental Organizations Unite to Scale Climate and Conservation Outcomes Through Sovereign Debt Conversions

Wildlife Conservation Society — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:10:37 EST

Today, at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Re:wild, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund in the US announced the formation of a coalition to scale climate and conservation outcomes through the use of sovereign debt conversions.

How Are Funding Reforms Such as Vouchers -- and Potentially Project 2025 -- Affecting Public Education?

College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:15:40 EST

Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education might not be as cataclysmic as some fear, but other changes on the Project 2025 agenda -- such as the elimination of meal subsidies and early childhood education programs -- could have profound implications for public schools and their students, said Paul Bruno, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership.

Youth with Chronic Childhood Arthritis Empowered to Overcome Barriers

University of South Australia — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:15:37 EST

A new intervention to help young people with chronic childhood arthritis overcome barriers to physical activity and mental wellbeing will be developed by University of South Australia researchers.

UAH Researcher Wins $300k NSF Award to Characterize Vulnerability of Intelligent Controllers for Cyber-Physical Systems to Safeguard Smart Grids, Robotic Swarms, Autonomous Vehicles

University of Alabama Huntsville — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:25:40 EST

Dr. Avimanyu Sahoo, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) award totaling $299,969 to characterize the vulnerability of the learning-based intelligent cyber-physical systems (CPS) and defend them. The CPS represents a symbiotic integration of physical systems, sensors, actuators and learning-based intelligent controllers through communication networks such as smart grids, robotic swarms and autonomous vehicles.