The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has announced a new cooperative agreement opportunity, numbered USDA-FNS-OPS-PHRAMM-24, focusing on the “FY24 Participation in WIC & Prevalence of Health Risks Associated with Maternal Mortality”. This initiative, with an estimated total funding of $1 million, is designed to support rigorous academic research into the impact of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program on maternal health outcomes. The goal is to deepen understanding of how WIC participation correlates with maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in different demographic groups.
Eligible for this grant are accredited public and private institutions of higher education. The grantee will be expected to propose a comprehensive subgrant program for academic research, utilizing existing secondary data and constructing new datasets to explore the relationship between WIC participation and maternal health. A key aspect of this research will include examining the prevalence of health conditions by WIC participation, race, ethnicity, and age. The findings from this research are anticipated to be pivotal in informing strategies to improve maternal health, especially among groups at the highest risk. This funding opportunity represents a critical step towards enhancing public health knowledge and shaping policies to support maternal wellbeing.
Opportunity ID: 351003
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-FNS-OPS-PHRAMM-24 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY24 Participation in WIC & Prevalence of Health Risks Associated with Maternal Mortality |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Food and Nutrition |
| Category Explanation: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| CFDA Number(s): | 10.557 — WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $ 1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible entities are accredited public and private institutions of higher education (colleges/universities). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Food and Nutrition Service |
| Description: | The goal of this RFA is to facilitate rigorous academic research into WIC’s relationship to this important public health concern. The grantee is expected to propose a robust academic subgrant program to investigate this relationship using existing secondary data, identifying and constructing novel data sets to further examine this relationship, and by supporting and growing a diverse academic community that is invested in sustaining research related to the relationship between WIC and maternal health outcomes. Subgrant program analyses will be required to examine the prevalence of these conditions by participation in WIC overall and by race, ethnicity, and age. The findings from this analysis will inform actions to improve maternal health in groups at highest risk for maternal morbidity and mortality. |
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| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Benjamin F Snyder
Grantor |