Health Grants Information Service
Index 2008
December 2008
Healthcare Technology And Nursing Shortage Became 2008 Grant Awardees
Foundation Center Maps Giving
Awards Available To Better Understand Women’s Mental Health
AHRQ Offers HIT Evaluation Funding
USDA Awards eICU To Rural Hospitals
Profile: AHRQ Seeks To Improve Healthcare
November 2008
Obama Plans To Focus Funds On HIT, Health Screenings And Stem Cell Research
UnitedHealth Accepts Applications For Final Round, $6 Million Available
Archstone Foundation: Easing The Aging Process With Grants
CDC Offers $2.6 Million In Conference Support For Health Promotion
Humana Awards $100,000, Expanding Mental Health Services In New Orleans
RWJF Latest RFP Commits To Improving NJ Immigrant Health Literacy
DoD Awards $100,000 To Study Medical Data Integration
Quality Foundation Awards $300,000 And Calls For Proposals
October 2008
EHR Demonstration Recruiting Physicians And Practices
SAMHSA Accepts Applications For Conference Grants
NIDA Calls For Drug Research Applications
UC Receives $2 Million To Increase Survival Rate Of Wounded Soldiers
Citi Group Awards Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Services
Health Grants New Briefs
Bloomberg School Receives $25 Million For Elderly Studies
PIMCO Supports Community Health Programs
BMC Constructs Pepper Center For Elderly With $5.8 Million
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September 2008
NIH Awards $42.2 Million To 38 EUREKA Projects, Third Round Open
$24 Million Available To Decrease Nurse Shortage
$1.5 Million Available To Improve Smoking Cessation
SAMHSA Awards A Collective $20.5 Million To Prevent Suicide
NICHD Posts $300,000 Request For Application For Pelvic Floor Disorder
CMS Grants $8.3 Million For Alternatives To Nursing Homes
DoD Awards TBI Consortium $35 Million
HRSA To Award $11 Million For Rural Healthcare Services Outreach
CONRAD Awarded $100 Million For Microbicide Research To Combat HIV
HRSA Grants $63.3 Million Improving And Increasing Healthcare Access
Archstone Foundation Provides $900,000 Grant For End-of-Life Nursing
August 2008
SAMHSA Awards Grants To Fight Substance Abuse And Ensure Mental Health
HRSA Keeps Rural Health Running With Grants
NCRR Awards $33.3 Million For Research Equipment
amfAR Funds Research To Break Physical And Mental Barriers And Find Cure
VCU Awarded To Identify Genetic Markers For Depression
$1.6 Million Funds Reproductive Research Of Zygote Maturation
July 2008
The California Endowment: Granting Healthier Communities
RWJF Announces $300 Million Commitment To Improve Quality Of U.S. Healthcare
Healthy Communities Awarded Grants
SC Universities Receive $1.5 Million To Increase Faculty, Decrease Shortage
FAU Researches Why Nicotine Is Addicting
Health Grants News Briefs
CIGNA Awards $1 Million To Create Partnership
OptumHealth Offers Soldier Mental Illness Video For NAMI New Mexico
NIH Awards $1 Million For Chlamydia Vaccine
Two New Members Join BSCF Board Of Trustees
June 2008
Jonas Center Dedicates $2.5 Million To Educate Future Nursing Faculty
$533 Million Pushes Translational Research From Bench To Bedside
$11.6 Million Answers Why Hearts Fail, How They Repair
RWJF Awards $2 Million For Healthy Video Games
BSCF Awards $12.3 Million To Improve Healthcare And Fight Domestic Violence
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Established With $35 Million
USC Awarded $12.4 Million To Improve Stroke Victims Movements
May 2008
NIH Awards Money To Promote HealthBerrie Foundation Gives $28 Million For Diabetes ResearchConsumers Union Awarded $4.4 Million For Prescription Drug AwarenessHIV Vaccine Research Awarded $1 Million By EGPAFILCHF Awards $3 Million And Requests Proposals For Child Dental CareHorizon Foundation Supports NJ Children Health ProgramsIntegra Foundation Grants $50,000 To Nursing OrganizationNSF $1.5 Million Grant To Help Chronically Ill Take Care At HomeWeill Cornell To Address Elder Abuse With New Center
April 2008
HHS Awards $1.1 Billion In Grants For HIV/AIDS Care
Avon Foundation, Focusing Efforts On Ending Breast Cancer And Domestic Violence
S.C. Receives $5 Million To Develop First Biological Pacemaker
The Regence Foundation Focuses On Three Healthcare Issues
Komen Awards 15 Grants For NC Breast Cancer Programs
Grants To Be Awarded For Dementia Specific Adult Day Programs
Five Universities Receive Helping Hands Grants
Cedars-Sinai Addresses Women’s Cardiovascular Health With $5 Million Streisand Gift
Scripps Uses $4 Million NIDA Grant To Research Marijuana Effects
March 2008
A $20.5 Million Gates Grant Awarded To Biologically Understand HIV
BSCF Grants $13.1 Million Towards Improving Patient Care
NIH’s Available Funds For Research FY 2008, 2009
Nursing Research Extended With $4.1 Million Grant
Weill Cornell Receives $1.75 Million For Research
NIH Funds Pelvic Floor Injury Research With $1.2 Million In Grants
FSU Receives Grant To Determine Enzymes’ Role In Cancer Development
Rush Receives $354,633 For Pilot Projects On Obesity And Patient Safety
Bayer Funds Future NHF Leader’s Efforts Through $100,000 Grant
University Of Kentucky Seeks Healthier Air With $50,000 RWJF Grant
Five New Members Join NIH’s ACD
February 2008
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RWJF: $28 Million Available To Develop Nursing Faculty
$19 Million Available For Drug Abuse Prevention
$5 Million Funds Nanomedicine Research For Prostate Cancer
PA Nursing Education Improves With $3.9 Million In Grants
$1.5 Million Ticket for The Cure Grants Awarded For Breast Cancer
UI Improves Pediatric And Cancer Programs With $194,295
Family Foundation Grants $150,000 For Therapy Center Additions
January 2008
Awarding Technology To Create A Healthier Future, The Goal For 2008
Three Centers Granted $6.8 Million To Study Environmental Effects On Health
Gates Foundation Awards $2.4 Million To Find New Ways To Fight TB
36 Grants From The Horizon Foundation Promotes NJ Health
$3.2 Million Awarded To Geriatric Programs
RWJF Accepting 29 New Researchers For Clinical Scholars Program
$1.5 Million To Further Geriatric Nursing In Upper Midwest
North Dakota Receives $1.6 Million Grant For EMR Network
EMR Cardiovascular Study Funded With $600,000 Grant
Driving With Dementia Tested With A $1.5 Million Grant
MSF Funds Programs With $85,000
Six Research Grants On Epilepsy Available
Rue Education Establishes Alliance, Creating Grants For Nursing Education
