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HRSA-23-071: MCH Nutrition Training Program

Closed Closed February 2, 2023 Opportunity HRSA-23-071 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Women's Initiative for Screening and Health (WISH) (HRSA-27-072). Status: Closes January 8, 2027 (62 days left). It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$225,000
• Total funding$1.8 million
• Expected awards8
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include domestic public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning. See 42 CFR 51a.3(b). Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible. The following types of public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning are encouraged to apply for HRSA support: Hispanic-serving Institutions Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Asian America

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Special Projects of Regional and National Significance awards averaged $1.6 million; this notice allows up to $225,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition Training Program. The purpose of this program is to promote the healthy nutrition of mothers, children, and families by establishing and enhancing nutrition centers of excellence to train future and current MCH nutrition professionals. MCH Nutrition Training Programs provide interdisciplinary graduate-level training in MCH nutrition and collaborate with the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program and other MCH programs to provide continuing education (CE) and technical assistance (TA) to local, state, and national organizations serving MCH populations. The program provides training in nutrition science, social determinants of health, primary prevention and population-based environmental and policy interventions, life course initiatives, program planning and links between epidemiology and public health practice. The program develops a well-trained, diverse workforce that can effectively design, manage, and deliver nutrition interventions that address population health goals and objectives; provide care in diverse clinical, community, and public health settings; and meet the emerging needs of the MCH population. The overall MCH Nutrition Training Program will accomplish this purpose through four overarching objectives: 1) Increase the number of graduate-level trainees (long-, medium-, and short-term) trained in MCH nutrition leadership with a focus on MCH systems, populations, and services. 2) Increase the number of practicing providers who receive CE related to emerging issues in MCH nutrition. 3) Increase the number of TA activities each year to support state Title V agencies and other local, state, and national organizations serving MCH populations. 4) Increase the number of trainees that are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the current nutrition workforce. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations. The purpose of the optional Nutrition Workforce Equity Enhancement is to increase diversity in the nutrition workforce through partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to recruit and support nutrition professionals and students from underrepresented groups.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HRSA-27-072, which is open now.

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