Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The Institute for Women’s Health at Virginia Commonwealth University has been awarded a $3.2 million grant from the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health. The funding will support eight to ten early-career faculty members whose research will focus on women’s health in cancer, maternal child health, mental health, cardiovascular health, neurology, and musculoskeletal health.

West Virginia University has received new funding from the United States Department of Health and Human Services in support of the West Virginia Health Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants (HAPI) program. The initiative offers support to local health organizations in communities with high rates of infant mortality and negative maternal health outcomes. Over the next five years, HAPI will receive $1.1 million annually to support operations in existing participating communities, as well as expand operations to four new West Virginia counties.

The School of Nursing at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina has received a $1.5 million grant from the United States Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant will be used to expand the university’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner certificate program, which aims to prepare nurses to adequately respond to, communicate with, and support survivors of sexual assault.