Private Sponsors Human Nutrition

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Eat Right Foundation)

Research grants for food service management; obesity prevention/weight control; dietary assessment methodology to investigate or enhance accuracy of dietary reports or fruit and vegetable gardens; diabetes care and education; nutrition and neurological disorders; in vitro experiments; epidemiologic studies; spice and herb intake data collection; systematic reviews and/or evidence-based analysis; vegetarian nutrition
Leadership awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of Academy members

Makes grants to fund relevant nutritional research.
Supports programs for the education and training of mothers during pregnancy and after the birth of their children, so that good nutritional habits can be formed at an early age.
Assists in the training of persons to work as educators and demonstrators of good nutritional practices.
Encourages the dissemination of information regarding healthful nutritional practices and habits.

Awards program honors scientists, clinicians and scholars for significant achievements in nutrition research and practice.
Nominations are made by members

Investing in the Health and Well-being of SC Children and Families

Support projects that foster environments and settings that encourage healthy eating and active lifestyles
Support projects that focus on the integration of mental health and adverse childhood experiences
Support projects that focus on population health improvement through intentional collaboration across multiple sectors to connect the non-health factors that influence health
Support projects that address the issue of food insecurity

Applicants must address our funding priorities from a holistic perspective:
Create a robust, healthy food system.
Increase opportunities for outdoor activity.
Reduce environmental health hazards.
Build stronger communities.
Operate with clearly defined objectives and viable plans to achieve them.
Demonstrate strong community ties and operate at the community level.
Promote positive change through both the projects and their implementation process.

Pioneering Ideas Brief Proposals: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks out and supports pioneering ideas and innovative solutions to foster a Culture of Health in America.
Health Systems: Catalyzing fundamental changes in health and health care systems to achieve measurably better outcomes for all.
Healthy Children, Healthy Weight: Enabling all children to attain their optimal physical, social and emotional well-being, including growing up at a healthy weight.
Healthy Communities: Creating the conditions that allow communities and their residents to reach their greatest health potential.
Health Leadership: Engaging a diverse array of leaders in all sectors with the vision, experience, and drive to help build a Culture of Health.

Thriving Children
- Supports families in giving their children a healthy start that focus on models that
- have been proven to promote healthy birth outcomes and a child's early development
- increase rates of breastfeeding especially in communities of color
- increase a child's access to fresh, local healthy food at home, in early child education settings and across communities.