Grants and Funding
March 6, 2024 | Rollins Researcher to Examine Cancer Inequities with Cancer Grand Challenges Grant
Lauren McCullough is part of an international team that has received a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges grant.
February 23, 2024 | New Funding Awarded to Two Projects Working to Strengthen Evidence-Based Large-Scale Food Fortification
The Food Fortification Initiative, based at Rollins, has received funding from the BIll & Melinda Gates Foundation for two projects aimed at large-scale food fortification efforts.
November 13, 2023 | Rollins PhD Students to Battle Campus Sexual Harassment in Pakistan
Two PhD students at Rollins were awarded a grant to support a partnership with universities in Pakistan to address campus sexual harassment.
December 1, 2022 | 2022: A Year of Impact
The past year has been a monumental one for the Rollins School of Public Health.
September 20, 2022 | Emory Receives CDC Award to Deliver 1 Million Rapid HIV Self-tests Across the Country
August 29, 2022 | Post-Doctoral Fellow Receives Grant from NASA to Improve Environmental Justice in Metro Atlanta
Yun Hang was awarded a one-year grant by NASA’s Applied Sciences program to assess the feasibility of using NASA Earth Observations to support science education and decision-making in Metro Atlanta’s environmental justice communities.
March 23, 2022 | Emory, CDC Foundation, CDC, Gates Foundation Team Up to Evaluate Tuberculosis Preventative Treatment
The CDC Foundation and CDC are partnering with Sarita Shah, MD, MPH, an Emory University researcher, on a three-year, $4.76 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate TB preventative treatment in six countries.
December 16, 2021 | Rollins Faculty Speaks at Congressional Briefing on Stillbirth
Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of epidemiology, presented on stillbirth research at a recent Congressional hearing.
September 15, 2021 | HERCULES: Recognizing Eight Years of Impact
The external environment and human health are inextricably linked. This relationship, referred to as the “exposome,” is at the center of all research activities led by HERCULES.
June 28, 2021 | Georgia Climate Project receives $300,000 grant from Ray C. Anderson Foundation
The project will engage a diverse network of experts to develop and disseminate knowledge on climate impacts and solutions through webinars, workshops, and an online Georgia climate information portal.
June 24, 2021 | Emory Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Conduct COVID-19 Surveillance Through Detection of SARS Coronavirus-2 in Wastewater
The study will focus on underserved and vulnerable populations around the Atlanta community where the burden of COVID-19 may be under-recognized.
November 14, 2020 | Diabetes Prevention Project Receives $100,000 Grant for Soccer-Based Program
October 23, 2020 | With NIH grant, Emory researchers aim to increase COVID-19 testing for people affected by diabetes
Part of the RADx initiative, researchers received a $5 million grant from the NIH to increase COVID-19 testing for people affected by diabetes in Georgia.
September 15, 2020 | PhD Student Awarded NIH’s Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award
Caitlin Allen will dedicate the next six years conducting research that seeks to reduce cancer disparities.
July 27, 2020 | Dr. Courtney Yarbrough Receives K01 to Study OUD Treatment Adoption Among Primary Care Providers
Dr. Courtney R. Yarbrough, Rollins Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, has received a five-year professional development grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to further OUD research.
September 20, 2019 | Ha Ngan Vu Receives F31 NRSA Fellowship
Student receives a three-year $135,000 fellowship to support her research surrounding HPV vaccine uptake.
August 26, 2019 | Gilead COMPASS Initiative to accept proposals from organizations to end HIV in the South
COMPASS is seeking applications for their Transformative Grant until September 23, 2019.
July 25, 2019 | Injury Prevention Research Center awarded $4.2 million by CDC
The CDC has awarded $4.2 million over the next five years to fund the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory
February 7, 2019 | Researchers launch partnership with CARE's Tipping Point Project for Child, Early and Forced Marriage Study
Global Research for Women (GROW) is partnering with CARE to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh and Nepal
December 10, 2018 | Researchers receive grant to study poultry-carried pathogens and prevention strategies in Mozambique
The Chicken Exposures and Enteric Pathogens in Children Exposed through Environmental Pathways study recently received $600,000 in funding.
December 3, 2018 | Georgia Climate Project receives grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
Emory University received a $650,000 grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation to support the work of the Georgia Climate Project.
November 30, 2018 | Coordinating centers of Gilead COMPASS Initiative® announce 2019 grant recipients
The coordinating centers of the Gilead COMPASS Initiative announced 32 recipients of the 2019 Transformative Grant.
November 28, 2018 | December 1 is World AIDS Day
December 1, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day.
October 19, 2018 | Mental health efforts at Rollins
October is Mental Health Awareness Month. These are a few of the ways Rollins is working to further mental health research and learning.
July 24, 2018 | Global health seed grants support multidisciplinary faculty research
Two Rollins faculty, Melissa Young and Thomas Clasen, received EGHI seed grants.
June 12, 2018 | Rollins researchers receive $3.7M to study World Bank's urban water supply improvement project in Mozambique
Researchers are studying the impact of a five-year, $140 million water improvement project in Mozambique
May 11, 2018 | Public health researchers study gut microbiome implications on child health
Researchers received a grant to determine if gut microbiome characteristics are associated with differential responses to enteropathogen infections for acute and chronic child health outcomes.
April 26, 2018 | Rollins researchers receive IBM grant to study impact of climate change on health
Howard Chang and Yang Liu have received one of IBM's Climate Change and Environmental grants
March 30, 2018 | Rollins Students Receive Healthcare Innovation Seed Grants
Grants go toward funding research and education projects addressing health care quality, costs and/or access.
December 21, 2017 | Emory researchers and colleagues receive $1.2 million grant for hepatitis C elimination research
Researchers receive $1.2 million grant to study the elimination of hepatitis C virus
December 7, 2017 | Rollins researchers selected as partners in 10-year Gilead HIV/AIDS COMPASS Initiative
Rollins researchers have been selected by Gilead Sciences, Inc., as a coordinating center for their new COMPASS Initiative.
December 4, 2017 | From tiny seeds communities flourish
The HERCULES Exposome Research Center is giving 13 $2,500 grants to community outreach efforts around Atlanta.
September 27, 2017 | NIH supports Emory tobacco control models in Eastern Europe
Rollins researchers received a $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center to establish tobacco control models in low- and middle-income countries.
September 14, 2017 | RISE research center receives $6.8M to pursue reproductive health research in Southeast
RISE has received $6.8 million in funding for the next three years from a large, private, anonymous foundation.
September 14, 2017 | Care2Hope project receives $1.16M grant from NIDA
Research project received $1.16 million in funding over the next two years through a cooperative agreement with NIDA.
May 30, 2017 | HERCULES Exposome Research Center receives $7.5 million grant renewal from NIH
The HERCULES Exposome Research Center received a $7.5 million renewal in funding for the next five years from NIH.
May 16, 2017 | Rollins researcher receives $3.7 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study how childhood factors can impact adult function
Aryeh Stein receives $3.7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study how childhood factors can impact adult function
May 8, 2017 | Emory Center for AIDS Research receives $10 million NIH renewal
The Center for AIDS Research at Emory University received a five-year, $10 million award from the National Institutes of Health.
March 2, 2017 | Rollins School of Public Health and HealthMPowers receive $2.5 million from RWJF for youth physical activity study
Study looks at link between physical activity and academic achievement among elementary students in Georgia.
February 10, 2017 | Emory and partners receive NIH funding to establish collaborative diabetes research center
Emory and partners receive NIH funding to establish collaborative diabetes research center.
December 2, 2016 | School of Public Health receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for groundbreaking research in global health and development
Kristin Wall's project is being funded by Grand Challenges Explorations Grant.
October 27, 2016 | Emory, local health clinic and corporate partner collaborate to combat diet-related disease
Rollins is part of a team that won a $25,000 grant from GE.
October 18, 2016 | NIH awards $30M to Emory, Johns Hopkins, Colorado State for household air pollution study
Rollins awarded $30 million to study impact of cleaner burning cooking stoves on household air pollution.
October 17, 2016 | Emory receives record $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016
Emory brings in $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016
October 3, 2016 | Rollins School of Public Health part of NASA team studying air pollution
Rollins is working with NASA to develop the world's first public health satellite mission.
September 20, 2016 | Synergy awards support collaborative research among health sciences schools, faculty
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has announced the six winning proposals for its first cycle of Synergy Awards.
