Funding that fits
Where this work lines up with current funding. The pitch is the same across them: a food-as-medicine tool grounded in cited evidence, with every rule clinician-signed-off, that runs on the Adventist Health Study heritage and measures its own outcomes. Figures, deadlines, and status were re-verified against each funder on July 7, 2026; deadlines move, so confirm against the official notice before you apply.
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USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The nearest actionable fit. GusNIP wants applicants to prove a produce-prescription delivery-and-evaluation engine; that is exactly the tool's cited Rx plus its outcomes and adherence loop. Apply through an eligible nonprofit or government entity with LLU Health as the clinical partner.
Funder pageLoma Linda University, Research Affairs
The fastest internal money to generate the Adventist Health Study-grounded pilot outcomes that every larger grant asks for. A cross-school team (medicine, nursing, public health, nutrition) fits the GRASP collaboration rule.
Funder pageNIH / NIDDK
A near-perfect mechanism fit. The deterministic diabetes-nutrition rules, the PREVENT 10-year cardiovascular risk estimate, and drug-food interaction checking are a ready digital nutrition intervention for the clinical trial this RFA requires.
Requires a clinical trial; pair with the GRASP pilot for preliminary data.
Funder pageNIH Office of Nutrition Research / HHS
A deterministic, 27-source verbatim-cited tool for embedding nutrition into clinical training and care, with no generative AI in the medical path, is exactly the scalable evidence-based approach this challenge rewards. LLU is an eligible accredited nonprofit institution.
Funder pageNIH (trans-NIH: NIDDK, NHLBI, NIMHD, NCI, NIA)
Purpose-built to fund the implementation strategy and the outcomes loop that get a clinician-signed-off, cited food-as-medicine tool adopted and sustained across a health system. Start with the R21 for a focused implementation aim.
Funder pageCalifornia DHCS (Medi-Cal), via managed care plans
The long-run revenue path. The tool already auto-generates the guideline-referenced CalAIM documentation plans must see, so it supports billable Medi-Cal medically supportive food rather than a one-time grant.
Funder pageAlso worth tracking
Ardmore Institute of Health
An Adventist-founded lifestyle-medicine funder is a near-perfect mission match for a Loma Linda food-as-medicine program. The Fall 2026 cycle has closed, so enter at the Spring 2027 LOI window this fall.
Funder pagePCORI
A later-stage, multi-site home where the tool's cited rules and outcomes loop could power the intervention and measurement arms of a diabetes or obesity pragmatic trial. Too large for the current single-site demo, so target it after the pilot.
Funder pageUSDA / NIFA
A future USDA research vehicle whose food-nutrition-health priority aligns with the tool's cited, deterministic evidence base and Adventist Health Study grounding. Track for the FY2027 RFA.
Funder pageAmerican Heart Association
A mission-aligned food-is-medicine funder whose next round would suit the tool's cited, deterministic outcomes loop. Subscribe to AHA Research and watch.
Funder pageA practical order:
- File the GusNIP produce-prescription application by July 16 through an eligible nonprofit or government partner with LLU Health as the clinical site.
- In parallel, submit a GRASP intramural pilot to generate the Adventist Health Study-grounded outcomes data everything else depends on.
- Use that pilot to anchor the NIH Nutrition Training Challenge (Sept 15) and the Oct 5-6 NIH D&I and NIDDK digital-diabetes submissions.
- Enter the Ardmore Spring 2027 cycle at its fall LOI window, and build CalAIM documentation as the recurring revenue layer.