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Lifestyle Medicine Rx

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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Produce Prescription Program (GusNIP-PPR, FY2026)
Deadline soon

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Up to $500,000 per project; about 11 awards; no match required Due July 16, 2026, 5:00 PM ET

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.

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Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP)

Loma Linda University, Research Affairs

Up to $75,000 per project (max $45,000 per co-PI); no indirects, equipment, or travel Rolling internal cycle; confirm the current window with 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.

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Digital Health Technology for Type 2 Diabetes Management (RFA-DK-26-315, R01, clinical trial required)

NIH / NIDDK

About $1.5M set-aside FY26 scaling toward $3M/year; roughly 3 awards Application dates through October 6, 2026

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.

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Integration of Nutrition Training into Health Care Education Challenge

NIH Office of Nutrition Research / HHS

Prize competition; total purse up to $2.1M (multi-phase) Due September 15, 2026, 11:59 PM ET

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.

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Dissemination & Implementation Research in Health (PAR-25-144 R01; R21/R03 companions)

NIH (trans-NIH: NIDDK, NHLBI, NIMHD, NCI, NIA)

R01 applicant-defined; R21 about $275K over 2 years; R03 about $100K over 2 years Standing dates; next Oct 5, 2026

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.

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CalAIM Community Supports: Medically Supportive Food / Medically Tailored Meals

California DHCS (Medi-Cal), via managed care plans

Recurring reimbursement (not a grant); rate set per plan contract Rolling; MTM/MSF capped at 12 weeks (eff. Jan 1, 2026) absent a medical-necessity extension

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.

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Also worth tracking

Lifestyle Medicine Grant, Spring 2027 cycle

Ardmore Institute of Health

No published cap; recent cycle averaged about $111,000 per project Spring 2027: LOI invitation window Aug 17 to Oct 19, 2026; LOI due Dec 2, 2026; full app Mar 10, 2027

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.

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Broad Pragmatic Studies (Cycle 2, 2026)

PCORI

Up to $12M direct costs for the largest (national PCORnet) category; smaller categories exist Full application Sept 1, 2026 (a mandatory earlier LOI applies; confirm on the PFA)

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.

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AFRI Food Safety, Nutrition & Health (FY2027)

USDA / NIFA

About $38M across the program area; per-award ceilings set by the FY2027 RFA FY2027 cycle; RFA not yet released

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.

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Health Care by Food (Health Care x Food)

American Heart Association

Varies by cycle; prior round funded rapid-cycle food-is-medicine trials No open call now; watch for the next implementation-science RFP

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.

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A practical order:

  1. File the GusNIP produce-prescription application by July 16 through an eligible nonprofit or government partner with LLU Health as the clinical site.
  2. In parallel, submit a GRASP intramural pilot to generate the Adventist Health Study-grounded outcomes data everything else depends on.
  3. 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.
  4. Enter the Ardmore Spring 2027 cycle at its fall LOI window, and build CalAIM documentation as the recurring revenue layer.