Texas Tech University

Community Nutrition and Health Interventions (CNHI) Lab

Grants

Research grants obtained and funded (2015-2024):

Nestle grant for the project entitled: Impact measurement of the Healthy Kids nutrition education programme on nutrition knowledge and dietary intake behaviour of primary school children in Hammanskraal (2014-2015):ZAR 688 000.00   

The Oilseeds Advisory Committee grant for the project entitled: Development of soy-based snack foods and SMME training and development (2014-2017) ZAR 155 000.00

US Department of Education for the East Lubbock Promised Neighbourhood project (2015-2016) US$26,246.85 

Texas Tech University Seed funding for International Research for the project entitled:  Harnessing baobab in addressing iron deficiency anaemia in Ghana (2016-2017) US$2,000.00

Texas Tech University Seed funding for International Research for the project entitled:  Cardiovascular risk markers and genetic polymorphisms in black South African children aged 6-18 years old (2017-2018) US$2,000.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences “Come n' Go” domestic research collaboration seed grant program (2017)US$5,000.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Argenis Guteirrez (2017-2018) US$750.00

World Health Organization for a desktop study entitled: Risk of excess iodine intake in Ghana: Current situation, challenges and lessons for the future (2017-2018)US$3,000

The Oilseeds Advisory Committee grant for the project entitled: Needs assessment of smallholders' soy knowledge for training in South Africa (M20/142) (2018-2019) ZAR 165 750.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2018-2019 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Carter Janes (2018-2019) US$750.00

Texas Tech University VPR Open Access Publication Initiative award for publishing in Nutrients US$1,000 

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Sarah Bryant (undergraduate student) (2023-2024) (Advisor) US$1,000 
 
Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Savannah Hunnicutt (undergraduate student) (2022-2023) (Advisor) US$1,000 

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2018-2019 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Jennifer N Rivera (2019-2020) US$750.00

Oilseeds Advisory Committee (South Africa) grant for the project entitled: Nutritious snack multimix development for addressing under and over nutrition and promoting small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) in low-income communities (2020-2022) ZAR 496 000

Texas Tech 2021 Scholarship Catalyst Grant for the project entitled: A pilot study for enhancing nutrition and family resilience with Early Head Start in the COVID-19 era $3,500 

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2021 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Nicholas Kendrick (2020-2021) US$850.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2021 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Peighton Andrews (2020-2021) US$850.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2021 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Alex Lumpkin (2020-2021) US$850.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Taylor Hutton (2022-2023) US$1,000.00

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Suzanne Makerecha (2022-2023) US$1,000.00

Texas Tech University VPR Open Access Publication Initiative award for publishing in “Nutrients” Moyo et al. 2022 (2022) US$1,000 

Texas Tech 2022 Scholarship Catalyst Grant for the project entitled: A pilot study for enhancing nutrition and family resilience with Early Head Start in the COVID-19 era: $5,000 (C Lyford, W Oldewage-Theron, S Shine).

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Sedra Amassyali (undergraduate student) (2022-2023) US$1,000

Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences 2022 Undergraduate Research Experience grant to support Jersson Hernandez Sarmiento (undergraduate student) (2022-2023) US$1,000

Nutritional Sciences