NFL Gives $15 Million to Study Concussions: Grants Roundup

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

James M. Cox Foundation and Cox Enterprises

$23.8 million to the Emory Brain Health Center for the Mild Cognitive Impairment Empowerment Program, which will combine research, clinical care, and patient and caregiver support for those suffering early declines in memory. The James M. Cox Foundation gave $16.9 million toward the effort, and Cox Enterprises gave $6.9 million.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$18 million to UNFPA Supplies, a program of the United Nations Population Fund, for family-planning efforts in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

National Football League

$14.7 million over five years to Boston Children’s Hospital to study former NFL players and the potential long-term neurologic health problems of concussions and subconcussive injuries incurred while playing football and develop potential treatments and therapeutic strategies for managing those conditions. The NFL has been under intense pressure to address concussions to its players in recent years, and it has donated millions of dollars to brain research. The league reached a settlement three years ago with retired players that may eventually total $1 billion or more.

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust

$12 million to the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering for pulmonary and respiratory research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Abe and Annie Seibel Foundation

$5.5 million to Angelo State University to help build a new wing of its Centennial Village residence hall.

Direct Relief

$2 million to bolster response and recovery efforts in areas of California affected by this fall’s Camp and Woolsey wildfires. This commitment is in addition to the $837,000 it has raised from the public so far for wildfire victims.

Philip and Aida Siff Educational Foundation

$2 million to the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies to establish the Noah Erenberg Endowment Fund, which will train teachers to improve education for children with learning differences in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$1 million to the City of Coral Springs and the City of Parkland, both in Florida, for their shared public-art project titled “Inspiring Community Healing After Gun Violence: The Power of Art.”

Comic Relief USA

$1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to bring its My.Future digital literacy program to thousands more students nationwide. The grant comes from Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day fundraising campaign.

New Grant Opportunity

Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation are accepting applications for their the 2018 Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Program, which aims to increase access to recycling in communities across America. A total of $350,000 is available to install recycling bins in public areas. Eligible organizations include nonprofit groups, colleges and universities, civic organizations, and government agencies. Applications are due December 30.

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