Loma Linda University Receives $25 Million for High-Risk Maternity Care: Grants Roundup

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

$25 million to Loma Linda University Health to support maternity care, particularly for high-risk births, at the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital.

Moody Foundation

$20 million to the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin to redesign the museum’s outdoor spaces.

Gilead Sciences

$17.6 million to 30 organizations through Age Positively, its program to support the unique health needs of long-term survivors of HIV.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$5 million to Brown University to relocate the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology from Bristol, R.I., to the university’s campus in Providence, and to catalog, photograph, and store its full collection ahead of the move.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

$2 million to the University of Pittsburgh to establish the Terrence Laughlin chair in finance in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Laughlin, who died in October, worked for the bank in Pittsburgh and was an alumnus and member of the university’s Board of Trustees.

Lilly Endowment

$1.2 million over four years to Baylor University to increase youth participation in their churches’ musical worship through the Baylor School of Music’s Center for Christian Music Studies.

Burton D. Morgan Foundation

$1 million to JumpStart to match experienced volunteer business mentors with entrepreneurs in northeast Ohio.

New Grant Opportunities

The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy is soliciting proposals for grants worth up to $500,000 each in the field of cancer gene therapy. This year’s grant cycle focuses on research on solid, metastatic, and childhood cancers. Research must be conducted at academic medical centers or research centers located in the United States or Canada. The deadline for abstract submission is March 12.

The Retirement Research Foundation is seeking letters of inquiry for projects aimed at improving quality of life for older Americans through direct service, advocacy, and education and training programs for professionals working with seniors. The foundation is also soliciting proposals for research on causes and solutions to significant problems facing older adults. Eligibility for direct-service funding is limited to organizations based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida. Letters of inquiry must be submitted by March 15, with full applications due May 1.

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