From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— The Medical College of Wisconsin announced its Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment will fund 44 new projects.
The Momentum Grants make up more than $10 million and cover expenses incurred during a 24-month period starting in November this year. Applications were reviewed by the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health, the AHW Research and Education Advisory Committee and the MCW Board of Trustees. Each applicant could apply for up to $250,000 per grant.
Projects include advancing mental health initiatives for Wisconsin veterans, filling gaps in social services for seniors, reducing underage drinking, improving outcomes for women with breast cancer, treating sleep apnea and more.
Community-based organizations took in 26 of the grants, totalling $6.4 million with 12 projects focused on statewide research, nine focused on urban centers and five focused on rural communities.
Research projects made up the other 18 grants, with $4.5 million going toward studying and improving health care research.
“Operating within the Medical College of Wisconsin, we are able to fuel the best work in community health improvement throughout the state while also advancing the very latest biomedical and health science—all in fulfillment of our mission to improve the lives of all Wisconsinites,” AHW Executive Director Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld said.
See the release here.
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