The OSU Foods for Health Research Initiative (FFH) has awarded its 2023 round of seed grants, totaling $180,000 over the next two years.
Each year, FFH invites its affiliate community to submit research proposals that further the mission of the initiative. The ultimate goal of the seed grant program is to enable the formation of interdisciplinary teams and provide them with resources that allow them to elevate their impact through publications, extramural funding, and other scholarly activities.
This year’s funded projects include:
FFH has invested a total of $935,000 in seed grants since 2016, which has directly enabled over $6 million in extramural funding, 11 peer-reviewed publications, and 20 presentations. Collectively, these seed projects span more than 15 departments and 6 colleges including Arts & Sciences, Food & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Public Health, and Education & Human Ecology.
FFH Expanded its research focus in 2020 to better address the food-nutrition-health continuum. Over the past three years, projects from diverse areas have been funded to reflect the three research pillars of the initiative: Crop & Food Improvement, Precision Nutrition, and Food Choice & Ingestive Behaviors with a cross-cutting theme of multi-omic analysis.
Questions about FFH research investments can be directed to Dr. Matt Teegarden (teegarden.3@osu.edu).
