Black Maternal Health Caucus Announces Another $10 Million in Federal Grant Awards Based on the Data to Save Moms Act in the Momnibus

WASHINGTON – In Fiscal Year 2025, nearly $10 million was awarded to Minority Serving Institutions through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal Health Research Collaborative, a program based on the Momnibus Act initiated by the Black Maternal Health Caucus through the congressional appropriations process. 

More than 80% of maternal deaths in America are preventable, and Black moms are 3-4x more likely to die. The Maternal Health Research Collaborative has been used by HRSA to establish the first-ever federally funded research network to study these maternal health disparities at HBCUs and MSIs across America. This new round of funding brings the total amount awarded through the program to nearly $29 million.

Since FY23, the BMHC has continued to secure and expand funding in the annual federal funding package to support this program, which is based on the Data to Save Moms Act in the Momnibus. The Momnibus is a comprehensive package of 14 bills designed to address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the U.S.

The funding was awarded to 16 institutions in states across the country, as well as a Coordinating Center at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, which received $2,580,000 in FY25. The Coordinating Center supports 16 HBCUs and MSIs and one non-MSI research center. The other FY25 awardees are listed below:

• Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL - $450,000
• Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA - $449,759
• Florida International University, Miami, FL - $449,950
• The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc., Atlanta, GA - $450,000
• University Of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI -  $447,516
• Mercy University, Dobbs Ferry, NY - $439,363
• Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD - $450,000
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - $450,000 *not an MSI but partnering with an MSI
• Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN - $450,000
• Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX - $450,000
• Texas Southern University, Houston, TX - $449,999
• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX - $450,000
• Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS - $450,000
• University Of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX - $449,990
• Meharry Medical College, School of Applied Computational Science, Nashville, TN - $449,644
• Meharry Medical College, Department of Public Health Practice, Nashville, TN - $410,128

To learn more about the Maternal Health Research Collaborative, visit here. 

For a full list of previous awardees, visit the Momnibus Money Tracker.

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