{"id":26,"date":"2016-06-07T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bytelab\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:26:19","slug":"funded-submitted-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bytelab\/funded-submitted-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded &amp; Submitted Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research in the Byte Lab is supported by federal, foundation, and institutional funding. Current and completed awards are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">K01 Career Development Award (K01-HL165104)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Development of personalized healthy food incentives to improve diet and cardiovascular risk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To develop expertise in mixed methods, qualitative research, and machine learning in order to build a platform delivering personalized dietary incentives that promote diet quality among socioeconomically diverse adults with cardiovascular risk factors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> May 2023 \u2013 May 2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $861,275<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P-FITS: The Pediatric Food Intake Technology System (2R44HD103531)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> National Institutes of Health \/ NICHD, Small Business Innovation Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To conduct a validation study of a novel food frequency questionnaire for independent use by children ages 8\u201314.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> September 2023 \u2013 August 2026, with a one-year no-cost extension through August 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Co-Investigator (15%); PI: Weiss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $1,999,784 including indirect costs (Co-Investigator, 15% effort)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI Proposal Development Funds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> University of Rhode Island<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Feasibility and testing of an insurance-based monetary incentive program for improving diet and physical activity behaviors among households with low income<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To conduct a pilot feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness trial of nutrition and physical activity incentives using a scalable payment infrastructure among low-income households in Rhode Island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> July 2026 \u2013 August 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Co-Principal Investigator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Completed Research Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s On Your Plate Rhode Island<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Bloomberg Philanthropies, University of Illinois Chicago<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Changes in fruit and vegetable intake among SNAP participants in response to 2-for-1 fruit and vegetable incentives in Rhode Island<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To evaluate the impact of a SNAP incentive on fruit and vegetable consumption and diet quality among SNAP participants in Rhode Island, compared with Connecticut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> December 2022 \u2013 May 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Co-Principal Investigator (15%), with Alison Tovar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact of Medicaid ACO funding for health-related social needs on dietary quality and health (R01 DK12415-01)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To evaluate the impact of a new state Medicaid program funding food and housing services on dietary quality, stress, health, and healthcare utilization, and to assess implementation within a large healthcare organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> October 2019 \u2013 September 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Consultant; PI: Thorndike<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developing and Testing a Produce Prescription Implementation Blueprint to Improve Food Security in a Clinical Setting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Peterson Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> September 2022 \u2013 September 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Consultant; PIs: Tovar and Frank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Grant Writing Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> University of Rhode Island, College of Health Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To submit an R01 focused on implementing rapid dietary screening into the electronic health record.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> August 2022 \u2013 September 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NIFA Multistate Research Project (RI0018-NC1196)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Food systems, health, and well-being: understanding complex relationships and dynamics of change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To analyze practices effective at increasing food and nutrition security, and to apply food systems approaches to nutrition and health challenges among vulnerable population groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> July 2018 \u2013 September 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Co-Investigator (10%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research \u2014 Smart Cart Study (Grant ID 534298)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality, and health outcomes among adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To investigate the influence of targeted versus untargeted incentives on the diet quality of food purchases over time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> September 2017 \u2013 August 2020; no-cost extension through August 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator, with Stephen A. Atlas and Ashley Buchanan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $600,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Determinants of Grocery Purchase Quality in the Food Acquisition and Purchase Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Rhode Island Foundation Medical Research Grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Correlations between the dietary quality of US food purchases and diabetes prevalence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> June 2018 \u2013 December 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $25,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Produce for Better Health Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> (1) Manipulating the sensory variety of fruits and vegetables to increase their intake; (2) DigIn Rhody Community Gardens Study (no-cost extension, $5,999.53)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> (1) To investigate whether increasing variety in shape and color is associated with greater fruit and vegetable intake among adults; (2) to investigate the longitudinal effects of community gardens on diet quality in a low-income housing complex.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> January 2015 \u2013 December 2016 (unrestricted no-cost extension)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> (1) Principal Investigator, with Josiemer Mattei, Christina Roberto, and Vicki Morwitz; (2) Co-Principal Investigator, with Alison Tovar and John Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $15,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Heart Association Founder&#8217;s Predoctoral Fellowship (12PRE9320023)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Associations between dietary variety and body adiposity using a novel scoring method<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> January 2012 \u2013 October 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Predoctoral fellow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $44,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marketing Science Research Award (#4-1669)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Marketing Science Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Mere belief effects: the effects of food health labels on consumers&#8217; perceived and experienced satiety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> September 2010 \u2013 May 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator, with Vicki Morwitz and Pierre Chandon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $9,984<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steinhardt Summer Grant Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Development Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> Steinhardt School, New York University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> June 2010 \u2013 August 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $2,300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training, Mentoring, and Institutional Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI Cyberteams CAREERS Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> University of Rhode Island \/ National Science Foundation Cyberteam CAREERS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To support development of a personalized diet incentive app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> November 2023 \u2013 May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Faculty mentor; PI \/ Supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship (T32DK770319)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Funding agency:<\/strong> National Institutes of Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI \/ RI INBRE Summer Bridges to Graduate School Research Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To expose an incoming graduate student to research using big data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> May 2019 \u2013 July 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> PI \/ Supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI \/ RI INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To expose an undergraduate student to research using big data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> May 2018 \u2013 July 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> PI \/ Supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI Healthcare Workforce Transformation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Interprofessional Continuing Professional Education (ICPE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goals:<\/strong> To expand ICPE training for Rhode Island healthcare professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> January 2018 \u2013 December 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carnegie Corporation of New York \/ URI Global Faculty Travel Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> A model of excellence in public health: exploring opportunities for global inter-professional continuing education in Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> June 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Nutrition delegate; grant writer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $10,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URI International Education Week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Networking reception for health professional alumni for continuing inter-professional education opportunities in Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> November 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total award:<\/strong> $500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last updated September 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research in the Byte Lab is supported by federal, foundation, and institutional funding. 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