Focused on supporting the well-being of children and families, the Families and Communities Together Coalition (FACT) at MSU is granting $160,000 to four research projects dedicated to preventing overweight children, domestic violence, sexual harassment of high school students and literacy about genetics research.

"We believe each project has great potential to create significant impacts," FACT co-Director Janet Bokemeier said.

Grant recipients will be examining gendered bullying among rural high schools, genetics literacy and informed consent, young child overweight prevention study, and evaluation of group intervention for women and children experiencing domestic violence.