NOPREN informs policies and practices designed to support the intake of healthy, nutritious foods so that everyone has a fair chance at health.
Our collaborative network includes policy researchers and evaluators, practitioners, people representing professional organizations and community organizations, and people working in government agencies.
We seek to understand the effectiveness of policies and practices enacted at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels, and their impact on access to healthy food and water, food security, dietary intake, and health.
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Announcements
2026 NOPREN Special Collection
The NOPREN Coordinating Center is developing its 2026 special collection of NOPREN publications to showcase the impact of our collaborative research activities. The special collection will be featured on the NOPREN website and disseminated through other channels (e.g., social media, NOPREN News etc.). The special collection will be comprised of NOPREN-related articles published in peer-reviewed, open access journals in 2026, covering any public health nutrition topic. Papers do not need to be funded by NOPREN in order to qualify; however, articles must be the result of a NOPREN collaboration and include more than one NOPREN member. The NOPREN Special Collection will be posted online. To view previous collections, click here.
NOPREN Special Collection Criteria - Eligible papers include:
- Published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2026
- Open access
- NOPREN-related publication* (*includes papers that were funded by NOPREN, borne out of a NOPREN work group collaboration, and/or includes more than one NOPREN work group member)
- Special consideration given to papers from NOPREN funded work group seed projects and/or collaborations across work groups
The deadline to submit articles to the 2026 Special Collection is December 10, 2026. Submit articles here.