Funding Opportunities

Below is a listing of announcements for funding opportunities that we believe would be of interest to our members and other stakeholders. Announcements are listed by deadline and are updated every two weeks. Recent announcements are indicated with a .

NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program (R34) Grant - Deadline: June 16, 2009 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications under the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program, the purpose of which is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial. This includes the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research, the definition of recruitment strategies, and the finalization of the protocol and other essential elements of the study included in a manual of operations/procedures. The Clinical Trial Planning Grant is not designed for the collection of preliminary data or the conduct of pilot studies to support the rationale for a clinical trial. Direct costs of up to $100,000 may be requested for the one-year period. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-186.html

Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control: Research to Inform Policy (R03) - Deadline: June 16, 2009 - The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the NICHD is to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, public health practitioners or officials, educators) in order to identify research questions and hypotheses, design and implement the relevant research, and translate the research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this area. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-140.html

Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control: Research to Inform Policy (R21) - Deadline: June 16, 2009 - The purpose of this funding opportunity issued by the NICHD is to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, public health practitioners or officials, educators) in order to identify research questions and hypotheses, design and implement the relevant research, and translate the research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this area. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-09-140, that encourages applications under the NIH Small Research Grant (RO3) award mechanism. The R21 is not renewable. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-141.html

Research On Ethical Issues In Human Subjects Research (R03) - Deadline: June 16, 2009 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites research grant applications to investigate ethical issues in human subjects research. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-367.html

National Organizations that Serve Minority Communities Initiative to Share Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Eliminate Health Disparities with Local Affiliates & Chapters (MNOs REACH-US)- Deadline: July 16, 2009 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2009 funds to support national minority organizations to 1) disseminate evidence-based strategies, tools and best practices to their local affiliates and chapters; and 2) to provide capacity-building technical assistance to local affiliates and chapters to address the growing health disparities among their constituents. The MNOs will work with affiliates or chapters to address specific health disparity areas by supporting the implementation of proven or promising interventions in specific populations. Each MNO will build capacity in communities by working with local affiliates and chapters to share the knowledge, skills, and organizational structure needed for effective leadership and implementation of a health disparities program at the local level. The MNOS will be expected to work with currently funded REACH CEEDs to identify strategies that work locally and highly encouraged to collaborate with the REACH Coalition to disseminate effective interventions. For more information visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47774

EPA Cumulative Risk Assessment- Deadline: June 17, 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications from interdisciplinary teams to address research needs that currently limit the ability to conduct cumulative risk assessments. Exposure to different combinations of environmental stressors can contribute to increased risk for negative health consequences. It has become clear that cumulative risk assessments should include both chemical and nonchemical stressors, exposures from multiple routes, and factors that differentially affect exposure or toxicity to communities. This RFA is focusing on two challenges that exist in conducting cumulative risk assessments: (a) STAR-E1: The development of statistical and other analytical techniques that will enable the analysis of disparate types of data, and (b) STAR-E2: The evaluation of the combined effects of nonchemical and chemical stressors. For more information, visit: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_cumulative_risk.html

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Fund for New Centers of Excellence - Deadline: June 19, 2009 - The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish an Exploratory NCMHD Center of Excellence (COE) to support infrastructure and capacity building, building and sustaining novel partnerships, training, innovative basic biomedical and behavioral clinical, or population-based research and intervention and prevention studies contributing to either the improvement of minority health, the elimination of health disparities or both. To be eligible for the COE, applicant institutions must have existing federal research support and/or research infrastructure as reflected in a level of NIH institutional funding of less than $80 million for the year 2008. Each NCMHD Exploratory COE (P20) must contain an administrative core, a research core, a research training/education core and a community engagement/ outreach core. At least one research project must be proposed. NCMHD will support no more than three research projects during the 5 year project period. For more information, visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=46774

Funds for Land Use/Built Environment and Food Access - Deadline: June 22, 2009 - The Healthy Eating, Active Living Convergence Partnership invites local and regional grant-making foundations to submit proposals that will support new projects or new grant-making initiatives aimed at enhancing the land use/built environment and/or expanding food access efforts. The Fund provides 50% matching dollars, up to $100,000 per year, for a two-year period. The goal is to engage foundations in creating robust and sustainable support for multi-field community partnerships prioritizing policy and environmental change efforts to improve health and promote equity. Potential applicants are invited to attend an informational teleconference call on Thursday, May 21, 2009. To learn more details and access the RFP, visit the Convergence Partnership website at: www.convergencepartnership.org.

Women Offenders: Gender Responsive Approaches to Risk and Need Assessment Grant - Deadline: June 24, 2009 - The National Institute of Corrections is seeking through a cooperative agreement award to fund further support, development and dissemination of the Women's Risk and Need Assessment Instruments. The Women's Risk and Need Assessment Instruments were developed via a cooperative agreement with a national university and include gender responsive assessments for use in institutional settings and community settings (probation, parole). After supporting development of Risk and Needs Assessment Instruments for women offenders, the National Institute of Corrections is now seeking applications for a project to implement and evaluate them. Through a cooperative agreement, the selected service provider will 1) disseminate the instruments to interested parties; 2) provide technical assistance to jurisdictions considering use of the tools; 3) assist with implementation of the instruments; and 4) conduct research to validate and refine the assessment instruments. For more information, please visit: http://community.nicic.org/blogs/nic/archive/2009/05/15/nic-releases-solicitation-to-advance-women-s-risk-needs-assessment-instruments.aspx

US Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services Call for Grant Proposals for Hispanic Health Services Research - Deadline: June 24, 2009 - The purpose of the Hispanic grant program is to implement Hispanic American health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations. The grant program is designed to: 1) Encourage health services and health disparities researchers to pursue research issues which impact Hispanic Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program health services issues, 2) conduct outreach activities to apprise Hispanic researchers of funding availability to conduct research-related issues affecting Hispanic American communities to expand the pool of applicants applying for such grants, 3) assist CMS in implementing its mission focusing on health care quality and improvement for its beneficiaries, 4) support extramural research in health care capacity development activities for the Hispanic American communities, 5) promote research that will be aimed at developing a better understanding of health care services issues pertaining to Hispanic Americans, and 6) foster an network for communication and collaboration regarding Hispanic health care issues. Funding is available for grants to implement research related to health care delivery and health financing issues affecting Hispanic American communities, including issues of access to health care, utilization of health care services, health outcomes, quality of services, cost of care, health and racial disparities, socio-economic differences, cultural barriers, managed care systems, and activities related to health screening, prevention, outreach, and education. For more information, visit: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ResearchDemoGrantsOpt/

Institute of Education Sciences School-Based Service-Learning Research and Development Grant - Deadline: June 25, 2009 - Through its Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning (Social/Behavioral) research program, the Institute of Education Sciences supports research on interventions designed to improve social skills and behaviors that support academic and other important school-related outcomes (e.g. attendance, high school graduation rates) for K-12 students. Funding for development projects can provide up to $500K per year for 3 years. Funding for efficacy research or replication projects can provide up to $750K per year for 4 years. Proposals are due in either June or October. If you have questions, or want to schedule a call to discuss your plans, please contact the program officer for the Social/Behavioral program, Emily Doolittle at Emily.Doolittle@ed.gov. For more information, please view the current Request For Applications at: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2010_84305A.pdf

Youth Service America: Grants to Support Middle School STEM-Focused Service-Learning Programs - Deadline: June 30, 2009 - Contingent on federal funding, Youth Service America, plans to implement a service-learning program in twenty-five middle schools in ten states to strengthen students' science, technology, and math skills. The program will focus on creating a framework for primarily disadvantaged students to work in a semester-of-service model, where each month is devoted to a different aspect of planning and executing a service project in their community in connection to academic standards. Teachers, administrators, and service-learning coordinators in middle schools as well as staff and service-learning coordinators in afterschool programs in the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington are eligible to apply. Visit the YSA Web site for complete program information at: SANews/tabid/219/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/150/STEMesterofServiceGrants.aspx.

Public-Private Alliances Related to Youth Crime Prevention in Guatemala - Deadline: July 2, 2009 - Working with local and institutional actors, the Project will promote the participation of the private sector, local governments, Congress, civilian police, government institutions, community and youth leaders and other actors in the implementation and oversight of key prevention policy reforms and youth-oriented prevention programs. USAID recognizes the importance of these committed actors in previous crime prevention and violence reduction initiatives. USAID also recognizes the need to promote actions at all levels of society that support the deepening of democracy in Guatemala. The emphasis of this project is to strengthen community and public sector institutions by ensuring the replication of successful initiatives and the development and implementation of new ones. With this effort, USAID seeks to promote coordinated action and broad participation in crime prevention, while developing effective and comprehensive community-based strategies involving the private sector. For more information visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47719.

The Community Living Program: Administration on Aging- Deadline: July 2, 2009 -Under this Announcement, the Administration on Aging will award Cooperative Agreements to assist State Units on Aging (SUA) to strengthen the capacity of the Aging Network to help individuals who are not eligible for Medicaid but at imminent risk of nursing home placement and spend-down to remain at home and in the community and have access to flexible, consumer-directed services. For more information visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47797.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2009-2010 - Deadline: Jul 7, 2009 - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions-into new regions or to new populations-may also be considered. Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners. For more information, visit: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20605

Community Innovations In Aging In Place (CIAIP) Grant - Deadline: July 15, 2009 - The Administration on Aging will award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to develop and carry out model aging in place projects. The projects will promote aging in place for older individuals in order to sustain the independence of older individuals. A recipient of a grant under this subsection must identify innovative strategies for providing, and linking older individuals to programs and services that provide, comprehensive and coordinated health and social services to sustain the quality of life of older individuals and support aging in place. All CIAIP grantees will use the funds made available through the grant to: 1) ensure access by older individuals in the project area to community-based health and social services consisting of-case management, case assistance, and social work services; health care management and health care assistance, including evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion services; education, socialization, and recreational activities; and volunteer opportunities for project participants; 2) conduct outreach to older individuals within the project area; 3) develop and implement innovative, comprehensive, and cost-effective approaches for the delivery and coordination of community-based health and social services, including those identified above, which may include mental health services, for eligible older individuals; and 4) cover travel expenses for 2 project staff to attend a project meeting in Washington, DC in Year 2 of the project. For the full grant announcement, visit: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/index.aspx

Legion Child Welfare Foundation Offers Support for Projects to Benefit Children in the United States - Deadline July 15, 2009 - The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation works to provide other nonprofit organizations with the means to educate the public about the needs of children across the United States. The foundation accepts funding proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects that meet one of the foundation's two basic purposes: 1) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and 2) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. Grants must have the potential to help American children in a large geographic area (more than one state). Grants will be awarded to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations only. Grants are not made for any of the normal day-to-day operating expenses of the grantee or special operating expenses connected with the grant. Grants are awarded for one year. In past award cycles, grants have ranged from $1,500 to $70,000 each. For more information, visit: http://www.legion.org/cwf/?section=grantseekers

Sunflower Foundation Grants to Support Kansas Health and Human Services Organizations- Deadline: July 28, 2009 or September 22, 2009 - The Sunflower Foundation: Healthcare for Kansans has announced Finding Solutions in Challenging Times, a statewide Request for Proposals to help nonprofit health and human services organizations meet needs specifically related to the economic downturn. To be eligible for an award, an organization must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) health and human services organization serving Kansans. Priority consideration will be given to organizations with missions to provide services for low-income, uninsured populations and those with special needs (mental health, food security, social/counseling services, and family and child welfare). Applicants are asked to define and describse their need for funding. The foundation is open to reviewing requests that reflect the needs of organizations specifically related to the current economic downturn and its local impact on health, health care, and human services delivery. For more information visit: http://www.sunflowerfoundation.org/applying_for_a_grant-open_rfps.php .

2009 for Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning - Deadline: August 14, 2009 - The EPA is soliciting proposals from eligible entities to conduct activities to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in vulnerable populations. Projects will address the following goals: (1) reduce lead poisoning in areas with high incidences of elevated blood-lead levels through outreach and education; (2) identify and reduce lead poisoning in under-studied areas with high potential for undocumented elevated blood-lead levels through data gathering and monitoring; and (3) develop tools to address unique and challenging issues in lead poisoning prevention, especially tools that are replicable and scalable for other areas. Activities eligible for funding include outreach and public education, data gathering, monitoring, training, inspections and assessments, and demonstrations of new and innovative approaches for identifying or reducing lead poisoning. Following EPA's evaluation of proposals, final applications will be requested from those eligible entities whose proposal has been successfully evaluated and preliminarily recommended for award. EPA will award assistance agreements which will total approximately $1,000,000. The Agency anticipates awarding approximately 10 to 20 individual assistance agreements ranging in value from approximately $25,000 to $100,000. Eligible applicants include States, U.S. territories or possessions, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American Organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments and individuals and international entities. For more information, visit: http://epa.gov/lead/pubs/rfp20090513.pdf

Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging- Deadline: September 17, 2012 -This FOA issued by the National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research, Office of Research on Women's Health, and the Office of Dietary Supplements encourages R21 applications proposing to study bioenergetic factors underlying increased fatigability and activity limitations in aging. Increased fatigability is a significant cause of restricted physical and cognitive activity in older adults. Alterations in bioenergetics the production and utilization of energy, and the regulation of these processes may contribute significantly to increased fatigability. This FOA encourages applications that propose to 1) elucidate specific alterations in bioenergetics related to increased fatigability and activity limitations; 2) develop and evaluate improved measures of fatigability related to bioenergetics; 3) evaluate interventions for increased fatigability and activity limitations that target alterations in bioenergetics and lead to improved quality of life. For more information visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47755

Collaborative Minority Alcohol Research Center Development (U54) Grant - Deadline: October 21, 2009 - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications for linked awards using the NIH U54 funding mechanism to assist researchers and faculty at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) establish collaborative partnerships with researchers and faculty of existing NIAAA Alcohol Research Centers or other institutions with extensive research efforts focused on alcohol (non-MSI research intensive institutions). The long range goal of the Collaborative Minority Alcohol Research Center Development Program is to strengthen the alcohol research capacity of MSIs. The purpose of this collaborative program is to develop alcohol research expertise, promote infrastructure development at MSIs, and to identify, characterize, and reduce alcohol-related health disparities in racial and ethnic minority and underrepresented populations (e.g., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders). Research activities should address disparities in alcohol related health problems of target populations. MSIs are institutions that have a documented record of commitment to the encouragement of minority faculty members, students, and investigators. A significant proportion of students at the MSI are from racial and ethnic minority groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-10-001.html

Aetna Foundation Grants Program for Obesity and Health Literacy- Deadline: Various - Through its Regional Community Health Grants Program, the Aetna Foundation will award grants in support of philanthropic initiatives focused on fighting obesity and increasing health literacy in selected communities across the United States. The obesity proposal category seeks to fund community-based health education, prevention, and early detection efforts aimed at fighting obesity. Health Literacy proposals must incorporate and/or demonstrate impact in one or more of the following: plain language approach to communications; public education and awareness programs; and/or training and education for health care professionals, staff, and patients. Only nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving specific markets/geographic areas are eligible to apply. Grant requests ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 will be considered. Grant application closing dates vary by geographic region. For more information visit: http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_reg/index.html.

Aetna Foundation Grants Program for Obesity and Health Literacy- Deadline: Various - The Aetna Foundation is also accepting applications for its Healthy Community Outreach Program. Awards will be granted to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to support grassroots efforts that increase awareness of critical health initiatives through health walks, health fairs, and health education outreach. Grants of up to $25,000 will be considered. For more information visit: http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_reg/index.html.

Bringing Theory to Practice: Engaged Learning, Student Civic Development and Student Well-Being Grants - Deadline: Varies- Proposals are requested for projects that address one of the two following emphases: 1) Institutional efforts to examine, learn from and to make sustainable initiatives that foster the gains from the relationship between college students' civic development and their psychosocial well-being; and 2) Institutional ability to demonstrate the evaluation and sustainability of initiatives that address the increasing opportunities for students to have transformative educational experiences and for institutions to transform priorities and practices so as to make such experiences both expected and provided. There are three categories of grants: 1) Mini-grants and student programming grants of up to $2,500; 2) Program or Research Start-up Initiatives of up to $10,000; and 3) Demonstration Site grants of up to $75,000 per year for two years. For more information, including grant deadlines, please visit: http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/aboutrfp.cfm

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research 2009 Rapid-Response Round 2 Grants - Deadline: Rolling - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has posted a call for proposals (CFP) in the Childhood Obesity program area. The objective of this CFP is to support time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, including African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian-American and Pacific Islander children (ages 3 to 18) who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity. Two types of studies are eligible for rapid-response funding under this CFP:1. Opportunistic evaluations of imminent changes in policies or environments (i.e., "natural experiments"); 2. Studies that can inform an ongoing or upcoming policy debate (e.g., small experimental studies, secondary data analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses, health impact assessments, simulations of policy effects or macro-level policy analyses). For more information, visit: www.activelivingresearch.org or www.healthyeatingresearch.org

RWJ Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization - Deadline: Open - This program supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy and financing issues. This Call for Proposals is intended to support projects that: 1) examine significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and 2) explore or test major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services. Please see: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274

Arcus Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry- Deadline: Rolling - The Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations around the world working in the area of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender human rights. The foundation's Gay and Lesbian Fund supports organizations working to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and race. The Gay and Lesbian Fund supports organizations, programs, and projects working in the following geographic areas: in southwest Michigan and throughout the state of Michigan; nationally in the United States (projects must be of national scope and/or impact); and internationally, at the global policy level, and locally in three regions: Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The foundation funds requests for general operating support; project support, including community organizing, training, and leadership development; specific programs; public policy advocacy campaigns; public policy research and its dissemination; capital projects; and organizational capacity building. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014278/arcusfdn

The Economic and Social Research Council and the Office of Behavoral and Social Sciences Research Joint Grant Proposal- Deadline: Multiple -The Economic and Social Research Council and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research intend to foster and support collaborative research on health disparities/inequalities in the United Kingdom and/or in the United States. They have issued a joint call for research grant proposals to support teams of UK and USA investigators. The purposes of these guidelines to applicants are (a) to specify how applications should be prepared and submitted, (b) to describe the evaluation of applications, and (c) to describe how subsequent awards may be made and administered. Applicants should conform to the substantive content and procedural instructions provided in PAR-07-379, Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-379.html. For US-based inquiries, contact Ronald Abeles at abeles@nih.gov. For UK-based inquiries contact Joy Todd at Joy.Todd@esrc.ac.uk.

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases- Deadline: Multiple -The purpose of the Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science Program described in this announcement is to provide support to enable strong investigative teams to do inter- and/or trans-disciplinary research on a complex problem in biomedical science relevant to Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases. It is anticipated that 1-3 projects will be funded per year, but because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received, as well as on the availability of funds. For the full announcement visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-182.html.

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research Program's Rapid Response Grants Program - Deadline: Rolling - Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research are national programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that support research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, promoting healthy eating, and preventing obesity. The programs have issued a Call for Proposals to support time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, between the ages of 3 and 18 who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity. Research studies may focus on one or both sides of the energy balance equation -- i.e., on physical activity (including sedentary behavior), healthy eating, or both. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time. Deadlines for receipt of invited full proposals are August 15 or October 15, 2008. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013496/rwjffdn

United Healthcare Children's Foundation Grants - Deadline: Open - New grants are available to help children who need critical health care treatment, services, or equipment not covered or not fully covered by their parents' health benefit plans. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013057/uhccf

NIH Issues 2 Program Announcements for Research on Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-421 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-421.html -
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-422 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Research Project (R01) grant applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-422.html

Improving Care and Quality of Life at the End of Life - Deadline: none given - The Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consortium is looking for hospitals interested in learning how to create or improve their own palliative care centers. The program enables hospitals to visit exemplary palliative care learning centers in different regions of the United States. Managed by HRET, the program is funded by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The program is free to participating hospitals (with the exception of travel and lodging) and administered through three phases. If you are interested in participating, please contact Deb Bohr at dbohr@aha.org or (646) 678-4280, or visit http://www.hret.org/hret/programs/paloverview.html

Wachovia Foundation Grants Support Educational Improvement - Deadline: n/a- The Wachovia Foundation is interested in working with non-profit organizations that are implementing and/or developing tailored approaches to improving education in their communities. Programs must support pre-K - 12 public education and address the systemic issues related to teachers and teaching, such as professional development, school support, recruitment or retention. Maximum Award: $500,000. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations with a mission to improve public education in AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, NY, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, or Washington, D.C. http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_430_6336,00.html

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Offers Funding for Education Projects in U.S. South and Midwest – Deadline: Rolling – The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership has announced funding opportunities for small-scale education initiatives in the southern and midwestern United States. CGP's Education Program seeks to increase awareness and understanding of Japan in these regions through support of teacher training and related programs that address the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007173/cgp

Council on Foundations Announces Creation of Critical Impact Awards – Deadline: Various – The council invites nominations of grant-funded projects that have had a demonstrated impact on the common good -- locally, nationally, and/or globally -- and that can serve as models for others in philanthropy. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004577/cof

Funding for Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations – Deadline: Rolling – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for its Fresh Ideas: Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations grant program. The purpose of this program is to promote community-based approaches to health and health care problems that interact with social problems. http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health – Deadline: various – This National Institutes of Health funding opportunity announcement issued by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research solicits Small Research Grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose to develop empirical research on social work practice, concepts, and theory as these relate to the NIH public health goal of improving health outcomes for persons with medical and behavioral disorders and conditions. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-233.html

From Intervention Development to Services: Exploratory Research Grants – Deadline: various – The purpose of these grants is to encourage research on 1) the development and/or pilot testing of new or adapted interventions 2) pilot testing interventions with demonstrated efficacy in broader scale effectiveness trials, or 3) innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-248.html

Green Communities Announces Charrette Grants Program – Deadline: open – Created by Enterprise Community Partners in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million initiative to build more than 8,500 environmentally healthy homes for low-income families in the United States. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002303/enterprisefoundation

Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Program – Deadline: multiple – The National Institute of Mental Health seeks research partnerships between community-based, clinical/services settings and research institutions to enhance the national capacity to conduct research that will inform mental health services research science, service delivery, program dissemination and implementation, and mental health policy. For more information, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-441.html

Early Identification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents – Deadline: multiple – This National Institute of Mental Health funding announcement invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for studies focused on the early identification and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. For more information, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-442.html

Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents (R21) Grant – Deadline: varies – This National Institutes of Health program announcement invites research grant applications that will enhance our understanding of the factors and mechanisms that determine changes in health risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence. This funding opportunity will utilize the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) award mechanism, but will run in parallel with a program announcement of identical scientific scope (PA-04-121) that will utilize the Traditional Research Project Grant (R01), available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-121.html.

Grassroots Exchange Fund – Deadline: Open – The Common Counsel Foundation’s Grassroots Exchange Fund provides discretionary small grants to build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States. Current criteria for grants include the urgency of the action, strategy session, or conference to the overall work of the applicant organization; the extent to which a small grant would make a significant impact, and the extent to which the applicant meets core Common Counsel criteria – membership-led groups organizing for social, economic or environmental change. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000435/commoncounsel

Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Small Grants Program - Deadline: ongoing - Thanks to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, PRRAC is once again able to make small grants available for research on the intersection of race and poverty that in turn is designed to support a planned advocacy strategy (community organizing, litigation, legislation, public education, etc.).
http://www.prrac.org/grants.php

Gold Foundation offers Grants for Hurricane Assistance Service Projects - Deadline: Rolling through 2006 - The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has formed a Katrina Assistance Fund "to support the wellspring of compassion, creativity and inclination to serve that exists in the medical education community." The Foundation is now requesting proposals for grants of up to $5,000 for service projects in any location where there is a substantial need for assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Such projects may include direct medical aid to evacuees or non-medical assistance to both victims and those adversely affected by this disaster. http://humanism-in-medicine.org

Developing Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research (DCISIR) - Deadline: Multiple dates through 2008 - The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to establish support for groups of researchers to develop intervention and services research studies that will directly address the missions of National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and to prepare these research groups to develop advanced centers. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/NIH/NIH/PAR-05-144/Grant.html

Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-05-065 - Educational and research dissemination activities are essential components of the National Cancer Institute's efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality due to cancer. The PHS 398 application instructions are available in an interactive forma at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov, Telephone (301) 435-0714. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-065.html

Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PA-05-029 - The ultimate goal of this National Institutes of Health program announcement is to encourage the development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. The PHS 398 application instructions are available online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-029.htm.

Reproductive and Child Health Grants - Deadline: Open - Reproductive health care is the primary health need of women, yet limited resources in developing countries combined with women's economic and social position often deprive women of access to the care they need and want. Increasing access to voluntary family planning services, providing emergency obstetrical care to enable women to safely carry and deliver babies, providing a trained midwife at delivery, and preventing cervical cancer are examples of the kinds of work supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Grant making is guided by the principle that in order to achieve lasting, large-scale change, philanthropic efforts must incorporate strategies to encourage effective public investment and to leverage private sector market potential. Priority is given to investments that serve as a catalyst to quicken the pace of progress, and to efforts whose net effect is to augment, not supplant, government funding streams. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/ReproductiveChildHealth/

Green Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals - Deadline: Open - Established in 1994, the Green Foundation is a private, non-operating foundation that awards grants for both operating and program support. The foundation's mission is to uncover new opportunities, encourage growth, and ultimately effect positive change within those institutions that best reflect the foundation's core focus areas and the communities they serve. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5000582/ligf

Allen Foundation Grants for Nutrition Education - Deadline: Open - The Foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development. Maximum Award: Past grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million. Eligibility: Schools and school districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education programs. http://www.allenfoundation.org/

The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - Deadline: Open - Principal investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants (listed in the full announcement) are eligible for available funds for administrative supplements to improve the diversity of the research workforce by supporting and recruiting students, postdoctorates, and eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented. For details visit, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-015.html.

Common Counsel's Grantee Exchange Fund (GXF) - Deadline: Open - GXF provides discretionary small grants to build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States to encourage social change organizations to seek technical assistance from one another, and to help build regional and national networks among organizations. http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/gxf_application_procedure.html