Natural Experiments of the Impact of Population-targeted Health Policies to Prevent Diabetes

Additional Information:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=271828

Description:
Purpose. Component A: To fund rigorous natural experiments of impact of population-targeted health policies and large scale interventions on risk and complications of diabetes, and reducing disparities in these risks and complications. Specific goals of the research program are to: 1) Test the health impact of naturally occurring health policies and interventions, including public health policies, clinical-community partnerships, and health system-wide strategies; and 2) Improve the methods and research infrastructure for natural experiments in public health. Findings could be used to inform the prioritization of policies and interventions for policy-makers, health plan directors, and community leaders. Component B: To fund a Central Coordinating Center (CCC) to provide organizational, logistic and communication support to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and impact of the Natural Experiments research centers that are funded as part of Component A.

Shape American Research Grant Program

Additional Information:
http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102697691773-134/RC_Grant_Info-Guidelines_2014-15.pdf

Description
The Research Council is calling for original research proposals designed to focus on issues that provide evidence based outcomes to promote or document the value, influence, or effect of social justice and diversity in health, physical education, physical activity, dance and/or sport.

Healthy Eating Research

Additional Information:
http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/funding-opportunities/2014/her-special-solicitation.html?rid=SSqytDjM87pPiLkiVw8JKS1dJ4qR3hrf&et_cid=129083

Description:

Purpose

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious threats to the health of our nation. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), through its commitment to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic, has provided national leadership in efforts to achieve a healthy weight for all of our nation’s children, especially in lower-income communities and communities of color. This landmark work continues today as part of its vision to build a national Culture of Health that will enable all Americans to live longer and healthier lives, now and for generations to come.
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is an RWJF national program. The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic and help all children achieve a healthy weight.
This call for proposals (CFP) focuses on childhood obesity prevention efforts in two settings:

• Healthy Food Retail
• Early Care and Education

Total Awards

Approximately $425,000 will be awarded under this CFP. Awards up to 12 months and up to $75,000 each will be funded through this special solicitation. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for projects that require between $25,000 and $75,000 to complete. Approximately two-thirds of the funds available will be allocated to studies focused on healthy food retail and one-third will be allocated to studies focused on early care and education.

Key Dates

December 3, 2014
RWJF online system for concept papers will be available to applicants.
January 7, 2015 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of concept papers.
January 21, 2015
Applicants will be contacted by email and informed as to whether or not they are invited to submit a full proposal. Invited full proposals must be submitted via the RWJF online system.*
March 4, 2015 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of invited full proposals.
Late April 2015
Notification of finalists.
Summer 2015
Projects begin.

WUSTL Center for Dissemination & Implementation

Additional Information:
https://publichealth.wustl.edu/initiatives/dandi/Pages/Funding-Opportunities.aspx?utm_source=IPH+Master+List&utm_campaign=41a7bfaebb-FA14D%26I&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df1e46aa8b-41a7bfaebb-106376993

Description:
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation is offering two new funding opportunities to support dissemination and implementation research at Washington University, a pilot program and small grants program.

Pilot Grants:
Provide up to $25,000 direct costs for one year to facilitate the planning of a new dissemination and implementation research project. Pilot grants are used to fund developmental or early stage work, including pilot data, preparatory to submission of a federal grant proposal.

Timeline
Letter of Intent Due: December 1, 2014
Application Due: January 30, 2015
Peer Reviews: February 2015
Award Decisions: March 2015
Start Date: June 1, 2015

Small Grants:
This program will provide up to $5,000 from the Center for Dissemination & Implementation for up to one year for development of a D&I research proposal to be submitted for extramural funding.

Timeline
Application Due: January 30, 2015
Award Decisions: March 2015
Start Date: June 1, 2015

Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research (P50)

Additional Information:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-14-010.html

Description:
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications to support Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research to stimulate basic and applied research on environmental health disparities. The proposed research is expected to develop innovative approaches to understand environmentally-driven health disparities and improve access to healthy environments for vulnerable populations and communities. The proposed Centers are expected to support research efforts, mentoring, research translation and information dissemination.

Gerber Foundation Research Grant

Additional Information:
http://www.gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research

Description:

The Gerber Foundation’s mission focuses on the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children. Therefore, grant-making interests are focused on health and/or nutrition-related research having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children from the first year before birth to age 3.

The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving newborn or pediatric problems or emerging issues with a predictable time frame to clinical application. Projects should be focused on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. Projects may include:

• Etiologic mechanisms of disease
• New, improved or less invasive diagnostic procedures
• Reduction or elimination of side effects
• Alleviation of symptoms
• New, improved or less invasive therapies, care, or treatments
• Dosage or dosing requirements or mechanisms for drugs, nutrient supplementation or other therapeutic measures (under or overdosing)
• Preventative measures

Competitive requests will be focused in a way to achieve measurable outcomes that could result in systemic practice changes within a reasonable period of time.

The Foundation gives priority to projects of national or regional impact. Foundation support is not typically ongoing. Project outcomes should be of sufficient impact, if successful, to generate long-term support from other sources.

System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (R01)

Additional Information:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-15-001.html

Description:
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative system-level health services and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities.