Active Living Research Grant

Posted by on February 22, 2010

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Active Living Research and New Connections Grant Opportunities
Deadline: April 14, 2010

A program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research supports research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors, and preventing obesity.

The program places special emphasis on strategies with the potential to reach children and youths between the ages of 3 and 18 who are at highest risk for obesity — African American, Latino, American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, and Pacific Islander children, as well as children who live in underresourced and lower-income communities.

Grants funded under this Call for Proposals are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. This CFP consists of grant opportunities for specified research topics and dissertation awards. It also includes funding opportunities for New Connections grants made available through the Active Living Research program.

Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.

Approximately $2.6 million in total funds will be awarded for grants on specified research topics, dissertation awards, and New Connections grants.

Visit the RWJF Web site for complete program guidelines.

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21041