School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight Outcomes (R21)

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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: PA-10-053
Close Date: 2013-01-07 00:00:00
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: 12/10/2009
Creation Date: Dec 11, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 7, 2013
Archive Date: Feb 7, 2013
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: EducationHealthIncome Security and Social Services
Award Ceiling: $200,000
CFDA Number(s): 93.068 -- Chronic Diseases: Research, Control, and Prevention93.135 -- Centers for Research and Demonstration for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention93.393 -- Cancer Cause and Prevention Research93.395 -- Cancer Treatment Research93.399 -- Cancer Control93.837 -- Cardiovascular Diseases Research93.865 -- Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Special district governmentsFor profit organizations other than small businessesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)County governmentsSmall businessesPrivate institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationCity or township governmentsIndependent school districts
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); U.S. Territory or Possession.
Description: Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), is issued by the National Institutes of Healths National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), and the Centers of Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDC). The FOA encourages Research Project Grant (R21) applications that propose to: (1) foster multidisciplinary research that will evaluate how policies (federal, state and school district levels) can influence school physical activity and nutrition environments, youths obesogenic behaviors (e.g., nutrition and physical activity behaviors), and weight outcomes; (2) understand how schools are implementing these policies and examine multi-level influences on adoption and implementation at various levels (e.g. federal, state, school district, and school); and (3) understand the synergistic or counteractive effect of school nutrition and physical activity polices on the home and community environment and body weight. The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the exploratory/developmental (R21) grant mechanism, and runs in parallel with two other FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-10-052 and PA-10-054 that encourage applications under the NIH research project (R01) and NIH Small Grant (R03) grant mechanisms. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
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Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent VersionAdded "School" to titleDec 11, 2009Version #1Added CFDA numberDec 10, 2009Original VersionDec 10, 2009

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