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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-HL-10-004
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Feb 02, 2009
Creation Date:
Feb 02, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 06, 2009
Archive Date:
Nov 06, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Income Security and Social Services
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
93.837
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Heart and Vascular Diseases Research
93.865
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Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.
Agency Name
National Institutes of Health
Description
Purpose. This FOA, issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), solicits cooperative agreement grant applications from institutions to conduct randomized controlled trials to test innovative interventions that address issues immediately germane to the childhood obesity epidemic and runs parallel with a separate Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that solicits applications a Research Coordinating Unit (see RFA HL-10-005 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-10-005.html)). The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to fund randomized trials testing intervention approaches to prevent excess weight gain in non-overweight youth and in those already overweight, and/or to reduce weight in obese and severely obese youth. For the purposes of this FOA (RFA-HL-10-004) and RFA-HL-10-005, prevention of obesity is defined as prevention of excess weight in non-overweight youth (primary prevention), as well as prevention of additional weight gain in those already overweight or obese. Treatment is defined as reduction of weight (including weight loss or weight maintenance during linear height growth) in those already obese or severely obese. The whole program is designed to promote collaboration, coordination and exchange of scientific information among institutions, and partnerships with local, state and national agencies. The ultimate goal is to improve childrens health by preventing obesity-related morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. This FOA targets young children, pre-adolescents and adolescents and encourages novel interventions. Applications will be accepted from multi-disciplinary research teams, networks or collaborative groups that are already established or will be formed to conduct high-quality, transdisciplinary research in childhood obesity prevention and treatment. The ultimate goal is to improve childrens health by preventing obesity-related morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases
