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Grant and Research Opportunities


Stride Rite and Saucony Announce Red Laces Program to Fight Childhood Obesity, March 30, 2007

Saucony, a subsidiary of the Stride Rite Corporation, is committed to addressing the national epidemic of childhood obesity by cultivating a new wave of young runners. As part of this commitment, the company has partnered with Runner's World magazine to launch the Saucony
Run for Good Red Laces Program, which provides grants to communities and nonprofit organizations that support after-school running and physical fitness programs for kids.

For more information and to apply, go to http://www.sauconyrunforgood.com/.


Department of Health and Human Services - Diet Composition and Energy Balance (R01)

The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite Research Project Grant (R01) applications investigating the role of diet composition in energy balance, including short and long-term studies in both animals and humans. Opportunities exist in the following areas: Research and Training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Alcohol Research Programs, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research, Heart and Vascular Diseases Research, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Research, Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders, Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, and Aging Research

For the full announcement, please go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-218.html


Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements, April 17, 2007

This RFA will provide supplemental funding using the cooperative agreement (U48) funding mechanism to Prevention Research Centers (PRC) to design, test, and disseminate effective prevention research strategies in the areas of cancer, epilepsy, adolescent health, nutrition, and physical activity.

For more information and to apply, go to http://www.cdc.gov


U.S. Department of Education - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program (DRRPs) - Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Centers, April 30, 2007

The purpose of the DRRP program is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. DRRPs carry out one or more of the following types of activities: research, development, demonstration, training, dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance.

For more information, please go to http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/search_opportunities.jsp or contact Donna Nangle at (202) 245-7462 or donna.nangle@ed.gov.


U.S. Department of Education - Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs), April 16, 2007

The purpose of the RERC programs is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The competition for a new award focuses on projects designed to meet the priority described for each as listed above and targeting the improvement of rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Opportunities exist in the following areas (CFDA 84.133E #3-9): Spinal Cord Injury, Recreational Technologies and Exercise Physiology Benefiting Individuals With Disabilities, Relating Physiological Data and Functional Performance, Accessible Medical Instrumentation, Workplace Accommodations, Rehabilitation Robotics and Telemanipulation Systems, and Emergency Management Technologies.

For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov.


Department of Health and Human Services - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements, April 17, 2007

This RFA will provide supplemental funding using the cooperative agreement (U48) funding mechanism to Prevention Research Centers (PRC) to design, test, and disseminate effective prevention research strategies in the areas of cancer, epilepsy, adolescent health, nutrition, and physical activity.

For more information, please go to: http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/search_opportunities.jsp.


Department of Health and Human Services - Research Cooperative Agreement to Promote the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities, April 12, 2007

The purpose is to support research to develop, implement, and measure the effectiveness of interventions and programs that promote the health, well being, and quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities (ID), an underserved population group. The focus also is to prevent secondary conditions across the lifespan, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the Special Olympics, Inc., (SOI) Healthy Athletes program. This funded project will expand the research agenda for: (a) focusing health screening and health promotion experiences for people with ID; (b) assessing the attitudes and policies towards people with ID; (c) health promotion for people with ID and the role and functioning of families and caregivers, and (d) understanding the health and social effect of participation in SOI for people with ID, their families and heath professionals.

For more information go to: http://www.cdc.gov.


CDC Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36) -Department of Health and Human Services, April 10, 2007

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of public health dissertation research in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Territories or possessions). Dissertation applications must focus on methodological and research topics that address the mission and research interests of CDC, including the promotion of health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability; addressing issues of basic, behavioral, and applied sciences (i.e., health statistics and research methodology) related to health promotion, disease prevention, injury and disability prevention; and health protection from infectious, environmental and terrorist health threats.

For more information, please go to: http://www.cdc.gov.


Recruiting Participants: Project ACT NOW (Adults with Cerebral Palsy Training to INcrease Overall Wellness)

Project ACT NOW is a new study being conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) through the Division of Physical Therapy, Center for Human Movement Science. The purposes are to obtain a better understanding of the effects of aging on the development of secondary impairments experienced by adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and to determine the effects of an aquatic exercise intervention on improving the quality of life and overall function in adults with CP.

Adults that are 21 years and older and have CP are being recruited. Testing will be conducted at UNC-CH and will measure muscle strength, body composition, aerobic fitness and health-related quality of life. Participants are compensated for testing time as well as travel during the exercise intervention. Project ACT NOW has been approved by the UNC-CH IRB (GCRC #2089) and is fully funded by the National Institutes of Health.

For more information, please go to http://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/physical/actnow or contact Debbie Thorpe PT, PhD, PCS at (919)843-8679 or dthorpe@med.unc.edu.


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