This solicitation is closed.

Deadline:

February 6, 2009 - Closed

Program Area:

Childhood Obesity

Purpose:

Salud America! is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children. The program also aims to develop a network of researchers whose findings will help identify the most promising obesity-prevention strategies specifically tailored for Latino communities. Findings will advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals (CFP) are to:

• increase the skills and experience of researchers who are working to reduce and prevent obesity among Latino children; and
• identify the most promising policy-relevant strategies to reduce and prevent obesity among Latino children.

Investigators must propose a project in one of two general areas: 1) research that has strong potential to inform policy; or 2) the evaluation of an existing policy or program, its implementation or its impact. Both research and evaluation proposals must focus on one topic from the detailed lists included in the full CFP.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals


• Overview

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

Complete eligibility criteria are described in the full call for proposals.

Proposals must be submitted by an educational institution or non-profit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is not a private Foundation under Section 509(a) of the Code, that is located in the United States, and with which the proposed investigator is affiliated.

• Because the projects funded under this program require close collaboration with Latino communities, proposals are strongly encouraged from investigators who are of Latino descent, who have demonstrated a commitment to working with the Latino community or who can demonstrate a desire and capability to work on the issue of Latino childhood obesity.
• Research proposals submitted by junior investigators will be considered separately from proposals that are submitted by more experienced investigators.

Proposals will be reviewed through a multistep review process, with participation from expert reviewers, RWJF staff, NPO staff, and the program’s national advisory committee. RWJF will make all final funding decisions. RWJF does not provide individual critiques of proposals.

All proposals will be judged based on the individual merit of each proposal (as determined by the criteria below) and the degree to which the proposal, taken as whole, represents diversity in terms of topic area, geographical focus and the population to be studied. The following criteria will be used to assess proposals:

• Overall scientific merit.
• Potential to engage and/or inform policy-makers and/or end-users on issues related to Latino childhood obesity.
• Development of clear hypotheses, use of an appropriate conceptual framework and feasibility of the data collection and analysis plans.
• Use of commonly agreed upon and culturally appropriate measures of assessment within the research design and the participatory process, if applicable.
• Appropriateness of the budget and project timeline.
• Uniqueness and innovativeness of the proposal.

Key Dates:

• December 19, 2008 (11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET) and January 8, 2009 (2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. ET)—Informational Web conference calls for potential applicants.
• February 6, 2009 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of proposals.
• April 15, 2009—Finalists notified.
• July 1, 2009—Funding initiated.

Total Award:

• A maximum of 20 grants will be awarded through this single funding opportunity.
• Grants of up to $75,000 each, including indirect costs, will be awarded for a period of up to 24 months. All funded activities must be completed within the 24-month period.

Contact:

Fira Rawasia, helpdesk specialist
saludamericahelpdesk@sra.com
Office: (866) 941-7146
http://www.salud-america.org

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office