This solicitation expired July 1, 2011, 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Program Area:

Childhood Obesity

Purpose:

Active Living Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that 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 reaching children and youths ages 3 to 18 who are at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian and Asian/Pacific Islander children, as well as children who live in under-resourced and lower-income communities.

This call for proposals will support opportunistic, time-sensitive studies on emerging or anticipated changes in physical activity-related policies or environments. Rapid-response grants are expected to accelerate progress toward policy and environmental strategies to prevent and reduce childhood obesity. For maximum impact, studies should be completed in as short a time frame as realistically possible, and results disseminated using methods designed to reach local, state or national decision-makers in time to help inform key policy decisions. Detailed results of these studies, including methodologies and data analyses, along with the outcome of the efforts to reach policy audiences, also should be subsequently reported in peer-reviewed publications.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals


• Overview

Total Awards:

• A total of up to $1.5 million will be awarded under this call for proposals. The maximum award for a single grant is $150,000, with a funding period not to exceed 18 months.
• Funding for approved studies may be initiated as early as four months after submission of invited full proposals.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

• Preference will be given to applicants who 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. The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

Complete selection criteria can be found in the call for proposals.

Key Dates:

• Grants are awarded on a rolling basis. Letters of intent may be submitted at any time until July 1, 2011 (5 p.m. ET).

Additional information on deadlines can be found in the call for proposals.

Contact:

Chad Spoon, research coordinator (Active Living projects)
cspoon@projects.sdsu.edu
Office: (619) 260-5539

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office


• Active Living Research (Program Results Reports)

Other Versions:

• Active Living Research and New Connections Grant Opportunities (April 14, 2010, Closed)
• Active Living Research: Investigating Policies and Environments to Support Active Communities (July 29, 2009, Closed)
• Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research Rapid Response Grants Round 2 (July 17, 2009, Closed)
• Active Living Research (April 28, 2009, Closed)
• Active Living Research (August 28, 2008, Closed)
• Active Living Research (May 14, 2008, Closed)
• Active Living Research Dissertation Awards (May 16, 2007, Closed)
• Active Living Research (May 16, 2007, Closed)
• Active Living Research—Round 6 (May 10, 2006, Closed)