Pilot Grant Program of the Chicago Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics (CCEHPE)

The Chicago Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics has $200,000 available to fund as many as 15 novel or developing projects in health promotion economics, with funding per project ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 in direct costs.

Funds are available to investigators at the University of Chicago and The University of Illinois at Chicago, from any disciplinary background, wishing to perform research in health promotion economics. The Request for Applications (RFA) for the Pilot Grant Program can be found on the Center for Health and the Social Sciences website (http://chess.bsd.uchicago.edu/) under CCEHPE. Applications are due November 4, 2005 by 5:00 PM CST.

Nickelodeon's "Let's Just Play" Giveaway

Let's Just Play is Nickelodeon's long-term, nationwide campaign to engage kids in active, healthy lifestyles by providing the resources for kids to get up, get out, and go play.

Drawings will be made every month until May 31, 2006. Each month, $5,000 will be distributed to 20 randomly selected winners to be used for active or physical play. Students aged 6-15 can enter for their after-school community-based organizations and their public and nonprofit private elementary middle schools grades K-9. Entry forms can be completed as often as one chooses.

The deadline is rolling until May 31, 2006. For program information and application guidelines, visit:

http://www.nick.com/myworld/letsjustplay/giveaway.jhtml.

The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion Pilot Grant Competition

The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion, funded by the National Institute on Aging, NIH, is holding a Pilot Grant Competition for all college or university academics, doctoral candidates, researchers, or practitioners in the field of aging and service providers studying health promotion in aging populations. The application deadline is December 3, 2005. Letters of intent are due November 1, 2005.

For more information on the Pilot Grant Competition or the fellowship program, go to http://www.ihrp.uic.edu/content/ihrp-pilot-grant-program, or contact Ann Barnds, the center's coordinator, at abarnd1@uic.edu or 312-413-9831.