Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment

Diet and physical activity are lifestyle and behavioral factors that play a role in the etiology and prevention of many chronic diseases such as cancer and coronary heart disease. Both also play roles in preventing overweight/obesity and in maintaining weight loss. The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, and the following institutes: NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NICHD, NIDDK, NIMH, and NINR, are interested in promoting innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. This R01 is due June 1, 2006. Additional information can be downloaded from http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-104.html.

Balance Bar Community Physical Activity Grants

Balance Bar will provide grant monies for up to $25,000 for physical activity-based community projects. Go to http://www.balance.com for more information.

Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery (R21) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant award mechanism

This funding opportunity encourages study of the use of technology to disseminate health-related information, including how information technology impacts the packaging, transmission, and reception of information, or how technology impacts how interventions are designed and delivered.

Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-224.html for further information, and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm for information on submission dates.