Pioneering Healthier Communities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Application Deadline: June 23, 2008
The purposes of this funding opportunity are to expand the community health promotion leadership found at the local level, and, specifically, build and enhance the capacity of a national organization with broad local outreach and leadership.
For more information, go to http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp or contact (770) 488-2700.
Call for Proposals, Childhood Obesity, Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Application Deadline: Rolling
These national programs support research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, promoting healthy eating, and preventing obesity. The overall aim of both of these programs is to provide key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to guide effective action to reverse the rise in childhood obesity.
For more information, go to http://www.activelivingresearch.org/ or www.healthyeatingresearch.org or contact 619-260-5534 or alr@projects.sdsu.edu.
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 29, 2008
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: June 17, 2008
The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. DRRPs carry out one or more of the following types of activities: research, training, demonstration, development, dissemination, and technical assistance.
For more information, go to http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-12118.htm.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities--Family Center on Technology and Disability, U.S. Department of Education
Deadline: July 2, 2008
The purposes of the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: (1) improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, (2) support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities, and (3) provide support for captioning and video description of educational materials that are appropriate for use in the classroom setting.
For more information, go to http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41876.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Building A Healthy Nation-Strategic Alliance for Health
Deadline for Applications: June 24, 2008
The CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Adult and Community Health (DACH), announces the opportunity to apply for funds to advance, implement, and sustain evidence and practice-based chronic disease community programs that promote policy, organizational, systems, and environmental community change. This initiative will serve to (among others) promote physical activity and nutrition.
For more information, go to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/DP08-813.htm or call (301) 402-7469 or (866) 504-9552.
Mattel Announces Continuation of Grant Program to Benefit Children
Deadline for Applications: July 15, 2008
Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation have announced they will continue the Mattel Domestic Grantmaking Program, which provides funding for organizations benefiting children in the United States, including programs that directly and effectively impact children with demonstrated needs (physical, financial, emotional, and health-related).
For more information, go to http://www.mattel.com/about_us/philanthropy or call (310) 252-2000.