What are “rapid-response” grants? How do they differ from the other grants available through Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research?
This call for proposals (CFP) supports time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, including African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander children (ages 3 to 18) who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity. Research studies may focus on one or both sides of the energy balance equation – on physical activity (including sedentary behavior), healthy eating, or both. Studies funded under this CFP are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The annual solicitations and funding cycles of Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research involve a seven- to nine-month period between proposal submission and the start of funding. While those solicitations serve an important purpose, they do not addre
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