What is a special interest project (SIP)?
• A project in health promotion and disease prevention research that • focuses on a major cause of death or disability • improves public health practice within communities • supports the development of effective state and local public health programs. • A project funded by a division of CDC (such as the Division of Adolescent and School Health or Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity) and other agencies of Health and Human Services. • The division or other agency provides the funding and outlines broad goals for the project. • Each project is funded for at least one year, but many are multiyear projects that receive several million dollars. • The projects are offered to the PRCs only, and the grantees are selected through a competitive peer-review process. For more information download this fact sheet on SIPs [PDF-143K].
