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Young Leader Awards: Recognizing Leadership for a Healthier America

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11 months ago
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series that will highlight the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s work in Latino communities across the country.

As a part of its 40th anniversary commemoration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will honor up to 10 individuals age 40 and under who offer great promise for leading the way to improved health and health care for all Americans. Each recipient of the Young Leader Award will get $40,000 as acknowledgement of his or her accomplishments in research, direct care, policy, technology, community programs or other areas.

Diversity and inclusion are core values of RWJF, and nominations of young leaders from the widest array of perspectives and experiences are encouraged. RWJF believes that the more its work includes diverse perspectives and experiences, the better it will be able to help all Americans live healthier lives and get the care they need.

The deadline for nominations is July 16 (11:59 p.m. EDT).

Awardees will be notified Sept. 24, and the Young Leaders will be announced publicly at an RWJF conference in Princeton, NJ, on Oct. 25-26.

To be eligible for a Young Leader Award, a candidate must:

  • Have been working to improve health or health care for at least three years;
  • Have contributed to improving health or health care through innovation and leadership;
  • Be 40 years of age or younger as of July 16, 2012; and
  • Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories.

For more information on how to nominate a Young Leader, click here.

Funding Opportunities: Childhood Obesity Research

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2 years ago
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Check out these funding opportunities in childhood obesity research:

People’s Garden School Pilot Program
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is making available $1 million for a People’s Garden School Pilot Program to teach students involved in the gardens about agriculture production practices, diet and nutrition, and more. Applications are due November 8, 2010.

Ladder to Leadership
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders seeks to help local, early- to mid-career professionals serving vulnerable populations develop leadership skills. The next opening, for Kansas City, Mo., opens October 18 and closes December 17, 2010.

Active Living Research Grants
Active Living Research, an RWJF national program, is seeking proposals for studies of emerging or anticipated changes in physical activity-related policies or environments. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis. Letters of intent may be submitted until July 1, 2011.

Also, here are the Web sites of several other entities that compile a variety of obesity-related research funding opportunities that are currently seeking applications:
RWJF Calls for Proposals
NIH Obesity Grants
NCCOR Obesity Grants
Live Smart Texas

Roundup: Funding Opportunities in Child Obesity Research

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2 years ago
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Check out the latest funding opportunities in Latino childhood obesity research:

Healthy Eating Research Rapid Response Grants
Healthy Eating Research, an RWJF national program, is seeking grant proposals for studies examining policy and environmental strategies that have a strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations. Concept papers are due Sept. 1.

NIH Pioneer and New Innovator Awards
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks proposals for 2011 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards, which support scientists who take innovative, high-impact approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research. application deadlines are Sept. 13 and Sept. 20, 2010.

Ladder to Leadership
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders seeks to help local, early- to mid-career professionals serving vulnerable populations develop leadership skills. The next opening, for Kansas City, Mo., is scheduled for Fall 2010.

Active Living Research Grants
Active Living Research, an RWJF national program, is seeking proposals for studies of emerging or anticipated changes in physical activity-related policies or environments. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis. Letters of intent may be submitted until July 1, 2011.

Grant Listings
Several other entities compile a variety of obesity-related research funding opportunities that are currently seeking applications:
NIH Obesity Grants
NCCOR Obesity Grants
Live Smart Texas

Texas Seeks to Fund Health Equity Projects

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3 years ago
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking applications for Health Equity Projects that expand and enhance organizations’ efforts to design, implement, and evaluate programming to reduce health disparities and promote health literacy among underserved communities in Texas.

The projects seek to support community-based organizations with a focus on health and human service, such as faith-based groups and non-profit entities that employ community-based practices to reduce health disparities.

Local and state agencies also may apply.

For details, go here.

Roundup: Latino Research Funding

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3 years ago
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Check out the latest in funding opportunities related to Latinos:

NIH Award to Promote Diversity in the Scientific Workforce
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is inviting applications for Recovery Act Limited Competition: The NIH Director’s ARRA Funded Pathfinder Award to Promote Diversity in the Scientific Workforce (DP4). This funding opportunity introduces a new research grant program to encourage exceptionally creative individual scientists to develop highly innovative and possibly transforming approaches for promoting diversity in the biomedical, behavioral and other research fields. Letter of intent are due April 5, 2010.

RWJF New Connections Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has issued a call for proposals for New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming. The program aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the RWJF. The program invites junior investigator scholars from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to address specific questions posed by one of RWJF’s program areas, including childhood obesity. Brief proposals are due April 7, 2010.

Active Living Research Grants
Active Living Research, an RWJF national program, seeks applications for research grants to inform policy and environmental strategies for boosting youths’ physical activity, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity. Applications are due April 14, 2010.

Funding Opportunities: Latino Childhood Obesity

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3 years ago
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Here are some new funding opportunities related to Latino childhood obesity:

Health Impact Project
The Health Impact Project is seeking applicants to undertake health impact assessment (HIA) demonstration projects. The grants, of $25,000 to $150,000, aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal and federal decision-making. Applications are accepted at any time.

Fund for Better Health
The American Medical Association Foundation is offering Fund for Better Health grants of up to $5,000 that address healthy lifestyle issues, including nutrition and physical fitness. The Fund is not currently accepting applications, but will be again in the spring of 2010.

Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessments
Several National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies are seeking applications for grants to support research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications may include development of assessment tools for culturally diverse populations and more. Letters of intent are due May 5, 2010.

NCI Obesity Policy-Related Research
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other agencies are seeking applications proposing to examine the impact of policies on school nutrition and physical activity, obesogenic behaviors, and weight outcomes. Application deadlines vary. R01 Funding Opportunity; R21 Funding Opportunity; R03 Funding Opportunity

NIH Grants
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) compiles a wide variety of obesity-related research funding opportunities that are currently seeking applications.

Researchers: Funding Opportunities on Latino Health

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3 years ago
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Here are some funding opportunities for research on Latino health:

Health Impact Project
The Health Impact Project call for proposals is seeking applicants to undertake health impact assessment (HIA) demonstration projects. The grants, of up to $150,000, aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal and federal decision-making. Applications are accepted at any time.

NIH obesity grants
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) compiles a wide variety of obesity-related research funding opportunities that are currently seeking applications.

Ladder to Leadership training program
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders seeks to help early- to mid-career professionals in community-based, nonprofit health groups serving vulnerable populations develop critical leadership skills in nine priority communities. The next opening, for the Mid-South U.S., starts Dec. 18, 2009.

RWJF grants to reduce exposure to violence
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Local Funding Partnerships is seeking applications for projects to reduce violence in specific communities, such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or location. The application deadline is Dec. 31, 2009.

ASCO Resident Travel Award
Applications are being accepted for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Resident Travel Award, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The award aims to attract residents from underrepresented populations to a possible career in one of the oncology specialties. The application deadline is Jan. 7, 2010.

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