OBESITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-ES-04-003
Posted Date:	Aug 31, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Dec 17, 2004
Current Due Date for Applications:	Dec 17, 2004
Archive Date:	Jan 16, 2005
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Education Environment Health Income Security and Social Services
Expected Number of Awards:	10
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000.00
Award Ceiling:	$200,000.00
Award Floor:	none
CFDA Number:	93.113 -- Biological Response to Environmental Health Hazards 93.114 -- Applied Toxicological Research and Testing 93.115 -- Biometry and Risk Estimation_Health Risks from Environmental Exposures 93.399 -- Cancer Control 93.864 -- No Description Available 93.865 -- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research 93.929 -- No Description Available
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

For profit organizations other than small businesses

Small businesses

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Private institutions of higher education

State governments

County governments

City or township governments

Special district governments

Independent school districts

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities

Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible agencies of the Federal Government
Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply

Agency Name

Description

This initiative will support R01 and R21 studies in two specific areas
related to the built environment and obesity: First, understanding the
role of the built environment in causing/exacerbating obesity and
related co-morbidities; and second, developing, implementing, and
evaluating prevention/intervention strategies that influence parameters
of the built environment in order to reduce the prevalence of
overweight, obesity and co-morbidities.  

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