Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)

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Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related natural experiments (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy relevant to diet and physical activity behavior, and weight and health outcomes of Americans. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the Small Research Grant (R03) mechanism, and runs in parallel with two other FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-10-027 and PA-10-028 that encourage applications under the NIH Research Project (R01) and NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanisms. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

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