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Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

  1. Center’s Pilot and Feasibility Grants
    Call for Pilot and Feasibility Proposals in Interdisciplinary Obesity Research (2007-08)

    Purpose:  The purpose of this program is to provide, through the UT Obesity Research Center (UTORC), research seed funds and/or release time for faculty to develop multidisciplinary and multi-PI obesity research proposals.  The goal is to better position UTORC members to compete for external grant applications to NIH, USDA and other foundations, to conduct research in the field of obesity. Research proposals funded via this mechanism are expected to lead to grant applications submitted through UTORC.  Please note that this is not for professional development or travel, unless clearly justified to benefit grant applications.  There are other programs at the Departmental, college and University levels for such programs.

    Eligibility: Both new and established faculty can apply, so long as the projects are multidisciplinary, involve multiple investigators, and address a high impact, and “fundable” area of research.

 
  1. External Agencies:

    American Diabetes Association

    American Heart Association

    NIH: Bioengineering and Obesity, Imaging and Diabetes, COE for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PA and Diet Assessment, and Secondary Data Analysis

    Announcement
    Number
    Issuing
    Organization
    Expiration
    Date
    Title
    PA-07-436
    NHLBI
    08/06/2010
    		Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity (STTR [R41/R42])
    PA-07-422
    NINR
    09/08/2010
    		Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01)
    PA-07-409
    NIDA
    09/08/2010
    		Health Research with Diverse Populations (R01)
    PA-07-403
    NIAAA
    09/08/2010
    		Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R01)
    PA-07-392
    NIH
    09/08/2010
    		Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01)
    PAR-07-379
    OBSSR
    09/19/2009
    		Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
    PA-07-354
    NHLBI
    03/06/2010
    		Bioengineering and Obesity (R01)
    PA-07-218
    NIDDK
    03/06/2010
    		Diet Composition and Energy Balance (R01)
    PA-07-301
    NCI
    01/08/2010
    		Application of Metabolomics for Translational and Biological Research (R01)
    PAR-07-259
    NCI
    05/08/2009
    		Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01)
    PA-07-205
    NCI
    01/08/2008
    		Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R01)
    PA-07-180
    NICHD
    07/06/2009
    		School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01)
    PA-07-138
    NHLBI
    03/06/2009
    		The Relationship Between Hypertension and Inflammation (R01)
    PA-07-016
    NIDDK
    03/06/2009
    		Proteomics: Diabetes, Obesity, And Endocrine, Digestive, Kidney, Urologic, And Hematologic Diseases (R01)
    PA-07-068
    NIAAA
    07/06/2008
    		Mechanisms of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (Steatosis) (R01)
    PAR-06-532
    NIDDK
    09/08/2009
    		Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity (R18)
    PA-06-417
    NICHD
    01/08/2008
    		School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R21)
    PA-06-387
    NIDDK
    05/08/2009
    		Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (R21)
    PAR-06-358
    NIDDK
    05/08/2009
    		Planning Grants For Translational Research For The Prevention And Control Of Diabetes And Obesity (R34)
    PA-06-292
    NCI
    01/08/2008
    		Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R21)
    PA-06-256
    NIDDK
    05/08/2009
    		Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity (R21)
    PA-06-151
    NIDDK
    05/08/2009
    		Secondary Analyses in Obesity, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21)
    PAR-06-103
    NCI
    05/08/2009
    		Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R21)

    Title: Functional Characterization of Genetic Variants and Interactions: The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (R21 & R03)
    http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-003.html
    http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-004.html

    Title: Targeted Approaches to Weight Control for Young Adults (U01)
    http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-007.html#SectionI

    USDA (Obesity RFA due June 2008)