Active Living Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity. A special emphasis is placed on research focused on racial/ethnic populations and children living in low-income communities who are at highest risk for obesity. Findings will advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

Round 10 consists of grant opportunities for dissertation awards and the following specified research topics:

• * Topic 1: Evaluations of policy or environmental interventions and strategies for increasing physical activity or reducing sedentary behaviors among youth;
• * Topic 2: Economic analyses to assess feasibility and advisability of policy or environmental interventions that affect youth physical activity or sedentary behaviors;
• * Topic 3: Analyses of macro-level policies and environmental change strategies with strong potential to increase physical activity or reduce sedentary behaviors among youth;
• * Topic 4: Quantitative meta-analyses of the relationships between built environment or social environment variables and physical activity; built environment or social environment variables and sedentary behavior; or built environment or social environment variables and obesity;
• * Topic 5: Evaluations of youth advocacy efforts to support active living;
• * Topic 6: Case studies of active living policy changes in communities at high risk for childhood obesity.

Eligibility: Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories at the time of application. Approximately $3.3 million will be awarded for research grants exploring six topics, as well as Dissertation Awards.

All proposals must be submitted through the RWJF Grantmaking Online system.

The link to the application is available on the Program web site at: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/grantsearch/grantopportunities/current

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Deadlines: April 14, 2010