Subject: Funding Opportunity from NIH
From: Janet Stein (jbstein@nber.org)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 10:41:38 EST
To: Children's Program Researchers...
NIH has just re-issued a program announcement for R21 proposals on
"Community Participation in Health" I have included a brief summary and
the link to the complete guidelines below. If you would like to discuss
possible research topics, Jon Gruber would be happy to hear from you. As
you may know, grants from NIH often support substantial research efforts
for as many as five years, so they allow you to request funds for a
large-scale project.
If you would like to learn more about what is involved in preparing a
proposal for NICHD and how we can help, let me know. Besides answering any
questions about the grant requirements, I can send you samples of
successful past proposals from the Children's Program. (Please don't worry
about the section of the Funding Announcement that refers to the need to
register for electronic submission. NBER is already registered, and we
have completed several electronic submissions and can guide you through.)
Please feel free to contact Jon or me with any questions. I look forward
to working with you.
Janet Stein
Coordinator, Program on Children
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<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-247.html>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-247.html
> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
>
> NICHD is interested in research projects of child health and
> development that are community based, community level and/or community
> participatory. Studies are encouraged that examine:
> * The interrelationship of socio-economic status and/or poverty
> with community factors on child health and development;
> * The interrelation of community interactions as explanations of
> health disparities in children and young adults;
> * The communitys influence on children's understanding of health
> and illness and how that understanding relates (translates) to health
> behavior;
> * The impact of community influences on the physiology of
> pregnancy and the infant in relation to health outcome;
> * Community influences on fertility, maternal health during
> pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum periods, breast feeding
> patterns, and nurturing and rearing of infants and children by both
> parents- especially, fathers;
> * The role of community with respect to health-related beliefs or
> attitudes on achieving and maintaining health and well-being of children
> and youth with physical, learning or developmental disabilities;
> * Community influences on children with physical disabilities
> caused by injury and their adaptation to the impairments.
Janet Stein
Coordinator
Program on Children
National Bureau of Economic Research
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 588-0366
fax: (617) 868-2742
