Funding and Training

Funding Opportunities

This list includes highlights of federal obesity-related initiatives that are currently accepting applications. Many of these initiatives are focused specifically on obesity; others encompass obesity within a broader research scope.

Federal Funding

• Agency for Health Research Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Science Foundation
• National Research Initiative - Human Nutrition and Obesity
• NIH Office of Extramural Research grants page

Private Funding

• Active Living Research
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Training Opportunities

• NIH Research Training Opportunities
• Kerr White Visiting Scholars Program
• Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (Intramural opportunities for junior, mid-career level, and senior researchers)