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Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision-Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Impacts
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
810 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC
March 17 - 19, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites science, policy, community-based, lay and student experts with interests and experience in assessing disproportionate adverse health and environmental effects of state, local, and federal governmental actions, programs and policies, and the creation of tools or methods to address these impacts, as well as individuals with interests in media specific pollution, disparities in environmental disease burdens, children's environmental health, tribal community health and environmental justice.
Active Living Research -- Call for Proposals Round 10
Active Living Research (ALR) currently has one open Call for Proposals (CFP), Round 10. This CFP focuses on supporting research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity.
Call for Proposals - 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
Please note that we anticipate CFP10 will be the last major annual grant opportunity through Active Living Research. All proposals must be submitted through The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Grantmaking Online system. The full proposal submission deadline is April 14, 2010, 1:00 p.m. PT.
There is one conference call remaining for potential applicants interested in grants on specified research topics or dissertation awards to ask questions about the program, as well as the proposal and selection process. The call will be held on March 23, 2010 at 12pm PT. Those who wish to participate in this call must register at: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/grantsearch/grantopportunities/teleconference
If you have any questions about the proposal submission process, please contact Amanda Wilson, Research Coordinator, at or 619-260-5538.
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