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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Deadline Date(s): 05/07/2016 Sponsor Name: National Institutes of Health Program Title: Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R01) Contact: Dr. Robert J. Kuczmarski, Phone: (301) 451-8354, Email: [email protected] Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-153.html Synopsis: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing novel home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood. Tested interventions can use behavioral (including dietary and physical activity), environmental, or other relevant approaches. Deadline Date(s): 09/07/2016 Sponsor Name: National Institutes of Health Program Title: Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R21) Contact: Dr. Donna Jo McCloskey, Phone: 301-594-5971, Email: [email protected] Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-212.html Synopsis: This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) seeks to develop innovative measurement tools for community engaged research efforts. Deadline Date(s): 12/20/2017 Sponsor Name: Air Force -- Research Lab/DoD Program Title: AFRL Research Collaboration Program Contact: Mark Merrifield, Contract Negotiator, Phone: 937-656-9001 Websites: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/packages/oppBAA-RQKM-2013-0005.pdf Synopsis: The objective of the AFRL Research Collaboration program is to enable collaborative research partnerships between AFRL and Academia and Industry in areas including but not limited to Materials and Manufacturing and Aerospace Sensors that engage a diverse pool of domestic businesses that employ scientists and engineers in technical areas required to develop critical war-fighting technologies for the nation’s air, space and cyberspace forces through specific AFRL Core Technical Competencies (CTCs). Deadline Date(s): 12/09/2018 Sponsor Name: Air Force -- Research Lab/DoD Program Title: Space Vehicles (RV) University Grants Program Contact: Jacqueline Howard, Contract Specialist, Phone: (505) 846-8060 (office) Website: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=dod Synopsis: AFRL/RV is seeking U.S. and U.S. Territory universities/colleges to propose grants for space-based basic and applied research that are of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD). Specifically, the objective is to encourage students’ and professors’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering