Funding Opportunities
Below is information on funding opportunities from the Academy and other organizations, as well as links to other funding key contacts and resources.
Research Centers in Primary Care Practice Based Research and Learning
Letters of Intent Deadline: January 6, 2012
Application Deadline: January 26, 2012
This funding opportunity from AHRQ is for Center Core grants (P30) to support Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Practice-Based Research and Learning. Centers will provide infrastructure and promote clinical, behavioral and translational research activities consistent with AHRQ priorities.

CATCH Implementation Funds Program
Deadline: January 31, 2012
The CATCH Implementation Funds Program supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing innovative community-based child health initiatives. Grants of up to $12,000 are awarded to pediatricians who will work collaboratively with local community partners to ensure that all children have medical homes and access to needed health care services. This grant cycle includes a special call for projects that focus on American Indian/Alaska Native children and projects to improve access to immunizations for children who are most likely to experience barriers.

CATCH Resident Funds
Deadline: January 31, 2012
The CATCH Residents Funds Program provides grants of up to $3,000 are available for pediatric residents to work with local communities to ensure that all children, especially underserved children, have medical homes and access to any needed health care services.

Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control
Applications Due: May 7, 2012
The purpose of this funding opportunity from the NIH is to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders (eg, community representatives, public health practitioners or officials, educators) in order to identify research questions and hypotheses, design and implement the relevant research, and translate the research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this area.

HRSA Public Health Internship Program
Application Deadline: Rolling
This Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Public Health Internship Program enables graduate and undergraduate students to experience Federal service through a one semester rotation at HRSA. Participants have frequent contact with HRSA public health experts in one of a wide-range of disciplines including, but not limited to, rural health policy, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, health care systems, and program analysis and evaluation.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for Public Health Law Research
Applications Due: Open
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to public entities, nonprofits, tribal groups, and affiliated entities working to strengthen regulatory and policy approaches to improving public health.

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Applications Due: Rolling
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation seeks to fund projects that directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, childhood health, and family economic stability.

Hearst Foundations
Applications Due: Ongoing
The Hearst Foundations offer funding to direct medical services that promote wellness, prevention, and rehabilitation. Specific areas of interest include cancer, geriatrics, neonatology, perinatology, pediatrics, women's health, and the disabled.

Healthy Community Grants Program and the Healthy Community Outreach Program, Aetna and Aetna Foundation
Applications Due: Ongoing
This program fund community-based initiatives that increase access to quality health care and improve overall wellness in the areas of depression and obesity. Proposals must incorporate and/or demonstrate impact on either expansion of primary caregiver role and/or community care delivery. Health professions training and support programs to address the growing shortage of skilled nurses and representation of racially and ethnically diverse health care professionals across the continuum as well as health care professionals' cultural competency. Program inquiries should be directed to the Community Grants program information line at 860/273-6747 or the Aetna Foundation mailbox at AetnaFoundation@aetna.com.
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AAP Department of Community Pediatrics Funding Opportunities & Resources
Learn more about the Community Access to Child Health Program (CATCH) that offers funding opportunities for CATCH Planning Grants, CATCH Implementation Grants, and CATCH Visiting Professorships; the Healthy Tomorrows Partnerships for Children Program (HTPCP); Funding Resources by State; and Fundraising/Nonprofit Resources.

Grants.Gov
This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov includes information from grant-making agencies across the federal government. You can also sign up to receive grants announcements from the Federal Grants Opportunities (FGO) site. After subscribing, you will receive announcements of both new grants and modifications of existing grant announcements.

Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Grant Opportunities
This site provides information on open maternal and child health grant opportunities, a grant program spotlight, and technical assistance resources.

SparkAction
SparkAction brings together the latest news, research, trends, and stories from across the child and youth field so you can get informed and take action on the issues that matter most to you. This site features guides, tips, and grant alerts to help fund activities to promote sustaining a powerful voice for children, youth, and communities.
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