Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R21) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NIH funding opportunity PA 13-154, titled "Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R21)," supports early-stage research focused on preventing or managing overweight and obesity during infancy and early childhood by working directly through the home and family environment. The FOA is built around the idea that very early life is a critical window for shaping eating patterns, activity routines, sleep habits, and other behaviors linked to healthy growth, and that interventions centered in the family setting can be especially practical and scalable. The program specifically invites exploratory, pilot, and feasibility studies, as well as small clinical trials, using the NIH R21 mechanism to test novel approaches that have the potential to inform larger, more definitive studies later on.

Projects proposed under this announcement are expected to test innovative home-based or family-based interventions. The interventions may be behavioral, such as strategies that influence dietary intake, feeding practices, responsive parenting around hunger and satiety cues, reduction of sugary beverages, improved diet quality, increased physical activity, reduced sedentary time, or routines that support adequate sleep. They may also be environmental, including changes to the home food environment, availability and accessibility of healthier foods, screen media practices, household routines, or other contextual factors that influence children s weight-related behaviors. The FOA leaves room for other relevant approaches as well, which can include multi-component programs, technology-supported methods, culturally tailored strategies, or approaches that integrate caregivers and other family members who shape a child s daily patterns.

The funding instrument is a discretionary grant using the R21 activity code, which is designed for exploratory and developmental research. The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $200,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which means applicants are not required to provide non-federal funds to be eligible. The FOA was posted and created on March 22, 2013, and the original and final closing date for submissions under this announcement was May 7, 2016, with an archive date of June 7, 2016. While it is archived now, the details remain useful as a reference point for similar NIH opportunities and for understanding how NIH frames early childhood obesity prevention research.

The opportunity is associated with multiple CFDA numbers, reflecting its alignment with several NIH research areas: 93.837 (Cardiovascular Diseases Research), 93.847 (Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research), and 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research). This mix signals that NIH views early childhood overweight and obesity not only as a pediatric growth and development issue, but also as a long-term risk factor connected to cardiometabolic outcomes and related chronic diseases across the lifespan.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of domestic and international organizations. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; federally recognized Native American tribal governments as well as other tribal organizations; public and state controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses and other for-profit entities); and a range of mission-specific institutions and organizations such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. Faith-based and community-based organizations are also explicitly included. In addition, non-U.S. entities and foreign institutions are eligible to apply, and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations may participate. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed, which highlights that NIH was open to globally relevant early childhood obesity prevention work where appropriate.

Applicants were directed to the full announcement at the NIH grants guide website. For access or technical issues, the contact point provided is the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) Webmaster at FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV, including support for both accessing the announcement and troubleshooting links.

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