Community-Responsive Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in American Indians and Alaska Natives

The summary for the Community-Responsive Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in American Indians and Alaska Natives Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Community-Responsive Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in American Indians and Alaska Natives
	CFDA Number:	93.837
	CFDA Description:	Heart and Vascular Diseases Research
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-HL-06-002
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Dec 06, 2005
	Creation Date:	Dec 06, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 10, 2006
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Apr 09, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	3
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,800,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$275,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education State governments County governments City or township governments Special district governments Independent school districts Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility: Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. Eligible agencies of the Federal Government are eligible to apply. Foreign institutions are not eligible for awards under this announcement. Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will be returned without review. This funding opportunity is for new applications. Applicants who previously submitted to RFA HL-04-023 should submit a new application for this announcement.
Grant Description: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invites applications for cooperative agreements to conduct five-year studies in American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities to test the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles and/or improve behaviors related to cardiovascular (CV) risk, such as weight reduction, regular physical activity, and smoking cessation.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-06-002.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-06-002.html
Grant Announcement Contact: If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV NIH OER Webmaster
Similar Government Grants: • Reducing the Impact of Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries (U01); • Data Coordinating Center for the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) (UM1); • Regional Clinical Centers for the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) (UM1); • Pilot Studies to Develop and Test Novel, Low- Cost Methods for the Conduct of Clinical Trials (R01); • Pulmonary Vascular-Right Ventricular Axis Research Program (R01); • The Relationship Between Hypertension and Inflammation; • Weight Loss in Obese Adults with Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Clinical Interventions (U01); • CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; • SPECIALIZED CENTERS OF CLINICALLY ORIENTED RESEARCH (SCCOR) IN CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION AND DISEASE; • PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS TO REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR DISPARITIES