Funding-Studying
Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity; August 17, 2009
The
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) plans to establish a Research Coordinating Center for a Research Program
entitled: Studying Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity. The purpose
of this initiative is to support a nation-wide scientific study of communities
that will examine outcomes associated with characteristics of existing or new
community programs and policies to reduce childhood obesity rates. Relevant
programs and policies may address educational, behavioral, environmental,
and/or other activities aimed at influencing energy balance in youth through
diet and physical activity. One Research Coordinating Center (RCC) will be
funded, which will work in partnership with members of the National
Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NIH, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, and CDC), to design and implement the research. The goal is to
inform public-health practice and policy by identifying community approaches
that may work best for reducing childhood obesity rates. The study will also
help identify future research directions.
This is a Presolicitation Notice in advance of a
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), and the Government is not committed to award a
contract pursuant to this announcement. The BAA, NHLBI-HC-10-15, detailing the
specifics of the project as well as information pertinent to the development of
an offeror’s proposal will be available
electronically on or about August 18, 2009 and may be accessed through the
Internet at the following URL location: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/inits/index.htm#rfp
and will be posted to Federal Business Opportunities website at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov under the
National Heart Lung and Blood posting section. No paper copies will be
available. Proposals will be due on or about November 18, 2009. It is
anticipated that one cost-reimbursement contract award will be made for a
period of five years beginning on or about August 1, 2010. Offerors
are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and
amendments and for routinely checking the Internet site for any possible
solicitation amendments that may be issued by the Government. This
advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract.
Announcement
Number: NHLBI-HC-10-15
Closing
Date: Aug 17, 2009 3:30 pm Eastern
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact Information
Kristiane E Cooper,
Contracting
Officer
Phone:
301-435-0345
Fax:
301-480-3430