New Abstract

I have no idea why but I have been changing my abstract left and right but now I think I am sticking to my original idea and I will be researching and doing a documentary on the epidemic of obesity in America and how it is hitting homes and what the media's role is in this dangerous lifestyle and culture. Here are the COS abstracts that I found...

COS 1

Abstract: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits cooperative agreement grant applications from institutions to conduct randomized controlled trials to test innovative interventions that address issues immediately germane to the childhood obesity epidemic and runs parallel with a separate Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that solicits applications a Research Coordinating Unit (see RFA HL-10-005). The goal of this FOA is to fund randomized trials testing intervention approaches to preven ...

Eligibility: The following organizations and institutions are eligible to apply: domestic public and private institutions of higher education, including Hispanic-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, tribally controlled colleges and universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status; for-profit organizations, other than small businesses; faith-based or community-based organizations; and federal, state, an ...

URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-10-005.html

COS 2

Abstract: This crosscutting program addresses the complex problem of obesity prevention. Projects funded by this program are intended to lead to a better understanding of the behavioral and environmental factors that influence obesity and to the development and evaluation of effective interventions to prevent obesity. Obesity is the number one nutritional problem in the U.S. Food is an integral part of the process that leads to obesity, and USDA has a unique responsibility for the food system in the U.S. ...

Eligibility: Eligible applicants for the integrated research projects under this subpart include: (1) colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); (2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note)); (3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agr ...

URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/humannutritionobesityafri.cfm

COS 3

Abstract: The purpohttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-10-004.htmlse of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., 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 ...

Eligibility: The following organizations and institutions are eligible to apply: domestic and foreign, public and private institutions of higher education, including Hispanic-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, tribally controlled colleges and universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status; small businesses and for-profit organizations; federal, state, and local governments; Indian and Native Americ ...

URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-141.html