Special Solicitation on Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood

All proposed studies in response to this CFP must have a clear impact on 0- to 5-year-olds and address one or more of the following topic areas (topics are not in any particular order). Also, all studies must have the potential to impact groups at highest risk for obesity and poor nutrition, such as black, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations, and children living in lower-income communities. RWJF is interested in research exploring the following topics:

1. Ways to leverage federal, state, or local nutrition and food assistance policies
2. Marketing practices and policies, including pricing, promotion, placement, and on-package labeling, etc.
3. Messaging campaigns for discouraging SSB consumption and encouraging potable water consumption
4. How changes to SSB and/or water consumption impact changes in overall beverage consumption patterns
5. Settings with the greatest potential for decreasing SSB and increasing water consumption at the population-level
6. Access to safe drinking water and/or perception of tap water safety

These priority topic areas emerged from a 6-month long project led by HER to develop a national research agenda to reduce the consumption of SSBs and increase access to and consumption of safe water among 0- to 5-year-olds.

Expires: October 3, 2018

Approximately $2.1 Million will be awarded under this CFP, resulting in the funding of about seven grants. Each grant will award up to $300,000 for up to 24 months.

• Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
• Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
• The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.