Requests for Proposals/Other Announcements

Requests for Proposals

Funding Opportunity Announcement: Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), invites applications that propose multidisciplinary research on potential reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked and smokeless. The multidisciplinary studies can span basic, biological, behavioral, surveillance, and epidemiology research. The overarching goal of this FOA is to determine whether potential reduced-exposure tobacco products provide a truly less-harmful alternative to conventional tobacco products, both at the individual and population level. Click here to read more about this funding opportunity. The closing date for applications is June 7, 2012.

Request for Applications: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative Community Grant
Missouri Foundation for Health is currently seeking applications under the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Initiative (TPCI) funding effort. Funding for adult cessation and youth prevention programs is now available through this request for applications. Cessation services targeted with this RFA include changing systems and networks to encourage or support individuals to make healthy behavior choices related to tobacco use, promoting existing cessation services within communities, or increasing access to cessation services within local communities.  Community-based organizations seeking to implement youth prevention activities may apply for funding to implement Project SmokeBusters only. To view the RFA, visit the TPCI page of the MFH website. This opportunity is open only to community-based organizations that serve the MFH service area in Missouri. Applications are due by May 18, 2009.

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Other Announcements

Newly updated: American Public Health Association website
In April, the American Public Health Association launched a new website, “Healthiest Nation in 1 Generation,” to promote National Public Health Week and to help kick start a longer-term campaign focusing on public health.  The website includes a new video that describes for lay audiences, media, and policy makers what public health is and why it matters.  The video is also available on YouTube, and it can be shared on various social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Click here to visit the APHA website and view the video.

TTAC Fundamentals of Evaluation web-based course
Have you been meaning to develop program evaluation skills, but never had the chance? Would you like to learn these skills without having to travel or miss work? Register now for the upcoming summer session of the Fundamentals of Evaluation web-based course! This 12-week course begins on May 18, and will continue through August 7, 2009. Click here to register or to learn more about the course. Registration ends April 30, 2009.

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