Ongoing Grant Opportunities and Resources

Health and Human Services (HHS)

National Asthma Control Program (Center for Disease Control / National Center for Environmental Health)
The National Asthma Control Program supports the goals of Healthy People 2010 for asthma. The goals of the program are to reduce the number of deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, school or work days missed, and limitations on activity due to asthma.

Community-Based Prevention/Intervention Research Program (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
This program supports a number of asthma projects in urban, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institute of Health)
This program was initiated in March 1989 to address the growing problem of asthma in the United States. This program coordinates all federal asthma activities.

Trans-NIH Obesity Initiative (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
This is a new program in development, and is designed to examine how the built environment affects obesity and associated co-morbidities. The program highlights the link between public health concerns and air pollution from mobile sources.

Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
In collaboration with the NIEHS, EPA has funded 12 centers for research. Five of the centers focus on asthma and all emphasize community-based approaches to reduce the impact of asthma on children.

Other Ongoing Grant Opportunities and Resources