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Obesity Research PAs

A program announcement (PA) is a statement identifying a new research area that NIDDK wishes to support or an area in which NIDDK hopes to rekindle research activity. The PAs listed below do not necessarily represent the full scope of NIDDK’s interest in this area. For a more complete picture of the breadth of research supported via investigator-initiated research grants in this area, please refer to the NIDDK grants programs for Obesity Research.

  • Bioengineering and Obesity (R01)
  • Multidisciplinary Translational Research in Critical Care (R01)
  • Diet Composition and Energy Balance (R01)
  • Ancillary Studies to Major Ongoing NIDDK Clinical Research Studies (R01)
  • Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R01)
  • Development of Disease Biomarkers (R01)
  • Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity (R21)
  • Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases (R01)
  • Heterogeneity of Fat Depots: Underlying Basis and Association with Morbidity (R01)
  • Mechanisms of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (Steatosis) (R01)
  • Non-Invasive Methods for Diagnosis and Progression of Diabetes, Kidney, Urological, Hematological , and Digestive Diseases (R01)
  • Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (R21)
  • Planning Grants For Translational Research For The Prevention And Control Of Diabetes And Obesity (R34)
  • Proteomics: Diabetes, Obesity, And Endocrine, Digestive, Kidney, Urologic, And Hematologic Diseases (R01)
  • Research on Improving Health Care for Obese Patients (R01)
  • School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01)
  • Secondary Analyses in Obesity, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21)
  • Page last updated: May 02, 2009

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