Applications are being accepted for the CHLN 2025 Call for Proposals!

The Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, a joint effort of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is pleased to announce a pilot research grant program to support innovative pilot studies relevant to pediatric healthy lifestyles, broadly defined.

Important Dates:

• Letter of Intent: December 9, 2024– 5pm (Monday)

                               *Email LOI to, adonnelly@kumc.edu

• Full Application Deadline: February 5, 2025 – 5pm (Wednesday)

                              (NO invite needed; all applications allowed to move forward.) 

• Award Announcement/Notification: February 24, 2025 (Monday)

• Funding Cycle: March 1, 2025– February 28, 2026 (1 year project length) 

Summary of Funding Opportunity

The Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, a joint effort of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is pleased to announce a pilot research grant program to support innovative pilot studies relevant to pediatric healthy lifestyles, broadly defined.

The purpose of this call for proposals is to fund work that: 1) is related to pediatric healthy lifestyles, 2) promotes cross-site partnerships between KUMC and CMH, and 3) has a high probability of leading to extramural grant funding. We are particularly interested in proposals that advance our work in the areas of early childhood nutrition, special needs weight management, stress and obesity, social determinants of health, and multigenerational behavior change but are open to any topic in the general area of pediatric healthy lifestyles. Applicants must be a member of the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition (www.chlnkc.org) or become a member if their proposal is selected for funding. Projects may be clinical, basic science, translational or have any type of scientific approach.

Grants may be for a maximum of $33,000, and the maximum project duration is one year. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of scientists for scientific merit and feasibility, and only top proposals selected for funding. See checklist for scoring criteria for more information.

For the 2025 cycle we have funds for one $33,000 pilot grant.

See the guidelines for specific details.

Award Amount

• $33,000, 1 year project period