January
10- Winter Trails Day http://www.wintertrails.org  
18- Application deadline for the Built Environment Assessment Training Institute, June 21-26, 2009, San Diego, CA http://www.sph.emory.edu/BEAT/ 

February
American Heart Month http://www.heart.org 
4- Girls and Women in Sports Day http://www.aahperd.org/ngwsdcentral  
6- Wear Red Day http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth 
25-27 National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, National Harbor, MD http://www.omhrc.gov/npasummit2009/ 

March
National Nutrition Month http://www.eatright.org 
24- Diabetes Alert Day http://www.diabetes.org
16-19 Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference http://www.healthpromotionconference.org 
16-19 IHRSA International Convention http://www.ihrsa.org
25-28 ACSM Health and Fitness Summit http://www.acsm.org
31- 4/4 AAHPERD National Convention http://www.aahperd.org

Plan Ahead
“Be Active Your Way in May” is the theme for National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.  Use the May Month Toolkit to help you plan your activities. http://www.fitness.gov/resources/toolkit/index.html

June
9-12 Childhood Obesity Conference, Los Angeles, CA  http://www.childhood-obesity.net

Grant Applications:
National Institutes of Health
NINR Program Projects in Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01)
(RFA-NR-09-003)
National Institute of Nursing Research
Application Receipt Date(s): April 16, 2009
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-09-003.html

Public Health Conference Support Program [CDC-PA-HM09-901]
The purpose of the program is to provide partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention, educational programs, and applied research. This announcement is only for domestic conferences planned to occur within the date range of May 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. Approximately $2.6 million is available (subject to availability of funds) to fund approximately 70 to 100 awards with the average award being approximately $20,000 to $75,000 for CDC and $8,000 for ATSDR for the 12-month budget period. Letter of Intent Deadline: Cycle A:  November 10, 2008; Cycle B: February 2, 2009. Application Deadline: Cycle A: December 8, 2008; Cycle B: March 2, 2009.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/HM09-901.htm

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a national program with the primary goal of implementing healthy eating and active living policy and environmental change initiatives that support health communities for children and families in the United States.  Approximately 60 grants will be awarded.  Grantees are required to secure up to a 50% match of the entire grant award.  Approximately half of the grants will be awarded to communities in the 15 states with the highest rates of childhood obesity: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

Proposal deadline: February 3, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All proposals must be submitted electronically through the RWJF Grantmaking Online system.  To learn more visit: http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org. 

Another opportunity with RWJF is through the Salud America! program.  Salud America! supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children.  The deadline for the call for proposals is February 6, 2009.  For more information, please visit: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20506&c=EMC-FA138

More information on grants and other governmental funding mechanisms can be found on Grants.gov.  In addition, the NCPPA E-newsletter lists grants available from a variety of national organizations.