This joint National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases initiative provides grants for research into methods of treating type 1 & 2 diabetes and obesity. Suggested approaches must be able to reach a large number of at risk individuals, capable of being widely disseminated and implemented and sustainable after the research is completed. The program encourages the study of high risk individuals and groups.
Application budgets are not limited, but must reflect the actual costs of the project. The maximum award period is five years and the next application due date is March 1, 2013. For more information, see the link below:
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-172.html