  The gravitational form factors of the transition from the proton to the
$\Delta^+$ resonance are calculated to leading one-loop order using a
manifestly Lorentz-invariant formulation of chiral perturbation theory. We take
into account the leading electromagnetic and strong isospin-violating effects.
The loop contributions to the transition form factors are found to be free of
power-counting violating pieces, which is consistent with the absence of
tree-level diagrams at the considered order. In this sense, our results can be
regarded as predictions of chiral perturbation theory.
