Jenna McCart, Editor
September 2011 - Volume 7, Issue 1
Health & Mental Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ Health Services Research Dissertation Program
This program supports approximately 30 dissertation research grants up to $40,000 for the entire project period for doctoral students in the social, medical, management, or health sciences for research in the organization, delivery, financing, or quality of healthcare services. Priority is given to research that supports improvements in health outcomes, strengthens measurement and improvement, identifies strategies to improve access, fosters appropriate use, and reduces expenditures. Deadline: November 1
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
AHRQ supports postdoctoral research training in the social, medical, management or health sciences related to the delivery, financing or quality of health care services. Training should include making better decisions about health care in such areas as disease prevention, appropriate use of medical technologies, improving diagnosis and treatment utilizing comparative effectiveness research, and reducing racial and ethnic disparities. Deadline: December 8
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Planning Projects
NIH supports planning grants that would lead to the later implementation of a demonstration project on patient safety and medical liability reform. Specifically, the planning effort must focus on: putting patient safety first and working to reduce preventable injuries; fostering better communication between doctors and patients; ensuring patients are compensated in a fair, timely manner for medical injuries, while also reducing the incidence of frivolous lawsuits; and reducing liability premiums. Deadline: October 16
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Small Grant Program for Conference Support
AHRQ provides $50,000 in direct costs for conferences on issues relevant to health services research in the following areas: research development; design and methodology; dissemination; and research training, infrastructure and career development. Deadline: October 20
Allen Foundation, Inc. - Grants Program in Nutrition
The Allen Foundation supports education, training, and research projects in the area of human nutrition. Priorities include: relevant nutritional research, nutritional education and training for new and expectant mothers, training for nutritional educators and trainers, dissemination. Limited funding is available for emergency hunger and malnutrition problems. Deadline: December 31
American Cancer Society - Research, Training and Professorship Grants
ACS supports all levels of investigators and an enhanced commitment to psychosocial and behavioral, health services, health policy, epidemiological, clinical and cancer control research. Deadline: varies
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Research Grants
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides funding for research on suicide and suicide prevention from a variety of disciplines: psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, and others. Grants are awarded for one to two years under five programs: Young Investigator Grants award $85,000; Standard Research Grants award $75,000; Linked Standard Research Grants award $225,000; Distinguished Investigator Grants award $100,000; Postdoctoral Research Fellowships award $100,000; and Pilot Grants award $30,000. Deadline: November 15
American Liver Foundation - Research Awards Program
This program offers multiple fellowships, career awards and research grants for liver disease to cultivate the next generation of hepatologists and liver transplant surgeons. Awards range between $12,500 to $78,000. Deadline: December 1
American Lung Association - Nationwide Research Program
This program provides training and seed grants in lung disease and general lung biology for researchers, mostly in the early career stages. Several grants are supported, including: Lung Health Dissertation Grant; Biomedical Research Grant; Career Investigator Award; Clinical Patient Care Research Grant; and Senior Research Training Fellowship. Deadline: October 20
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America - Research Awards
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America supports basic biomedical and clinical research on the etiology, therapy, pathogenesis, and prevention of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Senior Research Awards provide up to $117,000 per year; Career Development Awards provide up to $90,000 per year; and Research Fellowship Awards provide up to $58,250 per year. Student Fellowships provide up to $2,500 and Scientific Conferences and Workshops provide up to $10,000. Deadlines: varies from January 14, 2012 to March 15, 2012
Deafness Research Foundation - Research Grants
The Deafness Research Foundation supports research in the areas of: Fundamental Auditory Research; Hearing and Balance Restoration; Cochlear implants/surgical therapy for otosclerosis/hair cell regeneration; Hearing Loss-aging, noise-induced, otosclerosis, viral infection; Vestibular and Balance Disorders such as dizziness and vertigo and Meniere's disease; and Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Grants provide up to $25,000. Deadlines: October 31 (letters of intent); December 1 (applications)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Cooperative Agreement
DHHS is looking for applications to improve the quality of health promotion and preventive services for all infants, children, adolescents, and their families, including children with special health care needs, through the effective national implementation of the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents, Third Edition and subsequent editions. Approximately $1.176 million is available to support one award. Deadline: November 1
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation - Fellowships and Research Grants
The Dystonia Medical Research Foundation supports research related to the causes, mechanisms, prevention and treatment of all forms of dystonia, the third most common movement disorder. Postdoctoral Fellowships provide $50,000 per year for two years for study. Research Grants provide up to $65,000 per year for up to two years for hypothesis-driven research at the genetic, molecular, cellular, systems or behavioral levels. Deadline: December 15
Foundation for Child Development - Young Scholars Program
This program supports fellowships for basic and policy-relevant research focused on early education, health and well-being of immigrant children in the U.S., particularly those who are living in low-income families. Proposals focused on children from birth to ten years old are highly encouraged. The goal is to support career development of new investigators from the behavioral and social sciences and allied professional fields. Award will support one to four fellowships of up to $150,000 for up to three years. Deadline: November 2
Fyssen Foundation – Grant Program
The Fyssen Foundation awards grants for the training and support of postdoctoral researchers who are working in psychology, neurobiology, anthropology, ethnology, human paleontology & archaeology. Awards assist French scientists who wish to work abroad and foreign researchers who wish to work in France. Deadline: October 31
Gerber Foundation - Research Grants
The Gerber Foundation supports specific nutrition-related interventions to improve infant health and development from first year before birth to age three. Projects should have a specific nutrition focus with defined outcome parameters. Preference is given to projects with national or regional impact that are sufficiently focused to make a difference in field of interest. A maximum of $20,000 per project will be awarded. Deadlines: December 1 (concept papers); February 15 (proposals)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Fellowships Program
This program supports residential fellowships in Washington, DC to develop the capacity of outstanding mid-career health professionals in academic and community-based settings to assume leadership roles in health policy and management. Deadline: November 10
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Academic Grants
LLS supports clinical, basic, and translational research on leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. The Career Development Program supports fundamental research in genetics, molecular and cell biology, molecular pharmacology, molecular virology and immunology. The Translational Research Program supports projects that show high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention. The Specialized Center of Research Program supports interdisciplinary research across at least three independent research projects that are integrated and supported by scientific core laboratories. Deadlines: varies from October 1 to March 15, 2012
Muscular Dystrophy Association - Research and Development Grants
The Muscular Dystrophy Association supports one to three-year research projects on muscular dystrophies and related neuromuscular diseases. Research Grants offer unlimited support to senior researchers and Development Grants offer up to $60,000 per year to researchers working as part of a team under a senior investigator. Deadlines: December 15 (letters of intent); January 15 (applications)
National Cancer Institute - Research Answers to NCIs Provocative Questions
NCI will support research projects designed to use innovative research strategies to solve specific problems and paradoxes in cancer research identified by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as the NCIs "Provocative Questions". $7.5 million is available to support 12 awards. Deadlines: October 14 (optional letters of intent); November 14 (applications)
National Cancer Institute - Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology
NCI supports pilot projects testing new techniques, or innovative, high-risk projects that could provide a basis for more extended cancer epidemiologic research. High priority areas are multiple myeloma and cancers of the breast, colon/rectum, prostate, lung, pancreas, and brain. Up to $100,000 is available per award. Deadline: November 18
National Cancer Institute and National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Role of Microbial Metabolites in Cancer Prevention and Etiology
NCI and NCCAM support cooperative agreements to characterize effects of microbially generated metabolites of dietary components on host cell biology. Of interest are projects that characterize microbially generated metabolites to better understand their molecular mechanisms of action that affect host cell proliferative/apoptotic responses, cytokine production, immunomodulatory and inflammatory effects. This program also encourages human intervention studies to identify inter-individual variability among racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: November 15
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Studies in Humans
NHLBI is seeking applications that propose to investigate the early origins of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease and the mechanisms involved in development and progression of pulmonary abnormalities in young children with this condition. The ultimate goal is development of novel approaches for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of early CF lung disease. Approximately $3 million will be available to support up to six grants. Deadlines: December 12 (optional letters of intent); January 11 (applications)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI Career Transition Award
NHLBI supports career transition programs that provide highly qualified postdoctoral fellows with an opportunity to receive mentored research experience in the NHLBI Division of Intramural Research in Bethesda, MD, and then to provide them with bridge funding to facilitate the transition of their research programs as new investigators at extramural institutions. NHLBI will support two phases of research: an intramural phase for two years, and an extramural phase for three years, for a total of five years of combined support. Deadline: October 12
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - NHLBI Investigator-Initiated Resource-Related Research Projects
NHLBI supports Resource-Related Research Project applications to support projects that will enhance the capabilities of ongoing basic, translational and clinical research through the development of resources or infrastructure for use by the broader scientific community. The research enhancement should be for programs that address scientific areas relevant to NHLBI including biology and diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Deadline: November 15
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
NIOSH supports high quality conferences/scientific meetings on the prevention of work-related illness, injury, disability, and death. Interests include disease prevention and work environment and workforce issues. Up to $20,000 is available per award. Deadlines: October 13 (letters of intent); December 12 (applications)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Occupational Safety Grants
This program supports new exploratory/developmental research for testing of innovative or creative ideas that are scientifically sound and may advance our understanding of safety and occupational health. Interests include: areas identified in the National Occupational Research Agenda, as well as applications aimed at reducing injury and illness in construction, transportation, agriculture, mining, and health care. $200,000 is available to be awarded. Deadline: October 16
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Host-Targeted Interventions as Therapeutics for Infectious Diseases
NIAID is seeking applications with the goal of stimulating innovation in the discovery and development of therapeutics that target host-encoded functions required for infection, replication, spread and/or pathogenesis by one or more NIAID Category A, B, or C priority pathogens. Approximately $4 million is available to support 15 to 20 awards. Deadlines: October 31 (optional letters of intent); November 30 (applications)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Diabetes Research Centers
NIDDK is seeking proposals for Diabetes Research Centers. Diabetes Research Centers are designed to support and enhance the national research effort in diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. Only one application per institution as the lead applicant will be accepted. If you would like to submit a proposal, please send a white paper of no more than two pages to your associate dean and Jennie Amison by 4:30 p.m. on November 15, 2011. Deadlines: January 31, 2012 (optional letters of intent); February 29, 2012 (applications)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Research on Research Integrity
NIEHS is seeking applications for research that will improve understanding of the basic mechanisms of research integrity by bridging work in the laboratory and the field. Approximately $900,000 is available to support two to three awards. Deadlines: October 17 (optional letters of intent); December 1 (applications)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - NIGMS Centers for HIV/AIDS-Related Structural Biology
NIGMS is seeking applications for Centers that will support the determination of the structures of macromolecular complexes among and between components of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the components of host cells. Centers must collaborate among themselves and must reach out to the biological community doing research aimed at identifying and validating the presence of these complexes, including sharing of data by timely submission of structural information to appropriate databases. Approximately $20 million is available to support three to five awards. Only one application per institution as the lead applicant will be accepted. If you would like to submit a proposal, please send a white paper of no more than two pages to your associate dean and Jennie Amison by 4:30 p.m. on October 19, 2011. Deadlines: December 7 (optional letters of intent); January 6, 2012 (applications)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NINDS Cooperative Program in Translational Research Single-Component Research Projects
This program supports preclinical development and testing of new therapies for neurological disorders. The program will facilitate encouragement, development, and review of therapy-directed projects to accelerate the translation of basic research discoveries into therapeutic candidates for clinical testing. Colleges and universities may partner with small businesses. Deadline: November 5
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NINDS Cooperative Program in Translational Research Small Business Awards
This agency is looking for applications to support preclinical development and testing of new therapies for neurological disorders. The program will facilitate encouragement, development, and review of therapy-directed projects to accelerate the translation of basic research discoveries into therapeutic candidates for clinical testing. Colleges and universities may partner with small businesses. Deadline: December 5
National Institute of Nursing Research - Individual Predoctoral Fellows In Nursing Research
This agency is looking to support institutions that offer individual predoctoral fellowships to increase the number of nurses prepared with a doctoral degree. NINR is particularly interested in facilitating progress of students who are in research training programs for recent nursing graduates and students in BSN to PhD programs. This program will provide predoctoral training support for doctoral students. The applicant should propose a research training program that is consistent with the scientific mission of the NINR. Deadline: December 8
National Institute on Aging - Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity
NIA will provide dissertation awards in all areas of research within NIA’s strategic priorities to increase diversity of the scientific research workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions. Approximately up to $300,000 is available to support five awards. Deadline: October 16
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD)
This agency is seeking applications to accelerate specific areas of research related to the translation of new or improved capabilities in FASD clinical case recognition (through improved diagnosis, enhanced understanding of the domains of neurobehavioral impairment), interventions (behavior-based, nutritional and/or pharmacological) and prevention, by fostering collaboration and coordinating basic, clinical, and translational research. Approximately $4 million is available for both U01 and U24 mechanisms to support eight to ten awards. Deadlines: November 14 (letters of intent); December 14 (applications)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools
NIDCD supports research which translates basic research findings into clinical tools for better human health in NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. Focus is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists, clinicians and clinical scientists to jointly initiate and conduct translational research projects. This includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings which will impact the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communication disorders. Deadline: October 21
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Pre-Application for the FY12 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research
NIDA is accepting pre-applications that support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose high-impact research that will open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. Deadline: November 30
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Pre-Application for the 2012 NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award for Medication Development for the Treatment of Substance-Use Disorders
NIDA is seeking pre-applications for the NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award. The NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award is designed to support dedicated and talented basic and/or clinical researchers with the vision, drive and expertise necessary to translate research discoveries into medications for the treatment of Substance-Use Disorders (SUDs). Deadline: October 20
National Institutes of Health - Advancing HIV Prevention through Transformative Behavioral and Social Science Research
NIH is seeking applications that will advance generalizable knowledge about HIV prevention through transformative behavioral and social science research. Approximately $5 million is available to support ten to 12 awards. Deadlines: December 6 (optional letters of intent); January 6, 2012 (applications)
National Institutes of Health - Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research
NIH supports innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women's health research and the study of sex/gender differences. NIH is particularly interested in encouraging investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women's health and/or sex/gender research are invited. Deadline: October 16
National Institutes of Health - Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative (SBIR/STTR)
NIH is looking to support small business concerns that propose to develop and commercialize nanotechnology projects to enable the development of diagnostics and interventions for treating diseases. NIH has identified a wide range of research topics that focus on the engineering of nanoscale structures, processes, and systems as well as other technological innovations (data generation, research methods, etc.) to address biomedical challenges. Colleges and universities may partner with small businesses. Deadline: December 5
National Institutes of Health - Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program
NIH is looking to support small and time-limited projects pertinent to the development of cancer chemoprevention agents, biomarkers for early cancer detection, cancer-related nutrition science, and/or clinical prevention studies that focus on specific target organs. New, as well as established, investigators in relevant fields and disciplines such as chemoprevention, nutritional science, genetics, infectious agents, and early detection are encouraged to apply. Deadline: December 16
National Institutes of Health - Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control
NIH will support childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders to identify research questions and hypotheses, design and implement relevant research and translate the research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this area. Deadline: October 16
National Institutes of Health - Economic Research on Incentives for Efficient Use of Preventive Services
NIH is looking to promote the efficient use of preventive services and interventions, specifically considering both costs and health outcomes. The objective of the research program is to advance general knowledge about how incentives can be structured to improve both health and cost outcomes through more efficient use of preventive services. Approximately $1.6 million is available in FY 12 to support four awards. Deadlines: October 15 (optional letters of intent); November 15 (applications)
National Institutes of Health - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy System Technology R&D
NIH supports small business research related to energy efficiency or renewable energy system R&D projects and the implementation of such new technologies in medical care. Examples: technologies to optimize battery usage and/or energy consumption by medical devices; patient monitoring technology; remote diagnostics; and instrumentation for monitoring growth of biofilms and anaerobic bacteria. Colleges and universities may partner with small businesses. Deadline: December 5
National Institutes of Health - Functional Restoration of Salivary Glands
NIH is seeking applications to support early stages of high risk-high impact research that may lead to breaking new ground or extend previous discoveries of a variety of approaches for restoring damaged salivary gland function, including repair and regeneration of host salivary gland, and replacement with a bioengineered gland. Approximately $3 million is available in support. Deadlines: October 29 (letters of intent); November 29 (applications)
National Institutes of Health - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine
NIH will provide support for cutting-edge nanoscience and nanotechnology research that can lead to biomedical breakthroughs and new investigations into the diagnosis, treatment and management of an array of diseases and traumatic injuries. Deadline: October 16
National Institutes of Health - NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program
NIH is seeking applications to encourage exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. Deadline: October 16
National Institutes of Health - NIH Small Research Grant Program
NIH invites applicants to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This program supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. A maximum of $100,000 is available for a two year project period. Deadline: October 16
National Institutes of Health - NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
NIH supports meetings that are relevant to NIH's scientific mission and to public health. Support is provided for symposiums, seminars, conferences, workshops or formal meetings where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information and/or explore a problem, or area of knowledge. Support is contingent on fiscal and programmatic priorities of the individual institutes and centers. Deadline: December 12
National Institutes of Health - Pre-application for Biomedical Technology Research Centers
NIH is inviting pre-applications for national Biomedical Technology Research Centers (BTRCs) that conduct research and development on new technology and new/improved instruments driven by the needs of basic, translational, and clinical researchers. Pre-applications are the first step in order to submit a full BTRC application for a new Center. BTRCs may be developed in a specific, narrow technological area, or they may integrate multiple technologies. They are charged to make their technologies available, to train the research community in the use of the technologies and to broadly disseminate the technologies. Deadline: December 13
National Institutes of Health - SHIFT: Small Business Helping Investigators Fuel Translation of Scientific Discoveries
NIH supports small businesses that foster translational biomedical and behavioral research that transform academic scientific discoveries into commercial products and services. A major feature includes the requirement for an investigator who is primarily employed by a U.S. research institution at the time of application to transition to a SBC to be primarily employed by the SBC by or at the time of award. $200,000 per year for up to two years may be requested for Phase I. Colleges and universities may partner with small businesses. Deadline: December 5
National Institutes of Health - Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity
NIH provides funding for research demonstration dissemination projects to test the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and control diabetes and obesity that have a high potential to be adopted and sustained in applied health care settings. Approaches must be based on widely accepted interventions previously demonstrated to be effective in clinical trials. Research must target prevention or reversal of obesity, prevention of Type 2 diabetes, improved care of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes or the prevention or delay of complications of these conditions. Deadline: November 1
OneSight Research Foundation - Grants and Scholarships
This foundation supports educational programs, vision-related research, and optometric scholarships. Block grants of $5,000 to $50,000 are available for organizations to research treatments and cures for vision threatening diseases and disorders, with a focus on diabetic and pediatric eye diseases. Deadline: December 31
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation - Individual Research Grant Program
This program supports strategies that may promote neuronal growth and survival, encourage formation of synapses, enhance production of myelin, restore conduction capabilities, or may otherwise lead to restoration of the compromised circuitry in the acutely and chronically injured spinal cord. This program also supports evaluations of the efficacy of drugs or other interventions that protect against secondary neuronal injury or provide insight into the mechanisms causing such damage. Awardees are required to attend one annual meeting organized by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Deadline: December 15
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