The Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriation included $22.5 million for the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The PRORP has released the following program announcement planned for Fiscal Year 2010:
•Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Clinical Consortium Award
Full Program Announcement, Application Instructions and deadlines are available on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prorp.shtml.
DoD Fiscal Year 2010 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program:
The FY2010 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) challenges the scientific community to design innovative research that will foster new directions for and address neglected issues in the field of combat-related orthopaedic injury research. Though the PRORP supports groundbreaking research, all projects must demonstrate appropriate judgment and sound rationale. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged.
The PRORP Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Clinical Consortium Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY10. The intent of the award is to fund clinical rehabilitation studies focused on improving functional outcomes of severe musculoskeletal injuries associated with military combat. The award is designed to bring together populations of military orthopaedic trauma patients, the combat-relevant research expertise of the specified military treatment facilities (MTFs) (listed in Section B.2 of the full program announcement), and the patient populations and research expertise of highly qualified civilian rehabilitation scientists (i.e. from the fields of physical medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and/or orthopaedic trauma) at outstanding organizations. Maximum funding is $19.5 million in total (direct plus indirect) costs for a period of performance of five (5) years.
Award Mechanism Deadlines:
•Required Pre-Applications (including pre-proposal narrative with five page limit) are submitted through http://cdmrp.org and are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 16, 2010.
•Invitation to submit an application: August 2010
•Q&A Informational Meeting: September 13, 2010 in the Washington, DC metro area.
•Applications are submitted through http://grants.gov/ and are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 29, 2010.
Point of Contact:
•Dorsey Dupont or Gail Whitehead, Public Affairs, CDMRP, 301-619-9783
CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil
https://cdmrp.org/
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Announces
The Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Translational New Investigator Award is new for Fiscal Year 2010 and supports the development of translational research partnerships between two independent investigators to address at least one of the FY10 PRCRP Topic Areas listed below. Within the partnership, one member must be a laboratory scientist and the other must be a clinician. This award is intended to support a mentoring partnership between a new investigator, the Principal Investigator ,and a mentor,a clinician or laboratory scientist with an established research program in one of the FY10 PRCRP Topic Areas.
Topic Areas
•Melanoma and other skin cancers
•Pediatric brain tumors
•Blood cancers
•Genetic cancer research and genomic medicine
•Colorectal cancer
•Kidney cancer
•Listeria vaccine for cancer
•Radiation protection utilizing nanotechnology
A pre-application consisting of a two page narrative and biosketches is due July 14, 2010. Full applications are by invitation only and are due October 20, 2010 (see Timeline for Submission below). The maximum funding is $300,000 for direct costs over three years. The full Program Announcement is available on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prcrp.htm , and is also available on Grants.Gov website: http://www.grants.gov/ under Find Grant Opportunities.
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program
The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Defense Appropriation Act provided for $15 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program to research cancers not addressed in the breast, prostate, lung, and ovarian cancer research programs currently executed by the DOD U. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
Timeline for Submission and Review
•Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), July 14, 2010•Invitation to Submit an Application: September 8, 2010
•Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, October 20, 2010
•Scientific Peer Review: December 2010
•Programmatic Review: February 2011
Point of Contact:
•Dorsey DuPont or Gail Whitehead, Public Affairs, CDMRP, 301-619-9783
CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil
Topic Areas
•Melanoma and other skin cancers
•Pediatric brain tumors
•Blood cancers
•Genetic cancer research and genomic medicine
•Colorectal cancer
•Kidney cancer
•Listeria vaccine for cancer
•Radiation protection utilizing nanotechnology
A pre-application consisting of a two page narrative and biosketches is due July 14, 2010. Full applications are by invitation only and are due October 20, 2010 (see Timeline for Submission below). The maximum funding is $300,000 for direct costs over three years. The full Program Announcement is available on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prcrp.htm , and is also available on Grants.Gov website: http://www.grants.gov/ under Find Grant Opportunities.
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program
The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Defense Appropriation Act provided for $15 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program to research cancers not addressed in the breast, prostate, lung, and ovarian cancer research programs currently executed by the DOD U. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
Timeline for Submission and Review
•Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), July 14, 2010•Invitation to Submit an Application: September 8, 2010
•Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, October 20, 2010
•Scientific Peer Review: December 2010
•Programmatic Review: February 2011
Point of Contact:
•Dorsey DuPont or Gail Whitehead, Public Affairs, CDMRP, 301-619-9783
CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil
From NSF: Dear Colleague Letter for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Related to the Gulf Oil Spill and Other Disasters
This came in from NSF yesterday (6/24) afternoon:
The consequences of the Gulf oil spill seem likely to be broad and long-lasting. There are local, state, regional, national, and international aspects to the situation, and an unusual confluence of biological, geological, and human elements. This Gulf oil spill is the latest in a series of disasters that provide opportunities to examine the ways in which people and organizations anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and emerge from disasters. Such explorations can contribute to the development of theory and tools underlying future policies aimed at maintaining or improving well being and long-term sustainability in the face of disasters. Events like these offer special opportunities to examine broad issues like resilience, adaptation, and vulnerability while conducting scientifically sound research that provides fundamental new knowledge.
The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) encourages scholars to consider how the Gulf oil spill and other disasters may provide an opportunity to pursue research that will produce fundamental, theory-enhancing contributions to the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. SBE is particularly interested in projects that would build on existing data sets (including data sets not traditionally used by social and behavioral scientists) or that would identify high priority enhanced or new data sets to improve capacity to study issues in adaptation, resilience and vulnerability. Interdisciplinary work may be particularly appropriate. While SBE has not specifically set aside funds for such research, the topic has strong connections with the wider NSF investment in Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability as described in the FY 2011 Budget Request.
Scholars with research proposals for learning from the disasters should submit proposals to the most relevant standing programs of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate for the fall 2010 or spring 2011 competitions. The SBE division web sites provide information about these programs: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SES and http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=BCS. For the fall competition, most of these programs have submission due dates in July or August. Successful research proposals will have scientifically sound research plans that are rooted in relevant theory and literature. SBE programs will evaluate these proposals in competition with other proposals submitted for these competitions.
If a research problem involves ephemeral data so that data collection absolutely cannot wait to begin until December, then the PI should consider submitting a RAPID proposal. SBE expects the research conducted under RAPID awards to be of the same high quality as for other awards, with scientifically sound research plans that are rooted in relevant theory and literature. The principal investigator must contact a program officer in the program to which the scientific contribution is strongest before submitting. Some programs will provide RAPID funding only for activities directly associated with the collection of ephemeral data. It is best to initiate contact with a brief (1-2 page) e-mail to the appropriate program officer, describing the proposed research question, the theory on which you are building, methods to be employed, and justification for a RAPID rather than a regular research proposal. Complete guidance on submitting a RAPID proposal is contained in Part I of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/gpg_2.jsp#IID1.
Sincerely,
Myron Gutmann
Assistant Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
The consequences of the Gulf oil spill seem likely to be broad and long-lasting. There are local, state, regional, national, and international aspects to the situation, and an unusual confluence of biological, geological, and human elements. This Gulf oil spill is the latest in a series of disasters that provide opportunities to examine the ways in which people and organizations anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and emerge from disasters. Such explorations can contribute to the development of theory and tools underlying future policies aimed at maintaining or improving well being and long-term sustainability in the face of disasters. Events like these offer special opportunities to examine broad issues like resilience, adaptation, and vulnerability while conducting scientifically sound research that provides fundamental new knowledge.
The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) encourages scholars to consider how the Gulf oil spill and other disasters may provide an opportunity to pursue research that will produce fundamental, theory-enhancing contributions to the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. SBE is particularly interested in projects that would build on existing data sets (including data sets not traditionally used by social and behavioral scientists) or that would identify high priority enhanced or new data sets to improve capacity to study issues in adaptation, resilience and vulnerability. Interdisciplinary work may be particularly appropriate. While SBE has not specifically set aside funds for such research, the topic has strong connections with the wider NSF investment in Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability as described in the FY 2011 Budget Request.
Scholars with research proposals for learning from the disasters should submit proposals to the most relevant standing programs of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate for the fall 2010 or spring 2011 competitions. The SBE division web sites provide information about these programs: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SES and http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=BCS. For the fall competition, most of these programs have submission due dates in July or August. Successful research proposals will have scientifically sound research plans that are rooted in relevant theory and literature. SBE programs will evaluate these proposals in competition with other proposals submitted for these competitions.
If a research problem involves ephemeral data so that data collection absolutely cannot wait to begin until December, then the PI should consider submitting a RAPID proposal. SBE expects the research conducted under RAPID awards to be of the same high quality as for other awards, with scientifically sound research plans that are rooted in relevant theory and literature. The principal investigator must contact a program officer in the program to which the scientific contribution is strongest before submitting. Some programs will provide RAPID funding only for activities directly associated with the collection of ephemeral data. It is best to initiate contact with a brief (1-2 page) e-mail to the appropriate program officer, describing the proposed research question, the theory on which you are building, methods to be employed, and justification for a RAPID rather than a regular research proposal. Complete guidance on submitting a RAPID proposal is contained in Part I of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/gpg_2.jsp#IID1.
Sincerely,
Myron Gutmann
Assistant Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Damon Runyon Fellowship Deadline August 2010
Program DescriptionThe Foundation encourages all theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention.
Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a Sponsor—a scientist (tenured, tenure-track or equivalent position) capable of providing mentorship to the Fellow. In addition to aiding in the planning, execution and supervision of the proposed research, the Sponsor’s role is to foster the development of the Fellow’s overall knowledge, technical and analytical skills, and capacity for scientific inquiry. The Sponsor is also expected to assist the Fellow in attaining his/her career goals.
Awards are made to institutions for the support of the Fellow under direct supervision of the Sponsor. Candidates who have already accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship award are not eligible.
The primary criteria used to evaluate applicants are: •the quality of the research proposal (importance of the problem, originality of approach, appropriateness of techniques and clarity of presentation)
•the qualifications, experience and productivity of both the candidate and the Sponsor
•the quality of the research training environment in which the proposed research is to be conducted and its potential for broadening and strengthening the candidate's ability to conduct innovative and substantive research. The proposed research and training environment should represent a new opportunity for the candidate to expand his/her scientific skill set. Direct extensions of the candidate's graduate work (in approach, technique or exact area of study) will not be funded.Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are granted for a three-year term with second- and third-year funding contingent upon satisfactory progress reports. Fellows in their first- and third-years of funding will attend Damon Runyon Fellows' Retreats designed to foster collaboration and interaction between scientists working in different fields relevant to cancer. Click here for more information on Damon Runyon Fellows' Retreats
Deadlines August 16, 2010
For complete announcement
Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a Sponsor—a scientist (tenured, tenure-track or equivalent position) capable of providing mentorship to the Fellow. In addition to aiding in the planning, execution and supervision of the proposed research, the Sponsor’s role is to foster the development of the Fellow’s overall knowledge, technical and analytical skills, and capacity for scientific inquiry. The Sponsor is also expected to assist the Fellow in attaining his/her career goals.
Awards are made to institutions for the support of the Fellow under direct supervision of the Sponsor. Candidates who have already accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship award are not eligible.
The primary criteria used to evaluate applicants are: •the quality of the research proposal (importance of the problem, originality of approach, appropriateness of techniques and clarity of presentation)
•the qualifications, experience and productivity of both the candidate and the Sponsor
•the quality of the research training environment in which the proposed research is to be conducted and its potential for broadening and strengthening the candidate's ability to conduct innovative and substantive research. The proposed research and training environment should represent a new opportunity for the candidate to expand his/her scientific skill set. Direct extensions of the candidate's graduate work (in approach, technique or exact area of study) will not be funded.Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are granted for a three-year term with second- and third-year funding contingent upon satisfactory progress reports. Fellows in their first- and third-years of funding will attend Damon Runyon Fellows' Retreats designed to foster collaboration and interaction between scientists working in different fields relevant to cancer. Click here for more information on Damon Runyon Fellows' Retreats
Deadlines August 16, 2010
For complete announcement
NSF CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2011
The National Science Foundation issued an announcement for FY2011 CISE Cross-cutting programs. The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks proposals in three scientific areas that pose important and timely research and education challenges optimally addressed by researchers from a range of computing fields or sub-fields and beyond. Proposals submitted to each of the cross-cutting programs will be reviewed collaboratively by the three CISE divisions, with the goal of creating a comprehensive portfolio of high-impact awards.
Due Dates
- Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
September 01, 2010 - September 15, 2010
MEDIUM Projects
November 01, 2010 - November 28, 2010
LARGE Projects
December 01, 2010 - December 17, 2010
SMALL Projects
Monday, June 14, 2010
My NCBI Tool to Replace eRA Commons for Bibliography Management
Over the course of their scientific careers, program directors and principal investigators (PD/PIs) create and maintain extensive professional bibliographies, which include publications resulting from or in support of their funded research grants. PD/PIs registered in eRA Commons have been able to use the publications page of their personal profiles in Commons as a repository for their publications. NIH is now providing Commons users with a more efficient, accurate and user-friendly way to manage their professional bibliographies, associate publications with their grant awards, and ensure compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.
eRA Commons has partnered with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) to link NCBI’s personal online tool, “My NCBI,” to Commons. My NCBI offers an online portal—“My Bibliography”—for users to maintain and manage a list of all of their authored works, such as journal articles, manuscripts accepted for publication, books, and book chapters. As of April 2010, linking a Commons account to a new or existing My NCBI account allows references saved in My Bibliography to automatically appear in users’ Commons accounts.
As of July 23, 2010, PD/PIs will be unable to enter citations manually into eRA Commons and must use My NCBI’s “My Bibliography” tool to manage their professional bibliographies.
(NOT-OD-10-103)
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-103.html
eRA Commons has partnered with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) to link NCBI’s personal online tool, “My NCBI,” to Commons. My NCBI offers an online portal—“My Bibliography”—for users to maintain and manage a list of all of their authored works, such as journal articles, manuscripts accepted for publication, books, and book chapters. As of April 2010, linking a Commons account to a new or existing My NCBI account allows references saved in My Bibliography to automatically appear in users’ Commons accounts.
As of July 23, 2010, PD/PIs will be unable to enter citations manually into eRA Commons and must use My NCBI’s “My Bibliography” tool to manage their professional bibliographies.
(NOT-OD-10-103)
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-103.html
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Scleroderma Foundation
Program
Currently the Scleroderma Foundation budgets an average of $1 million per year for research funding—our single largest budgeted expense.
Grant Application Deadline: Sept. 15th annually by 5 p.m. EST.
Deadline August 2nd, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Pediatric Oncology Young Investigator
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Offers Support for Young Researchers in Pediatric Oncology
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit organization that evolved from the front-yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott (1996-2004) into a national fundraising movement to find a cure for all childhood cancer, makes grants designed to help fill critical voids in current pediatric cancer research.
The foundation's "A" Award is a three-year grant designed for young scientists who want to jump-start their career in pediatric oncology research. The ideal candidate has an original project that is not currently being funded. Demonstration of outstanding mentorship and a future commitment to pediatric cancer investigation are critical components of a successful application.
Candidates may have their M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D., and must not have achieved an appointment higher than assistant professor. Funds must be granted to nonprofit institutions or organizations operating in the United States or Canada. Researchers need not be U.S. citizens.
The grant provides $125,000 a year for three years.
Visit the foundation's Web site for complete guidelines.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Institute for Research on Gambling Disorders
Funding Priorities for 2010: Prevention and Treatment
The Institute has designated prevention and treatment as priority research topics for 2010. We invite applications focused on a broad range of investigator-initiated research that develops and tests psychosocial or pharmacological approaches for prevention, intervention, treatment or relapse prevention of problem and pathological gambling. The Institute is especially interested in brief interventions targeted at underrepresented populations, such as minorities, young adults and persons with subclinical gambling disorders (e.g., at-risk for problem gambling).
Grant Categories
The Institute awards grants in three categories:
- Exploration Grants (up to $5,000 for one year)
- Seed Grants (up to $25,000 for one year)
- Large Grants (up to $75,000 per year for two years)
Macular Degeneration Research
American Health Assistance Foundation
Standard Award
Maximum award value: $100,000
Maximum duration: 2 years
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 27, 2010
Deadline for Invited Full Submissions: November 12, 2010*
The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.
Maximum award value: $100,000
Maximum duration: 2 years
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 27, 2010
Deadline for Invited Full Submissions: November 12, 2010*
The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.
The AHAF funding has been essential in enabling a large, collaborative research study on the genetics of AMD. We have been able to use this grant to prepare for a much larger project by enhancing the value of our established patient resources and ensuring that we have funding for the data analyses. Essentially, the AHAF and other funds available to us at this time have been leveraged into a $3.5 million genotyping project funded by the National Eye Institute. This project is expected to revolutionize our understanding of AMD by helping identify many of the remaining and unknown genetic risks for AMD.
- Albert O. Edwards, M.D., Ph.D
MS Research Grants August 4 2010
The National MS Society welcomes applications for studies related to multiple sclerosis that may serve in any way to advance our mission of preventing, treating and curing MS and improving quality of life. The Society supports fundamental as well as applied studies, non-clinical or clinical in nature, including projects in patient management, care and rehabilitation.
Before submitting a proposal for research support, investigators must must consult the Research & Clinical Programs Department by phone or email to determine whether the research plan is appropriate and relevant to our goals.
Next Deadline: August 4, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
American College of Cardiology Opportunities
The ACCF will award two, three-year career development awards to encourage the development and promotion of talented physician-scientists who wish to pursue research in cardiovascular disease in an academic setting and who demonstrates a strong career interest in academic cardiovascular medicine. All meritorious submissions will be considered with special consideration given to submissions that focus on cardiovascular disease and diabetes and cardiovascular disease and thrombosis. Deadline July 31, 2010
ACCF/GE Healthcare Career Development Awards in Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies
and Targeted Imaging Agents
ACCF/GE Healthcare Career Development Awards in Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies
and Targeted Imaging Agents
Two awards are available to foster the early research career development of junior cardiovascular faculty in the research area of imaging technologies and targeted imaging agents. These awards will furnish a portion of the faculty member's total salary support. It is anticipated that the balance of the salary will come from other sources. August 31, 2010
ACCF/William F. Keating, Esq. Endowment Award for Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease The purpose of the award is to recognize and provide financial support for research efforts by outstanding your cardiovascular scholars. This award is to encourage junior faculty in the early phases of their careers in the field of cardiology.The award will provide one junior faculty member with a year of research support. August 31, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
NARSAD Brain and Behavior Fund Distinguished Investigator
Distinguished Investigator
NARSAD's Distinguished Investigator Award Program provides support for experienced investigators (full professor or equivalent) conducting neurobiological research. A one-year award of $100,000 is provided for established scientists pursuing innovative projects in diverse areas of neurobiological research. Areas of particular interest to the Scientific Council's Selection Committee include:
- Patient populations with unique or unusual characteristics.
- Central nervous system developments.
The 2011 Distinguished Investigator Award applications are currently being accepted, with a deadline of July 1, 2010.
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