Academic scientists face many challenges in running their own lab. Beyond doing good research, lab heads need to consider many practicalities, including managing their staff (hiring, retaining, and motivating), developing reasonable timelines for projects and keeping them on track, and how to properly track grant budgets. Watch this Science Careers live webinar to gain insight from experts related to effective laboratory management skills. During the webinar you'll be able to submit questions live. Don't miss this opportunity to pick the brains of experienced and practiced academic managers.
Watch this Webinar on-line on Science Careers:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips/multimedia/webinars/effective_lab_skills
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
New Hampshire Sea Grant Deadlines: February
1. The New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program has released its 2012-2013 NOAA Omnibus Request for Proposals.
New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program seeks proposals that address one or more of the marine-related issues identified in the N.H. Sea Grant Strategic Plan (8.5MB pdf), which can be downloaded from this site in PDF format. New Hampshire Sea Grant seeks to foster the highest quality marine research, education and extension efforts. We are especially encouraging proposals in social science in this RFP; creative and rigorously conceived proposals in areas not mentioned in the Strategic Plan are also welcomed. All proposals should contribute to improved understanding, utilization and/or management of coastal and marine resources. We strongly recommend that researchers seek to work with and integrate Sea Grant extension educators into their projects. Electronic submission procedures to NH Sea Grant are available at the NH Sea Grant web site above. Deadline for pre-proposals is February 22, 2011. Link: http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/funding/fundinginfo.html
2. The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium has issued their 2012-2013 Request for Proposals for Social Science Research.
The Northeast Sea Grant College Consortium is calling for regional proposals on the Human Dimensions of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems for one or two years during 2012-2014. The region can include all or parts of the U.S. side of the Gulf of Maine and the New York Bight to Cape May, NJ. Electronic submission procedures to the University of Connecticut are available at the NH Sea Grant web site above. Deadline for pre-proposals is February 22, 2011. Link: http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/funding/regrfp.html
New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program seeks proposals that address one or more of the marine-related issues identified in the N.H. Sea Grant Strategic Plan (8.5MB pdf), which can be downloaded from this site in PDF format. New Hampshire Sea Grant seeks to foster the highest quality marine research, education and extension efforts. We are especially encouraging proposals in social science in this RFP; creative and rigorously conceived proposals in areas not mentioned in the Strategic Plan are also welcomed. All proposals should contribute to improved understanding, utilization and/or management of coastal and marine resources. We strongly recommend that researchers seek to work with and integrate Sea Grant extension educators into their projects. Electronic submission procedures to NH Sea Grant are available at the NH Sea Grant web site above. Deadline for pre-proposals is February 22, 2011. Link: http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/funding/fundinginfo.html
2. The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium has issued their 2012-2013 Request for Proposals for Social Science Research.
The Northeast Sea Grant College Consortium is calling for regional proposals on the Human Dimensions of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems for one or two years during 2012-2014. The region can include all or parts of the U.S. side of the Gulf of Maine and the New York Bight to Cape May, NJ. Electronic submission procedures to the University of Connecticut are available at the NH Sea Grant web site above. Deadline for pre-proposals is February 22, 2011. Link: http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/funding/regrfp.html
Monday, January 24, 2011
NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
PAR-11-081
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell-sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others.
Application Due Date(s) March 23, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-081.html
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell-sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others.
Application Due Date(s) March 23, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-081.html
HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM (HFSP)
http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php
22nd March 2011: Compulsory Pre-Registration deadline for obtaining a reference number LIP000XXX/2012 or LIY000XXX/2012
31st March 2011: Submission deadline
12 quai Saint-Jean, 67080 STRASBOURG Cedex, FRANCE
CALL FOR LETTERS OF INTENT FOR INNOVATIVE FRONTIER
RESEARCH GRANTS: AWARD YEAR 2012
The Human Frontier Science Program supports international preferably intercontinental collaborations in basic life science research with emphasis placed on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations. Applications are invited for grants to support frontier approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Applicants are expected to develop novel lines of research distinct from their ongoing research. Preliminary results are not required.
There are two types of Grant: Young Investigators’ Grants are for teams of scientists who are all within 5 years of establishing an independent laboratory and within 10 years of obtaining their PhDs. Program Grants are for independent scientists at all stages of their careers, although the participation of younger scientists is especially encouraged.
Grants provide 3 years support for 2 – 4 member teams, with not more than one member from any one country, unless critical for the innovative nature of the project, which is an important selection criterion. Applicants may establish a local or national interdisciplinary collaboration as a component of an international team but will be considered as 1.5 team members for budgetary purposes. Awards are dependent upon team size and successful teams will receive up to $450,000 per year. The principal applicant must be located in one of the member countries (Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) but co-investigators may be located in any countr
22nd March 2011: Compulsory Pre-Registration deadline for obtaining a reference number LIP000XXX/2012 or LIY000XXX/2012
31st March 2011: Submission deadline
12 quai Saint-Jean, 67080 STRASBOURG Cedex, FRANCE
CALL FOR LETTERS OF INTENT FOR INNOVATIVE FRONTIER
RESEARCH GRANTS: AWARD YEAR 2012
The Human Frontier Science Program supports international preferably intercontinental collaborations in basic life science research with emphasis placed on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations. Applications are invited for grants to support frontier approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Applicants are expected to develop novel lines of research distinct from their ongoing research. Preliminary results are not required.
There are two types of Grant: Young Investigators’ Grants are for teams of scientists who are all within 5 years of establishing an independent laboratory and within 10 years of obtaining their PhDs. Program Grants are for independent scientists at all stages of their careers, although the participation of younger scientists is especially encouraged.
Grants provide 3 years support for 2 – 4 member teams, with not more than one member from any one country, unless critical for the innovative nature of the project, which is an important selection criterion. Applicants may establish a local or national interdisciplinary collaboration as a component of an international team but will be considered as 1.5 team members for budgetary purposes. Awards are dependent upon team size and successful teams will receive up to $450,000 per year. The principal applicant must be located in one of the member countries (Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) but co-investigators may be located in any countr
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
Translational Research Program
Mar 01, 2011 Letter of Intent
Mar 15, 2011 Application
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=11620
The Translational Research Program was established to encourage and provide support for new and novel clinical research. The goal of the program is to accelerate transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program's purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life. A principal intent of the program is to permit the acquisition of sufficient data to apply to an appropriate agency or sponsor for sustained support.
The Translational Research Program (TRP) was developed to encourage and provide early-stage support for clinical research in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, which is intended to develop innovative approaches to treatment, diagnosis or prevention.
Applications are sought proposing novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Proposals should be based on molecular, cellular or integrated systems findings and be conceptually innovative. The application should have a clear plan for the clinical exploitation of the studies proposed and the results expected. This feature of the proposal will be an important consideration of the review process. While work directed at a further elucidation and understanding of the fundamental cellular and molecular biology of neoplastic lymphohematopoietic cells is a research priority of LLS, the Translational Research Program is specifically intended for the support of work which is clearly clinical in orientation.
Mar 01, 2011 Letter of Intent
Mar 15, 2011 Application
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=11620
The Translational Research Program was established to encourage and provide support for new and novel clinical research. The goal of the program is to accelerate transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program's purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life. A principal intent of the program is to permit the acquisition of sufficient data to apply to an appropriate agency or sponsor for sustained support.
The Translational Research Program (TRP) was developed to encourage and provide early-stage support for clinical research in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, which is intended to develop innovative approaches to treatment, diagnosis or prevention.
Applications are sought proposing novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Proposals should be based on molecular, cellular or integrated systems findings and be conceptually innovative. The application should have a clear plan for the clinical exploitation of the studies proposed and the results expected. This feature of the proposal will be an important consideration of the review process. While work directed at a further elucidation and understanding of the fundamental cellular and molecular biology of neoplastic lymphohematopoietic cells is a research priority of LLS, the Translational Research Program is specifically intended for the support of work which is clearly clinical in orientation.
NSF Seeks Feedback on Review Process
The National Science Board’s (NSB) Merit Review Task Force is undertaking a thorough review of the National Science Foundation's two merit review criteria (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts). The merit review process is at the heart of NSF's mission, and the merit review criteria form the critical base for that process. Moreover, in the recently enacted America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, the Broader Impacts Review Criterion was specifically mentioned.
The Task Force is now gathering input from a wide variety of stakeholder groups, and will be developing its report and recommendations during 2011.
Please give your feedback at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/meritreviewform.cfm
The Task Force is now gathering input from a wide variety of stakeholder groups, and will be developing its report and recommendations during 2011.
Please give your feedback at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/meritreviewform.cfm
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Funding News January 11, 2011
Title: Putting the Charter into Practice
Sponsor: American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM)
URL: http://www.abimfoundation.org/~/link.aspx?_id=4FFF48E2855A4CCEB1F73F0738F7278F&_z=z
Deadline: March 31, 2011
Amount: $20,000
Eligibility: Health systems/hospitals, academic medical centers, medical groups, and professional medical organizations
Abstract: This grant program will facilitate the development of innovative, emerging strategies to advance appropriate health care decision-making and stewardship of health care resources.
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Title: Institutional Grants
Sponsor: Dedalus Foundation
URL: http://dedalusfoundation.org/index.php/site/grants-institutional/
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Amount: $25,000
Eligibility: Museums, universities, art schools, and other educational institutions
Abstract: In addition to providing funds for short term projects, the foundation provides seed money to facilitate long term projects that are in their initial or planning stage.
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Title: Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Grants
Sponsor: Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
URL: http://www.childhoodbraintumor.org/index.php/grants.html
Deadline: March 8, 2011
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: Grants are evaluated in the context of their potential to:
1. Improve understanding of the biology of pediatric brain tumors;
2. Improve the treatment of childhood brain tumors;
3. Reduce or ameliorate tumor or treatment related sequelae;
4. Heighten public awareness of childhood tumors; and
5. Improve the lives of children with brain tumors and their families.
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Title: Investigator Award
Sponsor: Cancer Research Institute
URL: http://www.cancerresearch.org/programs/research/investigator-award.html
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The awards provide new scientists the freedom to pursue promising lines of inquiry that their new responsibilities otherwise might not allow them to follow. The aim of the program is to provide flexibility and a degree of stability in what is essentially a make-or-break period in the scientist’s life.
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Title: Translational Research Program
Sponsor: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
URL: http://www.leukemia.org/all_page?item_id=11620
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The goal of the program is to accelerate transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program’s purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life.
Sponsor: American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM)
URL: http://www.abimfoundation.org/~/link.aspx?_id=4FFF48E2855A4CCEB1F73F0738F7278F&_z=z
Deadline: March 31, 2011
Amount: $20,000
Eligibility: Health systems/hospitals, academic medical centers, medical groups, and professional medical organizations
Abstract: This grant program will facilitate the development of innovative, emerging strategies to advance appropriate health care decision-making and stewardship of health care resources.
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Title: Institutional Grants
Sponsor: Dedalus Foundation
URL: http://dedalusfoundation.org/index.php/site/grants-institutional/
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Amount: $25,000
Eligibility: Museums, universities, art schools, and other educational institutions
Abstract: In addition to providing funds for short term projects, the foundation provides seed money to facilitate long term projects that are in their initial or planning stage.
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Title: Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Grants
Sponsor: Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
URL: http://www.childhoodbraintumor.org/index.php/grants.html
Deadline: March 8, 2011
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: Grants are evaluated in the context of their potential to:
1. Improve understanding of the biology of pediatric brain tumors;
2. Improve the treatment of childhood brain tumors;
3. Reduce or ameliorate tumor or treatment related sequelae;
4. Heighten public awareness of childhood tumors; and
5. Improve the lives of children with brain tumors and their families.
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Title: Investigator Award
Sponsor: Cancer Research Institute
URL: http://www.cancerresearch.org/programs/research/investigator-award.html
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The awards provide new scientists the freedom to pursue promising lines of inquiry that their new responsibilities otherwise might not allow them to follow. The aim of the program is to provide flexibility and a degree of stability in what is essentially a make-or-break period in the scientist’s life.
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Title: Translational Research Program
Sponsor: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
URL: http://www.leukemia.org/all_page?item_id=11620
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The goal of the program is to accelerate transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program’s purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
NOTE: one application per lab group
Title: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor: FRAXA Research Foundation
URL: http://www.fraxa.org/research_howtoapply.aspx
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $95,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation offers a fellowship program designed to encourage research aimed at finding a specific treatment for fragile X syndrome. FRAXA is particularly interested in preclinical studies of potential pharmaceutical and genetic treatments and studies aimed at understanding the function of the FMR1 gene.
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NOTE: No more than one application will be considered from any one supervisor.
Title: The Heiser Program-Postdoctoral Fellowships in Leprosy and/or Tuberculosis
The Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy
Sponsor: New York Community Trust
URL: http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/GrantSeekers/RequestsforProposals/TheHeiserProgram/tabid/399/Default.aspx
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: up to $80,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The ultimate aim is to find measures for the prevention and cure of these diseases that will serve to bring them under control. Two types of awards have been established to foster these objectives: (1) research grants that support the training efforts of laboratories involved in research on leprosy, or that provide funds for the initiation of new leprosy research projects in the field; (2) postdoctoral fellowships designed to attract qualified and highly motivated young biomedical scientists to train in the relevant fields of research in leprosy and/or tuberculosis.
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Title: Basic Medical Research Award
Sponsor: Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
URL: http://www.laskerfoundation.org/nominate.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $100,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The major purpose of the Lasker Medical Research Awards is to recognize and honor individuals who have made significant contributions in basic or clinical research in diseases that are the main cause of death and disability. The Basic Medical Research Award honors the scientist or scientists who have made fundamental investigations that open new areas of biomedical science. Candidates must be nominated for this award.
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Title: Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
Sponsors: Lasker Foundation and NIH
URL: http://www.laskerfoundation.org/reading/index.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $500,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program is an NIH-funded initiative providing up to 11 years of support for medical doctors to bridge the widening gap between cutting-edge research and improved patient care.
Under the program, NIH Institutes will specify clinical research topics that merit support and accept applications each year from early-career investigators in those areas. Applications will be reviewed for scientific merit by a peer review group of scientists, convened by the NIH Center for Scientific Review, and make recommendations to the NIH scientific and clinical directors who will annually select outstanding scholars for placement on the NIH tenure-track. The NIH expects to appoint at least three Lasker Scholars in the first year of the program, and to ultimately reach a steady-state of 20-30 active awardees.
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Title: Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics
Sponsor: Greenwall Foundation
URL: http://www.greenwall.org/guidebio.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: Not specified
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, theologians and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision-making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy.
Grant making in bioethics is focused on five programs: (1) research and project grants; (2) The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program; (3) The Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy; (4) The Oscar M Ruebhausen Visiting Professorship; and (5) The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care.
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Title: Fellowships
Sponsor: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
URL: http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_fellow#pdflabres
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: up to $75,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: 1. The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Laboratory Research: enables young scientists, fresh from their residencies, to study at a major research institution for one or two years.
2. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Clinical Neurologists: for young clinicians who have completed their neurology residency and are seeking clinical research experience.
3. The Mentored Clinical Research Award (MCRA): supports new investigators for a one-year project in patient-oriented research in Parkinson’s disease or other parkinsonian disorders under the mentorship of an experienced investigator. The goal of the award is to provide funding for an investigator who has the potential to become an independent researcher. Deadline for MCRA proposals is March 25, 2011.
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Title: Research Grants
Sponsor: Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation
URL: http://www.sjogrens.org/home/research-programs/research-grants
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation sponsors research grants designed to support new and innovative research in Sjogren’s syndrome. The foundation places a high priority on clinical or basic research into the cause, prevention, detection, treatment, and cure of Sjogren’s syndrome.
In addition, the foundation is now offering an Innovative Concept Grant annually. The new Innovative Concept Grant is intended to nurture the development of hypotheses that reach beyond the current paradigms of their topic area.
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Title: Grants
Sponsor: Sarcoma Foundation of America
URL: http://www.curesarcoma.org/index.php/research_grants/
Deadline: January 31, 2011
Amount: $25,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: Grants are available to cover equipment and supplies in support of research on the etiology, molecular biology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of human sarcomas. New investigators and novel approaches in the field are strongly encouraged.
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Title: Research Program Grants
Sponsor: Avon Foundation
URL: http://www.avonfoundation.org/breast-cancer-crusade/breast-cancer-research-program-guidelines.html
Deadlines: January 21, 2011 (Cycle 1), and May 6, 2011 (Cycle 2)
Amount: $300,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The current research priority areas for the foundation are understanding causes of breast cancer and research to develop new preventative strategies.
Title: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor: FRAXA Research Foundation
URL: http://www.fraxa.org/research_howtoapply.aspx
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $95,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation offers a fellowship program designed to encourage research aimed at finding a specific treatment for fragile X syndrome. FRAXA is particularly interested in preclinical studies of potential pharmaceutical and genetic treatments and studies aimed at understanding the function of the FMR1 gene.
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NOTE: No more than one application will be considered from any one supervisor.
Title: The Heiser Program-Postdoctoral Fellowships in Leprosy and/or Tuberculosis
The Heiser Program for Research in Leprosy
Sponsor: New York Community Trust
URL: http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/GrantSeekers/RequestsforProposals/TheHeiserProgram/tabid/399/Default.aspx
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Amount: up to $80,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The ultimate aim is to find measures for the prevention and cure of these diseases that will serve to bring them under control. Two types of awards have been established to foster these objectives: (1) research grants that support the training efforts of laboratories involved in research on leprosy, or that provide funds for the initiation of new leprosy research projects in the field; (2) postdoctoral fellowships designed to attract qualified and highly motivated young biomedical scientists to train in the relevant fields of research in leprosy and/or tuberculosis.
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Title: Basic Medical Research Award
Sponsor: Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
URL: http://www.laskerfoundation.org/nominate.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $100,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The major purpose of the Lasker Medical Research Awards is to recognize and honor individuals who have made significant contributions in basic or clinical research in diseases that are the main cause of death and disability. The Basic Medical Research Award honors the scientist or scientists who have made fundamental investigations that open new areas of biomedical science. Candidates must be nominated for this award.
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Title: Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
Sponsors: Lasker Foundation and NIH
URL: http://www.laskerfoundation.org/reading/index.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $500,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program is an NIH-funded initiative providing up to 11 years of support for medical doctors to bridge the widening gap between cutting-edge research and improved patient care.
Under the program, NIH Institutes will specify clinical research topics that merit support and accept applications each year from early-career investigators in those areas. Applications will be reviewed for scientific merit by a peer review group of scientists, convened by the NIH Center for Scientific Review, and make recommendations to the NIH scientific and clinical directors who will annually select outstanding scholars for placement on the NIH tenure-track. The NIH expects to appoint at least three Lasker Scholars in the first year of the program, and to ultimately reach a steady-state of 20-30 active awardees.
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Title: Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics
Sponsor: Greenwall Foundation
URL: http://www.greenwall.org/guidebio.htm
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: Not specified
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, theologians and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision-making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy.
Grant making in bioethics is focused on five programs: (1) research and project grants; (2) The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program; (3) The Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy; (4) The Oscar M Ruebhausen Visiting Professorship; and (5) The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care.
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Title: Fellowships
Sponsor: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
URL: http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_fellow#pdflabres
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: up to $75,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: 1. The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Laboratory Research: enables young scientists, fresh from their residencies, to study at a major research institution for one or two years.
2. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Clinical Neurologists: for young clinicians who have completed their neurology residency and are seeking clinical research experience.
3. The Mentored Clinical Research Award (MCRA): supports new investigators for a one-year project in patient-oriented research in Parkinson’s disease or other parkinsonian disorders under the mentorship of an experienced investigator. The goal of the award is to provide funding for an investigator who has the potential to become an independent researcher. Deadline for MCRA proposals is March 25, 2011.
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Title: Research Grants
Sponsor: Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation
URL: http://www.sjogrens.org/home/research-programs/research-grants
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The foundation sponsors research grants designed to support new and innovative research in Sjogren’s syndrome. The foundation places a high priority on clinical or basic research into the cause, prevention, detection, treatment, and cure of Sjogren’s syndrome.
In addition, the foundation is now offering an Innovative Concept Grant annually. The new Innovative Concept Grant is intended to nurture the development of hypotheses that reach beyond the current paradigms of their topic area.
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Title: Grants
Sponsor: Sarcoma Foundation of America
URL: http://www.curesarcoma.org/index.php/research_grants/
Deadline: January 31, 2011
Amount: $25,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: Grants are available to cover equipment and supplies in support of research on the etiology, molecular biology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of human sarcomas. New investigators and novel approaches in the field are strongly encouraged.
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Title: Research Program Grants
Sponsor: Avon Foundation
URL: http://www.avonfoundation.org/breast-cancer-crusade/breast-cancer-research-program-guidelines.html
Deadlines: January 21, 2011 (Cycle 1), and May 6, 2011 (Cycle 2)
Amount: $300,000
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract: The current research priority areas for the foundation are understanding causes of breast cancer and research to develop new preventative strategies.
OSP Annual Report
We are pleased to announce that the Office of Sponsored Projects Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 2010 is now available on the OSP web site. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~osp/resources/reports/osp_fy10_annual_report_20110106.pdf
The report documents Dartmouth's outstanding ability to attract external support for research and other sponsored programs year after year. Fiscal Year 2010 saw a significant increase in dollars received due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Federal Direct Student Loan program.
We look forward to your comments and feedback.
Sincerely,
Jill Mortali
Director
The report documents Dartmouth's outstanding ability to attract external support for research and other sponsored programs year after year. Fiscal Year 2010 saw a significant increase in dollars received due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Federal Direct Student Loan program.
We look forward to your comments and feedback.
Sincerely,
Jill Mortali
Director
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