Health Impact Project: Demonstration Projects

Sponsor                               Robert Wood Johnson Fdn & Pew Charitable Trusts

URL        http://www.healthimpactproject.org/project/opportunities

Application Deadline      Sep 14, 2012

Amount                               $75,000 max

Eligibility                              

Grants support up to five health impact assessment demonstration projects designed to inform decisions on proposed local, tribal, or state policies, projects, or programs, or federal decisions that will have impacts limited to a specific state, region, or local community, such as permitting a new mine or building a new highway.

Senior Scientist Mentor Program in the Chemical Sciences

Sponsor                               Camille and Henry Dreyfus Fdn

URL        http://dreyfus.org/awards/senior_scientist_mentor.shtml

Application Deadline      Sep 12, 2012

Amount                               $20,000

Eligibility                               Faculty with emeritus status on or before October 2012 and who maintain active research programs in the chemical sciences may apply to the program. Successful applicants are expected to be closely engaged in a mentoring relationship with undergraduate students.

Grants support emeritus faculty who maintain active research programs with undergraduates in the chemical sciences.

Career Awards at the Scientific Interface

Sponsor                               Burroughs Wellcome Fund

URL        http://www.bwfund.org/pages/558/Career-Awards-at-the-Scientific-Interface/

Application Deadline      Sep 4, 2012

Amount                               $500,000

Eligibility                               U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as U.S. temporary residents

Grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.

Simons Fellows in Mathematics

Sponsor                               Simons Foundation

URL        https://simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-program-description

Application Deadline      Sep 26, 2012

Amount                               up to $100,000

Eligibility                               Eligibility for this year’s program is restricted to sabbatical-eligible faculty who wish to use the grant for the purpose of extending a single term sabbatical leave to a full academic year.

Enables extension of sabbatical leaves from one academic term to a full academic year.

William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows

Sponsor               William T. Grant Foundation

URL http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_distinguished_fellows

Deadline              Jan 05, 2013 (letter of inquiry)

Amount               $175,000

Eligibility               Applicants must be influential mid-career practitioners, policymakers, or researchers.

The program is designed to increase the supply of, demand for, and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth outcomes. To accomplish this goal, the program gives influential mid-career researchers the opportunity to immerse themselves in practice or policy settings and conversely influential practitioners and policymakers the opportunity to work in research settings. Applicants must propose one or two tax-exempt private and governmental organizations that are willing to "house" and mentor the Fellow, and must submit a proposal that advances the foundation's Current Research Interests: The foundation supports research that enhances our understanding of how settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved.

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming (Midcareer Consultants and Junior Investigators)

Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

URLs: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21400

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21399

Application Deadline      Aug 29, 2012 (Brief Proposals)

Amount                               up to $100,000

Eligibility               Scholars must be from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented

                                communities and meet mid-career/junior criteria.

               

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation who would help teams with their research and evaluation needs.                           

Scholars in Health Policy Research

Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

URL: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21405

Application Deadline      Oct 16, 2012

Amount                               $89,000

Program develops and supports a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. Each year the program selects up to nine highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three nationally prominent universities with the expectation that they will make important research contributions to future U.S. health policy.

Cuts loom for US science

In an ordinary year, a flat budget for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be considered dire news. This year, it is far from the worst possible outcome. Hanging over the effective decrease in support proposed by the House of Representatives last week is the ‘sequester’, a pre-programmed budget cut that research advocates say would starve US science-funding agencies.

A sharply divided Congress is showing few signs that it can defuse the situation before the self-imposed fiscal time bomb explodes, in less than six months’ time. And even if Congress does manage to introduce last-minute legislation, as many observers expect, the sequester will have cast a shadow over the contentious process of funding science in a time of fiscal constraints — and in an election year.http://www.nature.com/news/cuts-loom-for-us-science-1.11057

Sloan Research Fellowships

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.  These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

Candidates for Sloan Research Fellowships must:

• Hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences (including marine biology), physics, or a related field;
• Be members of the teaching faculty (i.e., tenure track) of a college, university or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada; 
• Normally, be no more than six years from completion of their most recent Ph.D. (or equivalent) as of the year of their nomination.**

While Fellows are expected to be at an early stage of their research careers, there should be strong evidence of independent research accomplishments. Candidates in all fields are normally below the rank of associate professor and do not hold tenure, but these are not strict requirements.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation welcomes nominations of all candidates who meet the traditional high standards of this program, and strongly encourages the participation of women and members of underrepresented minority groups.

**Selection committees may make exceptions for candidates who are more than six years from their most recent Ph.D. due to military service, a change of field, or child-rearing responsibilities or who have held a faculty appointment for less than two years.  If any of these circumstances apply, a clear explanation should be included in the candidate's nomination letter.

Candidates must be nominated by a department head or other senior researcher. Submissions unaccompanied by a nomination from a senior researcher are not accepted. More than one candidate from a department may be nominated, but no more than three.

Materials are submitted electronically through an online portal. A link to the portal will be available on the Sloan Foundation website starting July 1st, 2012. To be considered, candidates must submit all required materials, including nomination letters and all letters of support, no later than September 15, 2012.

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Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry

Deadline: August 20, 2012
Announcement: early November 2012

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry.

Eligibility
The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry is open to all academic and other not-for-profit organizations in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America. Applications are accepted from principal investigators that have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering. These research activities need not be located in traditional departments in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged. Note: award recipients must wait two years from the conclusion of an award before being eligible to reapply.

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HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM

Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships
Award Year 2013

HFSP offers three year fellowships designed to encourage early stage scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Fellows have the option of using the entire fellowship in the host country or may use the last year back in their home country.  The two types of fellowships on offer from HFSP are;

Long-Term Fellowships: These fellowships are designed to support applicants with a PhD in a biological discipline to enter into a different field of life sciences.

Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships: The focus of this fellowship is to support applicants with a PhD from outside the life sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences) who would like to make the transition into the life sciences.

Fellowship initiation deadline: 16 August 2012

Fellowship submission deadline: 30 August 2012

Child Health Research Awards Program

The Charles H. Hood Foundation was incorporated in 1942 to improve the health and quality of life for children throughout New England. Today's research projects encompass many disciplines that have contributed to pediatric discoveries while launching the careers of promising junior faculty. The intent of the Award is to support newly independent faculty, provide the opportunity to demonstrate creativity, and assist in the transition to other sources of research funding. Research projects must be relevant to child health.


Online Application Deadline

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 12:00 Noon (U.S. Eastern Time)

Nutrition Research Grants

Nutrition Research Grants


Sponsor Allen Foundation

URL https://www.allenfoundation.org/commoninfo/aboutus.asp

Application Deadline Dec 31, 2012

Amount unspecified

Eligibility Research must be conducted under the leadership of a principal investigator who is a full-time regular faculty member with tenure or on tenure track. If applying from outside the United States, the applicant must inform the foundation how it can document or confirm that the applicant has its country's counterpart or equivalent of the 501(c)(3) form.

Grants support projects that primarily benefit programs for human nutrition in the areas of health, education, training, and research.

Research Starter Grants in Informatics

Title Research Starter Grants in Informatics


Sponsor Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc.

URL http://www.phrmafoundation.org/index.php?option=com_award&task=sdetail&id=15

Application Deadline Sep 1, 2012

Amount $60,000

Eligibility Those holding the academic rank of assistant professor (or research assistant professor) within a tenure track (or research track) appointment, i.e., not instructor, are eligible to apply for these research starter grants, providing their proposed research is neither directly nor indirectly subsidized to any significant degree by an extramural support mechanism. Exceptions to this would require written support from the department chairman that the award of this grant would promote the Instructor into a regular tenure or research track appointment with opportunity for promotion within the track. The program is not intended for those in postdoctoral training programs. However, individuals in postdoctoral training scheduled to conclude and who will hold an academic appointment by January 1, 2012 may apply. Applicants must be sponsored by the department or unit where the proposed research is to be undertaken. The grant is made to the university on behalf of the applicant and with the understanding that the university will administer the funds. Applications must be submitted by an accredited U.S. school, and all applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Before an individual is eligible to apply for an award, the applicant must first have a firm commitment from a U.S. university.

Grants support career development of scientists engaged in computational and experimental research to integrate cutting edge information technology with advanced biological, chemical, and pharmacological sciences in genetics (molecular, medical [human], pharmaco, or population); genomics (function, structural, toxico, pharmaco, or comparative); proteomics; and biological pathways.

Cooperative Development Foundation, Mutual Services Cooperative Fund

Title General Grants


Sponsor Cooperative Development Foundation, Mutual Services Cooperative Fund

URL http://www.cdf.coop/applying-and-reporting/

Application Deadline Aug 3, 2012

Amount $20,000 max usually, but may be as high as $100,000

Eligibility Organizations may apply for a general grant if the intended grant purpose is restricted to charitable purposes, or to research or education on a topic related to the fund's focus.

Grants support proposals that relate to cooperative solutions for seniors in rural communities, with a preference for proposals that are about integrating cooperative home care into rural housing developments.

WRITING MENTORED NIH CAREER (K) AWARDS FOR EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS

TUESDAY, JULY 24 from 12-4 in DHMC Auditorium G, Rubin level 4.

NIH Career Development Awards (K awards) are among the most successful NIH programs and have helped launched the careers of many young investigators. The NIH-wide success rates for K awards are good, yet investigators often don’t understand which award is right for them and what's expected of them to secure an award.

In this 4-hour seminar, you will hear all about NIH Mentored K Awards, details of award types, content, and strategies for writing a highly competitive application.

You will hear from Dr. Jack Hoopes, who has served on various NIH Peer Review Panels for K awards. Find out what NIH looks for in a competitive application.

You will also hear from several different K award holders at Dartmouth who will tell what it took to get their awards.

Don't miss this seminar. It's invaluable advise for any early-stage or new investigator interested in a research career.

A light lunch is provided on a first-come basis. If you are planning to attend please RSVP to Andrea.M.Gilbert@dartmouth.edu.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Christopher Dant at the NCCC and SYNERGY/TDI.

Dr. Christopher Dant

Faculty

Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Geisel School of Medicine

Dartmouth College

Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research

Request for Proposals: Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research


Please click here to review the full RFP

DEADLINE: Letter of Intent due no later than August 2, 2012

QUALIFICATIONS

Krim Fellowship applicants must have a research or clinical doctorate and no more than four years of postdoctoral training at the time of LOI submission, and are expected to secure an independent research position no later than six months following the end of the two year fellowship period of performance. (i.e., within 2.5 years following the start of fellowship funding). The Krim Fellowship applicant must be mentored by an experienced HIV/AIDS investigator who is affiliated with the same nonprofit institution and is at the associate professor level or higher.

Eligible applicants should request LOI forms and instructions by sending an e-mail to grants@amfar.org. E-mails should include the fellow’s and mentor’s names, degree(s), job titles, institution, and project title.

AVAILABLE FUNDING

Direct costs: $110,000; $3,636 to support amfAR designated activities; indirect: 10%. Performance period: two years starting January 1, 2013.

See the RFP posted here for details about background and specific areas of interest, application process and additional information.