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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.

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