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.