All Grants

Call for Applictions: 2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award for Bladder Cancer Research

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award for Bladder Cancer Research. This award is made possible by World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd and his wife, Maria, who have made a six-figure gift to the organization in support of advancing necessary research efforts to help those who have been profoundly affected by bladder cancer, the nation’s 5th most common form of cancer.

This $25,000 grant will cover direct costs associated with a one year bladder cancer-specific research proposal. The purpose of this grant is to advance research that will increase the understanding of bladder cancer risk, biology, prevention, and treatment while encouraging young investigators to pursue a career in bladder cancer research.

BCAN is eager to review all qualified applications, and we encourage you to distribute this grant information to any young researchers interested in investigating bladder cancer.

At the time the application is submitted, applicant must be a resident, graduate student, clinical research fellow, post-doctoral fellow, or junior faculty at an academic facility, teaching hospital or research institution at the time of application. Faculty members are eligible if within the first 5 years of faculty appointment.

The project must be bladder cancer-specific.

Completed applications must be submitted electronically to grants@bcan.org by March 29, 2012. The grant recipient will then be determined by a selection committee comprised of physicians and research specialists in bladder cancer. The award will be announced on or before May 19, 2012, and the grant period will begin on July 15, 2012. The grant recipient will be expected to present results at BCAN’s annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank Meeting in August, 2013.

Please contact BCAN if you have any questions. You can reach us at grants@bcan.org.

Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) of the American Psychological Association Second Biennial Conference Graduate Student Conference Scholarship

The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) will be hosting its second biennial conference on May 24-26, 2012 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. There will also be a pre-conference professional development opportunity for graduate students and early career professionals that will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2012. In addition, there will be a limited number of student scholarships that will be offered as well

As in the initial conference, the goals for our second meeting are to provide a forum for:

1. The presentation of state-of-the-art research related to the psychological condition of individuals from all ethnic minority groups within the United States:
2. The professional development of ethnic minority researchers (students and professionals);
3. Greater networking and collaboration among researchers conducting research on ethnic minority issues across various fields of psychology

Graduate Student Conference Scholarship

A limited number of scholarships will be awarded to graduate students to cover their conference registration and housing costs. These scholarships are intended to increase graduate student participation in both the preconference and conference.

What Does the Scholarship Cover?

The scholarship covers registration fees for both the preconference and conference registration. It also covers the cost of 4 nights lodging (May 24-26, 2012) in a single room in one of the Residence Hall at the University of Michigan. These costs will be prepaid so students will not have to pay any housing or registration expenses out of pocket. Students are responsible for their own travel and parking costs. As part of the conference and preconference registration fees, students will receive box lunches on May 24 through May 26. Students are responsible for all other meal costs.

Who is Eligible?

All students who are currently enrolled in a psychology-related graduate program are eligible to apply. Accepting the scholarship commits the students to attending the entire preconference and conference. No exceptions. Although students are NOT required to be a presenter at the conference or a member of Division 45 to be eligible to receive the conference scholarship, those students who submit a proposal to present and who are members of the division will get priority. In all other instances, students will be selected on a first-come basis.

How to Apply?

Students must complete and submit the on-line scholarship application form by February 12 at 11:59pm Eastern time. Applications will be reviewed and awardees notified by March 2, 2012.

Questions?

All questions should be emailed to scholarship@div45conference.com.

Vermont Studio Center Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Fellowships

Four fellowships for visual artists and writers with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Each award includes a $500 stipend for travel and expenses during the residency and, if necessary, a stipend for room, board, and travel for a personal care assistant.

February 15, 2012 Awards Deadline

Vermont Studio Center
80 Pearl Street
P.O. Box 613
Johnson, Vermont 05656

American Society for Microbiology-UNESCO Leadership Grant for International Educators

Annual Deadline: November 1

This new program, sponsored jointly by ASM and UNESCO, has been developed to enable a select group of undergraduate educators from resource-limited countries to attend the ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) and a pre-conference workshop to provide leaders in education with the resources to build innovative teaching modules that engage students and lead to enduring understandings in microbiology.

To learn more about the ASMCUE, please visit: http://www.asmcue.org/

The objective of this program is to provide educational leaders from resource-limited countrieswith training in the latest developments in microbiology education in order to improve microbiology education in their home country. Participants will receive training through a three pronged approach:

Participants will attend a half-day interactive leadership training workshop that will demonstrate how to use ASM resources to build innovative teaching modules that engage students and lead to enduring understandings in microbiology.

Participants will join a community of approximately 300 microbiology and biology educators at the ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE), a three-day forum for undergraduate faculty providing scientific and education professional development through plenary sessions, discussion and working groups, posters, and exhibits. The ASMCUE features an exchange of best practices and largest challenges in teaching.

Participants will join a one-year virtual Learning Community that will continue to provide training and assistance after returning to their institutions.

Funding
Successful applicants will receive financial support to cover airfare (economy class), room, board and registration to the pre-conference workshop and ASMCUE.

Reporting Requirements
An initial report must be submitted to the ASM department of International Affairs within one month of the completion of the ASMCUE. Additional reports must be submitted four and eight months after the completion of ASMCUE describing efforts to transmit the knowledge gained during the program to colleagues in the participant’s country.

American Society for Microbiology
1752 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-2904
(202) 737-3600

Awards and Grants for the International Bone and Mineral Society Sun Valley Musculoskeletal Workshop

42 International Workshop

August 5-8, 2012 Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley Under-Represented Minority Travel Grant

Any minority candidate (as defined in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions Regulations, 29 C.F.R. Part 1602, i.e. Native American or Alaska native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American or Black and Hispanic) with a terminal graduate degree (PhD, MD, DVM) is eligible. Candidates may be in academia, industry, or government as long as their work is related in some manner to scientific research in the broad field of musculoskeletal biology. Candidates of any age or experience level are encouraged to apply.

2 Awards of $1,000 Each

Deadline: 1 April 2012

Young Investigator Awards

Two types of young investigator awards are available to help support travel of students, fellows and junior investigators (i.e. those at or below the level of Assistant Professor).

Alice L. Jee Young Investigator Award

Students, fellows and young investigators up to and including Assistant Professors who receive this award will have the honor of presenting a poster at the Sun Valley Workshop poster session.

10 Awards of $800 Each

Deadline: 1 April 2012

International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS)
401 N Michigan Ave Suite 2200,
Chicago IL 60611

Phone: +1 312-321-5113
Fax: +1 312-673-6934
Email: info@ibmsonline.org

Travel Grants for the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision Symposium

50th ISCEV Symposium in Valencia (Spain) June 5th to 8th, 2012

14th February 2012. Travel GRANT Application Deadline.

28th February 2012. ABSTRACT Submission DEADLINE.

Two themes have been adopted for this 50th ISCEV meeting.

· Experimental and animal models in visual electrophysiology.

· Electrophysiology and correlation with diseases.

The purpose of the ISCEV Grant program is to assist young colleagues who would otherwise be unable to attend ISCEV meetings. There are currently a minimum of six travel grants, at least three to applicants from the ISCEV region of the symposium and at least three overseas grants. Additional grants may be awarded based on the quality of applications when sufficient budget is available. Travel grants have a value of €500 or €1000 (Euro) for regional and overseas travel respectively. The grants programme does not expect to provide full support but hopefully will provide sufficient assistance that grant-recipients will be able to find local funds for the remainder of the symposium costs. Recipients also receive a free membership to ISCEV for the current year and a reduced registration fee offered by the local organizers. Applicants who are not awarded grants retain the privilege of registering without a late fee, if the early registration deadline has passed.

Applications are made directly to the Secretary-General and will be considered by the ISCEV Awards Committee, which comprises the Secretary General and the three regional ISCEV Vice-Presidents. Applications must contain:

• An abstract for presentation at the symposium. This should be submitted online to the symposium organisers AND sent separately by email to the Secretary-General.

• A statement of circumstances from the applicant describing his/her experience in clinical electrophysiology of vision and the reason for requesting financial assistance. If the applicant is a student or junior member, an additional letter of support from the supervisor is required.

There are no absolute criteria for travel grants; the awards committee will consider scientific merit, the relevance of the submitted abstract to the symposium topics and the benefits to the applicant of participation in the symposium. Repeat applications from previously-successful applicants, multiple applications from the same laboratory, and applications from investigators with more than 5 years of experience in clinical electrophysiology are discouraged.

Deadline for submitting an application is February 28th 2012, and the awardees will be notified by March 21th, 2012.

2012 Scientific Sessions Cardiovascular Sonographer Travel Grants

Deadline: March 25, 2012

The American Society of Echocardiography Foundation will sponsor two (2) $1,000.00 sonographer travel grants to attend the 23rd Annual Scientific Sessions in National Harbor, MD (June 30 - July 3, 2012). The ASE Cardiovascular Sonographer Travel Grants are for sonographers (adult, pediatric, echo and/or vascular) to help fund their travel and registration to the ASE Scientific Sessions. These travel grants are part of an ongoing effort by the Council on Cardiovascular Sonography Board to recruit enthusiastic new members to join the Council on Cardiovascular Sonography membership. In addition, the hope of the Council Board is to provide interested sonographers with a deeper understanding of the imaging field and to facilitate the development of meaningful mentoring opportunities with established imaging faculty.

To apply for one of the two $1,000.00 travel grants, you must be registered (ARDMS, CCI or international equivalent) and currently working part time or greater. Applicants need to submit a letter to the Selection Committee as to why he/she would like to attend the Scientific Sessions.

If you are awarded a grant, you will be expected to draft an article for The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography outlining your experience at the Scientific Sessions and what you were able to share with your lab. (The article will be based on a set of provided questions.) You will also be invited to attend the June Council on Cardiovascular Sonography Board meeting that is held during the Scientific Sessions.

Travel Fellowships for the 8th Cajal Winter Conference: Neural Plasticity Mechanisms in CNS Diseases

8th Cajal Winter Conference "Neural plasticity mechanisms in CNS diseases"

March 19-23, 2012 Benasque, Huesca (Spain)

Travel fellowships

An important task of the Sociedad Española de NeuroCiencia (SENC) is to help young scientists to attend Neuroscience meetings and present their communications. SENC offers travel awards to PhD students and recent postdocs (less than 3 yr after PhD dissertation) to partly cover travel and accommodation expenses. Fellowships of 200 € will be awarded. Applicants should download the CV form from the CWC website and, once filled, upload it before February 15, 2012. Applicants are encouraged to present their communications in oral form.

You will not be able to upload your application if you didn't complete meeting registration previously.

Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

*Note to applicants: Both funded and unfunded applicants for the 2012 cycle will be notified of the results by mid-May via email.

The scientific councils of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association want to stimulate interest, knowledge and investigative work in students in medicine, nursing, public health, nutrition and other allied health disciplines. AHA Student Scholarships support students conducting research projects related to cardiovascular disease, stroke and basic sciences early during pre-doctoral training, usually during the summer. AHA scholarships provide valuable stipends for students during the research project. The stipends may be used for student expenses, lab fees, or other costs incurred by the student during the project.

Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease
(Sponsored by Multiple AHA/ASA Scientific Councils)

Up to 30 scholarships worth $2000 will be available for students researching cardiovascular disease topics within basic, clinical, or population sciences.

Student Scholarships in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke
(Sponsored by the Stroke Council)

Up to ten $2000 scholarships will be available for students specifically researching cerebrovascular disease and stroke. Scholarship recipients will also have the opportunity to receive a travel grant to attend the AHA’s International Stroke Conference 2013.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include students in medical schools or in master's or equivalent programs in an accredited school in the United States where research training in cardiovascular disease and stroke is available.

Ph.D.s and current M.D./Ph.D. students in the basic sciences committed to research careers are ineligible unless the Ph.D. was obtained previously in an area not related to the one in the proposed study.

Each applicant and applicant's preceptor must be members of the AHA/ASA at the time of application.

The awards will be made to institutions within the United States in which the research training is available to students under qualified supervision. If the student conducts the research at a location other than his/her home institution, he/she must have written approval of his/her dean or other responsible individual.

Deadline
All applications must be complete and submitted through the Council Awards Application System by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on March 1, 2012. Any applications still in "Draft" (unsubmitted) status at the application deadline will not be considered. Applicants needing to join the AHA should do so by Feb. 24 for the membership to be processed and valid in time for the March 1 application deadline.

If you have questions, please contact:

Julie Hinterthuer
Awards & Lectures Manager, Professional Memberships
Council.Awards@heart.org
Phone: (214) 706-1181

Visionary and The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants

One-year grants are available in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. Multi-year grants are no longer available.

Deadline: March 15, 2012

Sponsor: American Psychological Foundation

The APF Visionary and The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas:

Understanding and fostering the connection between mental and physical health to ensure well-being;

Reducing stigma and prejudice to promote unity and harmony;

Understanding and preventing violence to create a safer, more humane world; and

Supporting programs that address the long-term psychological needs of individuals and communities in the aftermath of disaster.

One-year grants are available in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. Multi-year grants are no longer available. Additionally, a $5,000 Drs. Raymond A. and Rosalee G. Weiss Research and Programs Innovation Grant is also available for any program that falls within APF’s priority areas.