Asthma Grants

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 2011 Allied Health Scholarship Travel Awards

2011 will mark the fourth year of an opportunity for more allied health professionals to attend the AAAAI Annual Meeting and become more involved in the AAAAI. The Allied Health Professional Assembly will once again be awarding up to (10) $750 Allied Health Scholarship Travel Awards (which also will include complimentary registration to the meeting) to deserving allied health professionals working in the A/I specialty in order to enhance their ability to meet with their colleagues and learn from their experiences.

Application will be made via an online submission process of a written description of an interesting Allergic, Asthmatic, Respiratory or Immunologic case or program of NO MORE than 650 words (non research based). These descriptions will demonstrate how you, as an allied health professional, have been able to increase the quality of care that you and the A/I practice provide to patients. These descriptions could be of an educational program (in house or community based), a practice enhancement, or a clinical treatment situation. Each of the awardees will be recognized at 2011 AAAAI Annual Meeting during the AAAAI Allied Health Forum (Saturday, March 19, 2011) as well as you will be required to write a synopsis article of your submission, including outcomes, to be highlighted in future AAAAI Allied Health Web Resources.

To apply for this award, please complete the online application below. Deadline for submission of the application and case/program is October 29, 2010. Note: We will only accept those applications submitted through the online system below. Awardees will be notified in Mid November 2010, if they have been selected to receive one of these awards.

We encourage all A/I allied health professionals to apply for this excellent professional development opportunity. Its just another way of everyone working in A/I to continue to provide optimal patient care.

You may contact John Augustyniak at (414) 272-6071 with any questions about this award.

NOTE: If you have received this award within the last three years (2008, 2009, 2010), you unfortunately are not eligible to reapply.

American Asthma Foundation Research Program

Don't know anything about asthma? Perfect!

Next application deadline is February 9, 2011

We are looking for highly original thinking from investigators willing to step away from their current areas of research to tackle the asthma epidemic. We want you to translate your know-how and skills into asthma research.

Awards will be given to investigators at two levels:

Senior Investigator Award $750,000 ($250,000 per year for three years)
Early Excellence Award $450,000 ($150,000 per year for three years)

Eligible countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Review criteria:
Innovation: cutting-edge research, new-to-the-field thinking
Potential for new insights into the causes and treatments for asthma
Importance, originality and clarity of the proposed research
Productivity and ingenuity of the investigator

The American Asthma Foundation has several ways to be contacted.

BY PHONE:
415-404-3420

BY EMAIL:
info@americanasthma.org

BY MAIL:
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 3150
San Francisco, California 94111

RESEARCH PROGRAM MANAGER:
Valerie Dougherty vdougherty@americanasthma.org

Conference Student Scholarships: Environmental Epigenomics and Disease Susceptibility

Scholarship Deadline: November 30, 2010 (Midnight US Mountain Standard Time)

There are now compelling human epidemiological and animal experimental data that indicate the risk of developing adult-onset complex diseases and neurological disorders are influenced by persistent epigenetic adaptations in response to prenatal and early postnatal exposures to environmental factors. Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in gene function that occur without a change in the sequence of the DNA. The main components of the epigenetic code are DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs. The epigenetic programs in cells are normally faithfully reproduced during mitosis. Moreover, they can also be maintained during meiosis, resulting in epigenetic transgenerational disease inheritance, and potentially introducing phenotypic variation that is selected for in the evolution of new species. The objective of this conference is to provide evidence that environmental exposures during early development can alter the risk of developing medical conditions, such as asthma, autism, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and schizophrenia later in life by modifying the epigenome. Epigenetic research promises to markedly improve our ability to diagnosis, prevent, and treat the pathological conditions of humans; however, it also introduces unique legal and ethical issues. These will also be discussed.

Keystone Symposia is offering scholarships to students and post-docs this conference season. These scholarships, of up to $1000 each, are to be used to help defray the expenses associated with conference attendance, including air (on a U.S. air carrier), ground transportation and lodging costs. Receipts will be required to receive reimbursement.

Abstracts submitted for poster presentation will be used as the basis for awarding the scholarships. Conference organizers will select the scholarship recipients based on the quality of science of the abstract and the relevance of the abstract to the conference topic. Only one application per abstract is accepted.

Keystone Symposia
221 Summit Place #272
PO Box 1630
Silverthorne, CO 80498
www.keystonesymposia.org

Financial Assistance / Student Scholarships
Phone: +1 (800) 253-0685 or
Ksenia Shambarger - +1 (970) 262-1230 extension 140
Fax: +1 (970) 262-0311