At-Risk Populations Grants

Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Academic Research Grant

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging underwrites an Academic Research Grant Program to further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly. Each grant recipient is required to publish an article on the subject of their research in a top flight journal.

Academic Research Grant Program Information and Request for Proposals

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging awards up to 4 grants of $20,000 each year. Selections are made on or about December 15 of each year. The award period runs from January 1 through December 30 following the selection announcements.

What Are the Objectives of the Grants?
The Center recognizes the need for further research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly (including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by lack of education, language, culture, disability, or other barriers).

What Kinds of Projects Will be Funded?
The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that:

* Analyze and recommend changes in one or more important existing public policies, laws, and/or programs relating to the elderly; or
* Anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, and/or programs for the elderly necessitated by changes in the number and demographics of the country’s and the world’s elderly populations, by advances in science and technology, by changes in the health care system, or by other developments.

Scholars in the fields of health, law, medicine and sociology have been awarded grants. Topics are demonstrated by past recipients. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RESEARCH PRODUCT WILL BE PUBLISHABLE IN A FIRST-RATE JOURNAL.

Who May Apply?
This Academic Research Grant Program is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals. Organizations per se, whether profit or non-profit, are not eligible to apply, although they may administer the grant. However, two or more individuals in the same institution or different institutions may submit a collaborative proposal. Grant recipients must be U.S. citizens or legal residents of the U.S. and must be affiliated with a U.S. based institution or organization.

How Much Funding is Available and How is Funding Used?
The Center makes no more than 4 grants of up to $20,000 each annually. Larger budgets using outside matching funds are encouraged but not required. Favorable weight will be given to proposals that indicate, where appropriate, that active attempts will be made to solicit required additional funds for the project (including a list of sources to be approached). Grant funds may be used for the approved budget purposes, which may include reasonable compensation for the principal investigator(s), consultant(s) and research assistants, print and computer-based research materials, and other necessary expenses. Ordinarily, summer salary support will not be approved where the applicant(s) is eligible for significant support from his or her university or other institutions. Grant funds may not be used for university overhead or administrative charges, and the Foundation will not otherwise pay any such costs.
How to Apply?

We accept only online submissions. The Research Grant Proposal should include:

* a description of the research project;
* a discussion of how the research meets the objectives of our grant program;
* why the project is otherwise important;
* a description of both your intended written research product and the publication(s) to which your work product will be submitted for publication;
* curriculum vitae of the applicant(s); and
* a detailed budget (including matching support).

The proposal narrative should be limited to five pages. The five-page limit does not include the curriculum vitae or budget description.

Appendices may be added only if necessary to support the proposal narrative.

If two or more individuals are submitting a collaborative proposal, please complete the online application for the principal researcher but explain the collaboration in the proposal narrative and attach a curriculum vitae for each of the individuals involved in the collaborative proposal.

Letters of support are accepted only if the applicant is working in collaboration with another organization. Letters of support should be submitted separately and mailed to The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging, 335 4th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103.

Application and Grant Annual Timeline:
* Online application submission date: September 30
* Application review process: October 1 through December 15
* Grant awards announced: No later than December 30
* Grant Period: January 1 through December 30
* Grant reports due: No later than December 31 following the award year

Who Reviews Applications and Awards Grants?
Applications are reviewed and grants awarded by a committee composed of the Foundation Center’s academic advisory board members, executive director, and assistant director.

What are the Reporting Requirements?
Upon completion of the research project, but not later than December 31 of the year following the award (unless the committee, for good cause, extends the completion date), grantees must submit seven (7) copies of a final written report that includes a description and chronology of the research and results, an accounting for grant funds, and copies of any publications/products developed. In addition, a short written progress and status report must be submitted not later than June 30 of the year the award is granted. ??Upon publication of the research product, seven (7) reprints must be given to the Center.

Questions? E-mail Mary Jane Ciccarello, Assistant Director, at mjc@borchardcenter.org

Annette U. Rickel Dissertation Award

This award supports dissertation research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues.

Deadline: November 1, 2010

Sponsor: American Psychological Foundation

Description
Examples of eligible topics include but are not limited to issues with at-risk populations, prevention of child abuse, services for youth in the criminal justice system, effectiveness of school programs for children with psychological issues, using psychology in public policy to improve math and science education, and promoting healthy parenting.

The scholarship amount is $1,000.

Applicants must be graduate students in psychology enrolled full time and in good standing in a graduate program in psychology at a regionally ‐ accredited university or college located in the United States or Canada. Applicants must also have:

* Approval of dissertation proposal by the dissertation committee prior to application;
* No record of having received either an APA or APF dissertation award

APF encourages applications from individuals who represent diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation.

American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Telephone: 800-374-2721; 202-336-5500. TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5, Rapid-Response and RWJF New Connections Grant Opportunities

Healthy Eating Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

The three types of funding opportunities included in this call for proposals (CFP) are Round 5 grants, rapid-response grants and New Connections grants through Healthy Eating Research.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
* Preference will be given to those applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
* Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

Key Dates: For Round 5 Grants and New Connections Grants:
* May 13, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
* Late August 2010–Notification of finalists.
* November 15, 2010–Awards begin.

For Rapid-Response Grants:

* March 15–September 1, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Concept papers may be submitted.
* October 15, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Final deadline for receipt of invited full proposals. Full proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until this deadline.
* August 1, 2010–February 15, 2011–Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis. Initiation of funding will be tied to the full proposal submission date.

Total Award:
* Approximately $2.4 million will be awarded under this CFP for Round 5 grants, rapid-response grants and New Connections grants through Healthy Eating Research.

Contact:
Kathy Kosiak (For Round 5 Grants)
healthyeating@umn.edu
Office: (800) 578-8636

Laura L. Klein (For New Connections and Rapid-Response Grants)
healthyeating@umn.edu
Office: (800) 578-8636

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number
(877) 843-RWJF (7953)

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5, Rapid-Response and RWJF New Connections Grant Opportunities

Healthy Eating Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

The three types of funding opportunities included in this call for proposals (CFP) are Round 5 grants, rapid-response grants and New Connections grants through Healthy Eating Research.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
* Preference will be given to those applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
* Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

Key Dates: For Round 5 Grants and New Connections Grants:
* May 13, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
* Late August 2010–Notification of finalists.
* November 15, 2010–Awards begin.

For Rapid-Response Grants:

* March 15–September 1, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Concept papers may be submitted.
* October 15, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)–Final deadline for receipt of invited full proposals. Full proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until this deadline.
* August 1, 2010–February 15, 2011–Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis. Initiation of funding will be tied to the full proposal submission date.

Total Award:
* Approximately $2.4 million will be awarded under this CFP for Round 5 grants, rapid-response grants and New Connections grants through Healthy Eating Research.

Contact:
Kathy Kosiak (For Round 5 Grants)
healthyeating@umn.edu
Office: (800) 578-8636

Laura L. Klein (For New Connections and Rapid-Response Grants)
healthyeating@umn.edu
Office: (800) 578-8636

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number
(877) 843-RWJF (7953)

Excellence in Care of the Older Adult With Cancer Award

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support an oncology nurse who demonstrates age sensitive health interventions, quality care, and symptom management to older adult patients with cancer.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

* Be a registered professional nurse (staff nurse, advanced practice nurse) and an active ONS member
* Have at least two years of oncology nursing experience
* Currently practice in an adult oncology based setting

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

* Demonstrates evidence of significant contributions to age sensitive health interventions, quality care, and/or symptom management for the older adult with cancer
* Participates in continuing education to strengthen his/her knowledge about the older adult patient and oncology nursing practice
* Shares information with other professionals that was learned from continuing education offerings, and contributes to evidence based practice changes in his/her work setting
* Participates in patient education activities
* Serves as a role model for age sensitive health interventions, quality care, and/or symptom management for the older adult with cancer
* Designs and implements innovative clinical practice improvements based on specific needs of patients, families and/or caregivers

Application deadline: August 16, 2010, 5pm (ET).

For more information on any of the ONS awards, contact ONS at customer.service@ons.org. Both nominees and nominators will be notified once an application is received.

Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA15275
866-257-4ONS (866-257-4667)
412-859-6100
877-369-5497 (toll free fax)
412-859-6162 (fax)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2011 Call for Proposals-Annual Grantmaking Program

Deadline: Jun 30, 2010

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions—into new regions or to new populations—may also be considered. Please note that these funds may not be used to maintain existing projects.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners.
Local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. These funders may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies.
Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. In-kind services may not be used to match Foundation funds for the LFP Annual Grantmaking program.

Key Dates:
May 13 and May 18, 2010—Optional conference calls for applicants. Information available on the program’s Web site.
June 30, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of Stage 1 brief proposals.
September 15, 2010—Applicants notified if invited to submit a full proposal.
November 10, 2010—Deadline for receipt of Stage 2 full proposals.
July 1, 2011—Start of grants.

Total Award:
Up to $5 million is available for the 2011 grant cycle.
Up to 12 matching grants of between $200,000 to $500,000 each will be awarded.

Contact:
Leticia Peguero, deputy director
lpeguero@localfundingpartnerships.org
Office: (609) 275-4128
http://www.localfundingpartnerships.org

Women's Health Free Clinic Project: Expanding Access and Education Request for Proposals

The Reproductive Health Access Project is seeking proposals from medical student-run free clinics to establish or expand their scope of reproductive health care services provided. Up to five grants of $5,000 will be awarded. Technical assistance and mentorship will also be provided. Some examples of the types of programs we are interested in supporting include:

* Initiation of reproductive health exams or pregnancy testing services
* Initiating IUD placement procedures or medication abortions
* Purchase of contraception; provision of emergency contraception
* Expansion of clinical education on family planning and reproductive health for medical students

Applicants must be student-run health centers that provide services at no cost to the patient. To be eligible for this grant, applicants must enter into the project in partnership with a physician or be willing to be matched with a family physician able to educate medical students and supervise reproductive health services. A key criterion in the selection process will be the free clinic’s commitment to sustaining the added training for medical students and services for patients after the grant ends.

Proposals are due May 30, 2010. Applicants will be notified of proposal outcome by August 2010.

If you have any questions, please email womenshealthfreeclinic@reproductiveaccess.org

Reproductive Health Access Project
P.O. Box 21191
New York, NY 10025

P: 917-586-3260
F: 314-584-3260

info@reproductiveaccess.org

 

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programming (for Midcareer Consultants) 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5

Deadline: Apr 7, 2010

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that informs RWJF programming; to introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation and; to help meet staff needs for data analysis that measures progress toward program objectives. In Round 5 New Connections invites Mid-Career Consultants from historically underrepresented groups to submit proposals to either: 1) address research questions using environmental scans or syntheses; or 2) evaluate specific programs funded by or connected to RWJF programming areas.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Mid-Career Consultants applying for the New Connections program must:

* have no less than 10 and no more than 15 years of research and/or evaluation experience related to relevant health and health care fields;
* be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories;
* be from a group that has been historically underrepresented in the research activities supported by RWJF;
* be a first time RWJF principal investigator/program contract grantee; and
* be committed to the goals and mission of New Connections and RWJF.

Key Dates:

* April 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)-Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
* July 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)-Deadline for receipt of online full proposals.
* August 31, 2010-Notification of awards.
* November 1, 2010-Start of awards.

Total Award:
* Up to five Mid-Career Consultant grants of up to $75,000 each for 12 months.

Contact:

Edith G. Arrington, Ph.D., deputy director
info@rwjf-newconnections.org
Office: (215) 732-2200 ext. 234
http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number (877) 843-RWJF (7953)

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programming (for Junior Investigators) 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5

Deadline: Apr 7, 2010

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation, while simultaneously helping to meet staff needs for data analysis. The program invites Junior Investigators scholars from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to address specific questions posed by one of RWJF's program areas including: Childhood Obesity, Coverage, Human Capital, Public Health and Vulnerable Populations.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Junior Investigator applicants to the New Connections program must:

* have completed a doctorate [a J.D. is appropriate for Public Health Law Research–New Connections (PHLR-NC) applicants] by November 2003 or later;
* be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories;
* be affiliated with or sponsored by a nonprofit university or an organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
* not be a private foundation as defined under Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
* have the sponsoring institution agree to administer and be the grant recipient;
* be from a group that has been historically underrepresented in the research activities supported by RWJF, such as people from ethnic or racial minority groups, first-generation college graduates and people from low-income communities;
* be a first-time grantee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; provide evidence of research skills addressing various aspects of health and health care (research fellowship or equivalent training or experience); and
* be committed to the goals and mission of New Connections and RWJF.

Key Dates:
* April 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online brief proposals.
* July 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online full proposals.
* August 31, 2010—Notification of awards.

Total Award:
* Up to 13 Junior Investigators grants, including up to five grants for Public Health Law Research (PHLR) awards of up to $75,000 each for 24 months.

Contact:

Edith G. Arrington, Ph.D., deputy director
info@rwjf-newconnections.org
Office: (215) 732-2200 ext. 234
http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number
(877) 843-RWJF (7953)

College of St. Scholastica Institute on Aging and Social Work Call for Applications

Nationally recognized experts Barbara Berkman and Chandra Mehotra in research methodology lead a training institute specifically designed for social work faculty who received their doctoral degree at least three years ago in any area of social work. 

Deadline for applications is April 1, 2010.

Food, lodging, and travel support will be provided to the 15 applicants selected to participate in the program.

Requirements
The applicant must have a doctoral degree in any area of social work or related field.
Preference will be given to applicants who hold a tenure track appointment and have conducted limited aging research.
The applicant must provide a letter of support from his/her dean indicating: (a) what institutional support will be provided to make a program of aging research possible; (b) how the conduct of aging research fits with the strategic plans of the institution; and (c) how research efforts begun at the institute will be sustained. Additional letters of support are also welcome.

Completed application, curriculum vitae, and support letter(s) must be submitted by April 1, 2010.

We are especially interested in promoting diversity among program participants and encourage minority faculty members to apply.

For details and application materials, please contact the director via e-mail or write to the following address:
Chandra M. Mehrotra, Ph.D., Director
Research Training Institute
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811
Email: cmehrotr@css.edu
Phone: (218) 723-6161
Fax: (218) 723-5912