Academy of Osseointegration Implant Research Grant
Academy of Osseointegration
All Regions
10/31/2008
$15,000
Academy of Osseointegration Implant Research Grant

The purpose of this grant is to provide support for research in the behavioral, biologic, biomechanical or biomaterial aspects of dental implants. Applicants that address areas of research to enhance the public acceptance of implants are welcome. Eligibility is restricted to members of the Academy who are able to demonstrate they are capable of conducting research that meets the primary objective of this award. There is no age or citizenship requirement. The grant funds are to be used only for direct support of the proposed research such as technical assistance, supplies, purchasing and/or maintaining laboratory animals, purchase of relevant equipment and instruments, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts and travel to professional meetings related to the project.

The deadline for submission is October 31, 2008. The recipient of this award will be notified by January 1, 2009, and will be required to submit a progress report on or before September 1, 2009. The awardee is required to present the results of the investigation at the Academy’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. Travel expenses (airfare and lodging) will be provided by the Academy. For additional information contact the Executive Offices of the Academy at (847) 439-1919.
Dental School Faculty, Dentist
Planet Dog Foundation Grants
Planet Dog Foundation
All Regions
08/01/2008
$0

The Planet Dog Foundation (PDF) strives to support worthy organizations through a grant-making program designed to financially support 501(c)(3) not-for-profit partners nationwide. The goal of our grant program is to fund new and proven initiatives that bring people and pets together for mutual benefit and support.

Funding is allocated nationwide to promote and financially support service-oriented canine programs. Service-oriented canine programs include the following:

*service dogs
*therapy dogs
*animal assisted therapy
*search and rescue dogs
*police, fire, military dogs
*other innovative canine service programs

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALTHOUGH WE VALUE AND RESPECT THE HARD WORK OF SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS, ANIMAL SHELTERS AND RESCUE PROGRAMS, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE OUT OF THE SCOPE OF OUR GRANT-GIVING GUIDELINES.

WE DO NOT FUND ANY PROGRAMS ENGAGED IN ANIMAL CRUELTY OR TESTING.

PDF Giving Guidelines
As a small company doing big things, we are looking to support like-minded organizations that will most benefit from our support. As our grants do not exceed $10,000, we will be reviewing annual operational budgets to fund those organizations best able to maximize a PDF grant.

PDF giving will be allocated in two funding streams annually. The Planet Dog Foundation funds only organizations classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service.

We do not fund the following:
*Spay/Neuter Programs
*Adoption Shelters Operating Expenses
*Rescue Program Operating Expenses
*Individuals
*Political Groups
*Religious Groups (or groups with any religious affiliation)
*For-profit organizations
*Scholarship Programs
*Government Agencies
*Non-profit agencies with any determination other than 501(C)(3)
*Programs spending more than 35% of expenses on administrative costs
*Any program engaged in animal testing or animal cruelty.

Application Guidelines & Deadlines:
PDF awards grants twice annually. Applications begin with the submission of a formal letter of intent.

After review, Planet Dog Foundation staff will contact those organizations who are invited to submit additional materials to complete a full proposal.

Before submitting a letter of intent, be sure you have reviewed our grant-making goals and the list of organizations we do not fund. Ineligible organizations will not be invited to complete a full proposal.

Spring Cycle: Letters of Intent MUST be received by February 15, 2008.

Fall Cycle: Letters of Intent MUST be received by August 1, 2008.

Due to the volume of materials received by the Planet Dog Foundation, we cannot return any submitted items.

We look forward to hearing about your programs. We thank you for the work that you do helping dogs to help people. Please do not hesitate to contact the Executive Director to discuss your programs, your proposal or our work.

Planet Dog Foundation, 49 York St, Portland, ME 04101 | pdf@planetdog.com | 207.761.1515

Health Care Administrator, Pediatric Nurse, Psychiatrist , Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Public Health Worker, Veterinary Medicine Student, Veterinary School Faculty, Volunteer
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies President's New Researcher Award
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
All Regions
08/13/2008
$500
President's New Researcher Award
ABCT's President, Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., invites submissions for the 30th Annual President's New Researcher Award. The winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500. Submissions will be accepted on any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but submissions consistent with the conference theme emphasizing advancing the dissemination of CBT are particularly encouraged. Eligible papers must (a) be authored by an individual with five years or less posttraining experience (e.g., post-Ph.D. or postresidency); and (b) have been published in the last two years or currently be in press. Submissions can consist of one's own or any eligible candidate's paper. Papers will be judged by a review committee consisting of Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., Ray DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., ABCT's Immediate Past-President; and Robert Leahy, the ABCT President-Elect. Submissions must be received by Monday, August 13, 2008, and must include four copies of both the paper and the author's vita. Send submissions to ABCT President's New Researcher Award, 305 Seventh Ave., 16th floor, New York, NY 10001.
Submission Deadline: August 13, 2008
New Investigator, New Researcher, Novice Researcher, Psychologist
International Association for the Study of Pain Early Career Research Grants Program
International Association for the Study of Pain
All Regions
10/15/2008
$20,000
Early Career Research Grants Program
Grants: 5 grants of US$20,000 each

Application Deadline: October 15

Purpose:
The International Association for the Study of Pain Early Career Research Grants support a researcher who is in the early career stage of pain investigations.

Eligibility Requirements:
At the time of application applicants should be:

IASP members
within 6 years of having received their terminal degree.
carrying out independent research.
In addition applicants should not be recipients of a major official grant funding (such as NIH, EEC or APS)
Guidelines:

IASP will award five grants per year to be used by eligible applicants engaged in independent research.
The IASP Research Committee will make the final decisions on the awards.
The grants are available internationally and are not related to any particular discipline. The committee will give consideration to a balance of all aspects of pain research projects including the clinical, social and basic sciences when considering the awards.
The IASP Committee on Research will evaluate all proposals based on:
a) the scientific merit of the proposed research.
b) the qualifications of the investigator. Only work published in international refereed journals or periodicals will be
considered.
c) the evidence of sound independent research, i.e. the most recent work should not have been done under supervision of a senior scientist, and the intended research will also not be done under supervision of a senior scientist.

Terms of the awards:
a) The awardee will be responsible for managing the funds.
b) The awardee must agree to submit a detailed scientific report within two years and agree to make a presentation of the research at an IASP meeting to be determined.
c) The awardee must acknowledge IASP as the source of funding in any publications arising from work supported by these grants

How to Apply
Application forms are available here or from the IASP office (contact below).

Include with your application:

A description of the research project to be undertaken.
A letter of recommendation including statement of evidence that the candidate has achieved a level of independence as a researcher.
The curriculum vitae of the applicant including a full publication list.
Reprints of up to 5 recent publications from refereed international journals.
Evidence that the costs of the proposed research project are covered with other funds.
Confirmation that the host institution will agree to accept a grant for payment to the awardee and will not charge indirect costs (overhead and handling fees) to IASP.
Any questions? Please contact IASP at iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org or tel.: +1-206-283-0311

The deadline for receipt of applications is October 15. Awards will be announced by December 15.

E-mail your application to: iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org

IASP does not take responsibility for accidents or other legal issues occurring during the period a person is benefiting from an IASP grant.
Junior Investigator, Junior Researcher, Junior Scientist, New Investigator, Young Investigator, Young Scientist
Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
All Regions
03/02/2009
$450,000

Program Description
The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports young physician-scientists conducting patient-oriented cancer research. The goal is to increase the number of physicians capable of moving seamlessly between the laboratory and the patient's bedside in search of breakthrough treatments.
The Clinical Investigator Award responds to three recognized realities:

Though there has never been a more pressing need or more promising time for clinical cancer research, fewer young physicians enter this area of investigation every year.
The number of institutions committed to training young physicians in the scientific discipline and methodologies of clinical investigation is critically low.
The burden of medical school debt (averaging over $100,000) discourages many physicians from pursuing clinical investigation.
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation's award offers solutions to these realities. The awardee will receive financial support for three years, as well as assistance with certain research costs such as the purchase of equipment. The Foundation will also retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by the awardee.

Building on the long-term success of the Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowships, the creation of the Clinical Investigator Award is a logical extension of the Foundation's overall mission to defeat cancer. The Clinical Investigator Award program is specifically intended to provide outstanding young physicians with the resources and training structure essential to becoming independent clinical investigators.
Program Sponsors

Eli Lilly and Company is the founding sponsor of the Clinical Investigator Award and continues to generously support the program in addition to Siemens Medical Solutions, Novartis and Genentech.

In light of the Foundation's partnership with Siemens Medical Solutions, in addition to candidates working in translational clinical oncology, the Foundation is interested in candidates whose research relates to or uses imaging technologies and molecular imaging in cancer.

Definition of Clinical Research
For the purposes of this award, the Foundation's definition of clinical research will follow the definition set out in "The NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research Report to The Advisory Committee to The NIH Director," December, 1997.

(a) Patient-oriented research: Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: patient-based studies of mechanisms of human disease, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, clinical trials and development of new technologies for the detection, treatment and prevention of human cancers.
(b) Epidemiologic and behavioral studies.
(c) Outcomes research and health services research.

Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues but do not deal directly with patients. In other words, clinical or patient-oriented research is research in which it is necessary to know the identity of the patient(s) from whom the cells or tissues under study are derived.

Preference will be given to research that adheres to the "Handshake Rule," meaning that the physician will meet each patient in their research studies.

Eligibility
1) The applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident.
2) Each applicant must be nominated by their institution.
Applications will only be accepted from institutions that have been invited to submit them by the Foundation. Only two (2) nominations per institution, including its affiliated schools, will be accepted.
3) The applicant must have received an MD or MD/PhD degree(s) from an accredited institution and be board-eligible. 4)The applicant may apply during the final year of their subspecialty training or within the first four years of their initial assistant professorship appointment. Candidates may apply up to three times during this eligibility period. Candidates holding or awarded R01s at the time of application are not eligible to apply.
5) The applicant must commit to spending 80% of their time conducting research.
6)The applicant is required to apply in conjunction with a mentor who is established in the field of clinical translational cancer research, cancer prevention and/or epidemiology and can provide the critical guidance needed during the period of the award. No more than two Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators will be funded to work with the same Mentor at any given time. 

Research, Training and Development
During each year of the award, the applicant must commit a minimum of 80% of their full-time professional effort to the conduct of research and research career development.

The Mentor's role is to foster the development of the applicant's knowledge, technical and analytical skills, and capacity for scientific inquiry in the field of human disease-oriented clinical and translational research. The Mentor also acts as an advocate for the applicant at the departmental, institutional, and professional levels.

Funding
The Award will be for a period of three years. Funding in the amounts presented in the table below will be allocated to the awardee's institution for the specific support of the Clinical Investigator. No part of this award can be used for indirect costs or institutional overhead.

Year Awardee Stipend Research Allowance
1 $100,000 $50,000
2 $100,000 $50,000
3 $100,000 $50,000

A portion of the stipend may be applied to research costs upon request.

Other Funding: Investigators may receive funding from other sources to support their research. However, no other physician-scientist career development award from a private source (non-federal government) may be held concurrently with the Clinical Investigator Award.

Physician-scientist career development awards from the federal government including the National Institutes of Health (e.g. K-08, K-12, K-23), the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are allowed.

Examples of awards that cannot be held concurrently with the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award include (but are not limited to):

American Cancer Society - Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical Research
ASCO - Career Development Award
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research
- Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - Clinical Scientist Development Award
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Physician-Scientist Early Career Award
Kimmel Foundation - Kimmel Translational Science Award
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Career Development Program

Please contact the Foundation with any questions regarding concurrent funding (212-455-0520).

Debt Repayment Program: The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will retire up to $100,000 of any qualifying medical school debt still owed by the awardee.

Selection and Review
Selection: The Clinical Investigator Award Committee (CIAC) will review applications and select awardees for approval by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation's Board of Directors. CIAC puts a premium on innovation and creativity when reviewing applications.

Selection Criteria
Excellence of the applicant and mentor.

Innovation, creativity, quality and originality of the research proposal.

The commitment of the mentor and institution to the development and training of the applicant as an independent clinical research investigator.

Evidence of the applicant's commitment to clinical translational and/or cancer prevention research and their ability to apply advances in laboratory research to clinical problems.

Importance of the proposed research to the field of cancer and/or cancer prevention. 

All application materials should be submitted to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for arrival at our offices on or before the March 2 deadline.

Award Programs
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
One Exchange Plaza
55 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10006
(212)-455-0520

Oncologist, Physician Researcher
Robert Katzman, MD, Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer's Research
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation/Alzheimer's Association
All Regions
10/01/2008
$120,000

Robert Katzman, MD, Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer's Research
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation and the Alzheimer's Association are pleased to announce the Robert Katzman, MD, Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer's disease research, a two-year fellowship. The fellowship is supported by the AAN Foundation and the Alzheimer's Association.

Mailing Address
Mail application materials to:
AAN Foundation
Attn: Terry Heinz
Grants Administrator
1080 Montreal Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55116

 

Neurologist, Neuroscientist
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation
All Regions
10/01/2008
$120,000

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation is pleased to announce five two-year fellowships to support clinical research training in the neurosciences. The fellowships are supported by the AAN, the AAN Foundation, and the AAN Foundation Corporate Roundtable.

Mailing Address
Mail application materials to:
AAN Foundation
Attn: Terry Heinz
Grants Administrator
1080 Montreal Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55116

Neurologist, Neuroscientist
Group Psychotherapy Foundation Research Grant
Group Psychotherapy Foundation
All Regions
11/01/2008
$15,000
Instructions for Group Psychotherapy Foundation
Research Grant

Funds are available from the Group Psychotherapy Foundation to support group psychotherapy research that focuses on one of five clinical populations: children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill, substance abusers and significantly ill patients with marked functional impairment.

Grants are typically awarded at $2,500-$15,000 depending on the importance of the research to the field, the seniority of the investigators and the number of research applications received. Grant funding can be used to support the basic costs of research, e.g., supplies, research equipment, photocopying, postage, computer services, statistical consultation and research assistant salaries; investigator salaries and travel expenses are not funded. (Equipment purchased for use with a research project is to be donated to an institution at the completion of the project.) Grant monies are awarded with an expected completion of the project in one year as follows: fifty percent upon grant approval, forty percent upon submission of a six month progress report and the final ten percent upon receipt of a post project report.

The deadline for receipt of research grant application materials is November 1st. Six copies of all application materials should be sent to the Group Psychotherapy Foundation, 25 East 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010.

Applications must include:

Completed application form (initial signature page, summary of research project, detailed description of research project, budget information and information about the investigator);

1. Curriculum vitae of principal investigator;

2. Approval form from the appropriate local ethics review board;

3. Sample of participant consent form;

4. Optional additional materials, e.g., letters of support, reprints.

Recipients must agree to accept the conditions governing the award as determined by the Group Psychotherapy Foundation which include:

1. Carrying out the project as approved by the Foundation;

2. Submitting progress reports as requested by the Foundation;

3. Submitting a final report no later than three months after completion of the project;

4. Returning any unspent funds to the Foundation.

Should funding of the project be approved, acknowledgment of the Group Psychotherapy Foundation's support is to be included in all publications derived from the award.
Behavioral Scientist, Psychologist, Psychotherapist
The P. B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
All Regions
09/15/2009
$750
THE P. B. DEWS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY
FOR 2010
(Deadline for submission of nominations is September 15, 2009)

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Division of Behavioral Pharmacology sponsors the P. B. Dews Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology to recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in research, teaching and professional service in the field of Behavioral Pharmacology and to honor Peter Dews for his seminal contributions to the development of behavioral pharmacology as a discipline. The biennial award is supported by an endowment made possible by contributions from Aventis, Centre de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Eli Lilly, Harvard University, International Life Sciences Institute Caffeine Committee, Merck (San Diego), Pepsi Cola Company, Pfizer Central Research and Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pharmacia, Wyeth Research, and ASPET members.

The Award consists of $750, a plaque, and partial travel expenses to the award ceremony at the ASPET annual meeting. The recipient will be invited by the Chair of the Division of Behavioral Pharmacology to deliver a special lecture on this occasion. The lecture will be published subsequently in an appropriate ASPET-sponsored publication

There are no restrictions on nominees for this award. Nominations may be made by members of ASPET or of any relevant scientific society. Selection will be made by the P.B. Dews Award Committee, appointed by the President of ASPET with input from the Division for Behavioral Pharmacology.

Nominations shall be submitted electronically to markin@aspet.org and shall consist of:

Description of the candidate’s major contributions, including scientific, teaching and professional achievements.

Candidate’s curriculum vitae and bibliography.

List of the candidate’s trainees.

Brief biographical sketch of the candidate.

Five major publications (provided as PDFs or as hyperlinks to the article). Submit each manuscript PDF as a separate attachment.

Receipt date for nominations for the P. B. Dews Award will be 5:00 pm on September 15, 2009 for an award to be presented at Experimental Biology ’10 in Anaheim, CA.
Behavioral Scientist, Clinical Pharmacist, Distinguished Investigator, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Scientist, Established Investigator, Pharmacy Faculty, Senior Investigator, Senior Researcher
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Research Grant Program
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
All Regions
12/15/2008
$100,000

Information for Grant Applicants

New Submission Deadlines for Research Grants
(Effective Dec. 15, 2007)
Beginning Dec. 15, 2007, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.will accept and review applications for all categories of research grants and fellowships two times a year, with submission deadlines of Dec. 15 and June 15.

In making these changes, the AFSP Scientific Council is seeking to make the Foundation's research grant program more responsive to time-sensitive topics with high relevance for suicide research, lessen the waiting time required for applicants to resubmit promising applications, and streamline the administrative processes related to grants review.

A second change approved by the Scientific Council is an increase in the grant amounts for Standard Research Grants (from a maximum of $60,000 to $75,000), Young Investigator Grants (from $70,000 to $85,000) and Pilot Grants (from $20,000 to $30,000). These changes will also go into effect beginning with the Dec. 15, 2007 cycle. Distinguished Investigator Grants and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships will remain at their current levels of $100,000.

All questions should be directed to: Tracey Auster, research administrator, at tauster@afsp.org or (212) 363-3500 Ext.15.

Eligibility
AFSP research grants support studies that aim to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Investigators from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply, and both basic science and applied research projects will be considered, providing the study has an essential focus on suicide or suicide prevention. AFSP grants are awarded for one or two-year periods.

Grant Categories
AFSP offers five types of research grants:

Distinguished Investigator Grants for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide.
Standard Research Grants for up to $75,000 over two years are awarded to individual investigators at any level.
Young Investigator Grants for up to $85,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. In addition to a maximum of $75,000 for the investigator’s research, these grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.
Pilot Grants of up to $30,000 over one or two years are awarded to investigators at any level. These grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005

Toll-free: 1-888-333-AFSP
Phone: (212) 363-3500
Fax: (212) 363-6237
Website: www.afsp.org
Email: inquiry@afsp.org

Allied Health Professional, Behavioral Scientist, Clinical Psychologist, Distinguished Investigator, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Scientist, Established Investigator, Health Services Researcher, Junior Faculty, Junior Investigator, Junior Researcher, Junior Scientist, Medical School Faculty, New Investigator, Physician Researcher, Public Health Expert, Senior Researcher, Social Scientist, Young Investigator, Young Scientist

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