Bleeding Disorders Grants

CSL Behring Professor Heimburger Award
Global Research Grant – Coagulation

CSL Behring is committed to supporting long-range progress in the area of coagulation. Based on recent publications and feedback from the medical community, it is important to encourage the next generation of coagulation specialists to medically and scientifically establish themselves, in order to have continued progress in this therapeutic area. CSL Behring will fund the second cycle of a global grant program to support the above objective.

Prof. Dr. Norbert Heimburger, a CSL Behring employee for over three decades, devoted his work to blood coagulation. During that time, he characterized and purified a large number of plasma proteins and was instrumental in making these available to the medical community as therapeutic options. One of his major contributions in this area was the development of virus-safe plasma products based on pasteurization.
Due to his determination and constant interaction with leading hemophilia and coagulation specialists, Behring launched the first effectively virus-inactivated FVIII concentrate in 1981. Prof. Dr. Heimburger, honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1991, retired in 1991 but was still very much involved with CSL Behring as a Scientific Advisor until he passed away in September 2006.

CSL Behring named this grant “CSL Behring - Professor Heimburger Award” to honor Professor Dr. Heimburger.

Funds Available
CSL Behring will offer five (5) global start-up grants of € 20.000 each for the 2009 cycle. No matching funding is a prerequisite for this grant. The grants will be available for preclinical and/or clinical research in the area of coagulation. All applications will be forwarded to a selection committee consisting of four scientifically renowned clinicians in the field of coagulation.

At the end of the year, the recipient will have the opportunity to present the results at CSL Behring, Marburg, Germany.

Eligibility
The grants are targeted at investigators relatively new to the field of coagulation, who hold an MD and who wish to establish their own independent research project in the field of coagulation. It is expected that the person indicated as the investigator for this grant application is the individual who is personally and actively responsible to conduct the research.

Application Procedures
Apply in one of these ways:

Complete the online application form, save it, and e-mail it to heimburger.award@cslbehring.com

Download an application form and send it via the postal service to the address below.

Request one or more hard copies of the application form by mail from the address below, and return the completed form(s) by the postal service to that address.

CSL Behring
Commercial Development Coagulation
Emil-von-Behring-Strasse 76
35041 Marburg
GERMANY

Applications consisting of application form, current CV and one-page research proposal must be received by CSL Behring no later than 17 October, 2008 to be considered for the next cycle. Applications should be submitted to the address above. Please note that applications can also be submitted online.

All applications will be forwarded to a selection committee consisting of four scientifically renowned clinicians in the field of coagulation:

Erik Berntorp, MD, PhD
Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Jorge Di Paola, MD
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA

David Lillicrap, MD
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Johannes Oldenburg, MD
Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

The selection committee will review applications based solely on scientific merit. Applications will initially be screened and the 10 applicants deemed to have the highest chance of success will be asked to submit a more detailed (3-4 page) description of their research project.

Based on their evaluation of the detailed submission, the selection committee will inform CSL Behring of their decision by 15 February, 2009. CSL Behring will then notify the recipients. Grants will be personally awarded by CSL Behring in March 2009.

Inquiries
For questions regarding applications, policy and procedures information, contact:

CSL Behring GmbH
Att. Dieter Pluennecke
Commercial Development Coagulation
Emil-von-Behring-Strasse 76
35041 Marburg
GERMANY
T: +49 6421 394191
F: +49 6421 394146

e-mail: heimburger.award@cslbehring.com

Guidelines for Applying for an Unrestricted Grant

The CSL Behring Foundation for Research and Advancement of Patient Health offers a type of grant designed to assist small, community-based organizations in delivering their many valuable services to the communities they serve.

The CSL Behring Foundation intends to award up to five $10,000 unrestricted grants per year (applications will only be accepted during the second grant cycle each year). Grants in this category will be evaluated on their merits, non-competitively with other applicants.

To apply and qualify, patient organizations MUST meet the following criteria:

* Be a recognized patient organization for persons with bleeding disorders
* Have an annual operating budget of less than $100,000
* Provide payment for staff services to two or less people
* Have obtained 501(c)(3) tax status
* Have not received unrestricted grant support from the CSL Behring Foundation previously

How to Apply

To apply for an unrestricted grant, please use the unrestricted grant application form.

To apply, submit a brief statement of how the funds would be used. The proposed use of the funds could be as simple as helping to fund ongoing operations, securing or upgrading office equipment, or seed money for starting a new program.

If more than five applications are received and deemed eligible, lots would be drawn to select winners.

In order to apply for this grant, please apply using the unrestricted grant application and email to CB.Foundation@cslbehring.com. Unrestricted grant requests are reviewed annually only. Proposals for unrestricted grants must be received by the CSL Behring Foundation no later than July 31st, 2008. Unrestricted grant awards will be announced in October 2008.

To receive a grant application, call the CSL Behring Foundation toll free at 1-866-963-2566

For guidance and suggestions on writing a compelling grant proposal, please visit the CSL Behring Foundation website at www.cslbehringfoundation.com and review the “Grant Writing Guidelines” section.