Brain Disorders Grants

National Parkinson Foundation 2011 Request for Applications

Individual grants will be limited to a maximum of $250,000 over a period of up to two years.

NPF is pleased to issue its yearly Request for Applications (“RFA”) with the goal of funding clinical investigations in several specific areas of Parkinson’s disease research led at NPF Centers of Excellence (“COE”) and Care Consortium Centers. This RFA will provide support for well-designed clinical research that addresses comparative effectiveness of treatment, current unmet needs, and/or clinical controversies. This RFA will fund programs based on scientific merit, as determined by the NPF’s Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board (“CSAB”) in a peer-review process.

Applications will be accepted from any principal investigator affiliated with a currently certified NPF COE or a member of the NPF Care Consortium (“Applicant” from an “Eligible Institution”). Investigators not from Eligible Institutions are invited to participate as collaborators. Total grant funding is dependent upon quality of applications.

The following are the key dates for this RFA:

Release date: August 12, 2010
Application deadline: December 10, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. EST
Anticipated award announcement: On or before April 15, 2011

NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION, INC.
1501 N.W. 9th Avenue / Bob Hope Road
Miami, Florida 33136-1494
Telephone: (305)243-6666
Toll Free National: 1-800-327-4545
Fax: (305)243-6073
E-mail inquiries: contact@parkinson.org

Alzheimer's Disease Research Awards Program

The ADR program offers three types of awards:

Standard Awards
Award Amount: $400,000
Duration: 3 yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010
The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.

Pilot Awards
Award Amount: $150,000
Duration: 2 Yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010
Pilot awards are designed to take a highly innovative proposal with modest preliminary data and give investigators the opportunity to prove their ideas. These awards are typically described as being ‘high risk – high reward’. They are often given to investigators who need funding to demonstrate the validity of a very focused hypothesis.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
Award Amount: $100,000
Duration: 2 yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010

Postdoctoral fellowship awards are intended for young researchers in their final stages of mentored training. These awards are meant to fund projects in an established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's own independent research career.

American Health Assistance Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, Maryland 20871
USA

Phone/Fax
Telephone: 1-800-437-2423
FAX: (301) 258-9454

Research Grants
Guy Eakin, Ph.D., Vice President of Scientific Affairs: vpsa@ahaf.org

Diane Bovenkamp, Ph.D., Science Communications Specialist: dbovenkamp@ahaf.org

Kara Hurst, Grants Coordinator: khurst@ahaf.org

Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy

The fellowship is supported by the AAN Foundation, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Epilepsy Foundation.

Each fellowship will consist of a commitment of $55,000 per year for two years, plus $10,000 per year for tuition to support formal education in clinical research methodology at the applicant's institution or elsewhere.

Supplementation of the stipend with other grants or by the fellowship institution is permissible, but fellows may not accept other fellowships, similar awards, or have another source of support for more than 50 percent of their research salary while holding an AAN Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship.

AAN fellowships give researchers more than financial backing—by providing time for research, they are an essential springboard to academic appointments, institutional and NIH career development awards.

All applications and supporting materials must be received by October 1, 2010.
Notification of recipients: January 2011.

All materials must be submitted online. Apply now at www.aan.com/view/CRTF

For More Information

Terry Heinz
Grants Administrator
theinz@aan.com
(651) 695-2746

American Academy of Neurology
1080 Montreal Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55116

Tel: (800) 879-1960 or (651) 695-2717
Fax: (651) 695-2791

Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award

Application deadline: September 10, 2010 (Japan Time)

The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) is now accepting applications for the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award, given to young psychiatrists from Asia and around the world. The purpose of this award is to recognize young, outstanding psychiatrists and encourage academic discussion and personal friendships with young Japanese psychiatrists at the 107th annual meeting of the JSPN, which will be held May 19-21, 2011, in Tokyo.

Award recipients will receive a waiver of meeting registration fees, accommodations, and a partial reimbursement of airfare (JPY 70,000 for recipients from World Bank A and B category countries, and JPY 140,000 for those from C and D countries). Award recipients will be expected to stay at a designated accommodation, participate in the meeting for the three days period, give a presentation at one of the Award symposium, the themes of which are “Case Conference” and “Research Proposal” and attend other programs for JSPN Fellowship Award recipients. Those who participate in “Research Proposal” category will be required to participate in the multi-national research, even when the selected proposal is from the other participants. Award recipients will also be expected to participate in future JSPN Fellowship Award Alumni programs.

Applicants must be psychiatrists not more than 40 years of age and must not have received the JSPN Fellowship Award before. Applicants must belong to a World Psychiatric Association member society, and application forms should be submitted with a “Nomination Form” with signature of the president of the society as nominator and a “Recommendation Form” with signature of the chief of the belonging institute of the applicant. To ensure broad participation from around the world, the JSPN accepts nomination from each society to a maximum of two applicants.

Meeting Information
107th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
Date: May 19 - 21, 2011
Venue: Hotel Grand Pacific Le Daiba
Website: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/icch/english.html （ホテルの英語のＨＰ）
Meeting president: Prof. Masahiko Mikuni (Gunma University)
Meeting vice-president: Dr. Mamoru Tanaka (Gunma Psychiatric Hospital Association)

Theme: Pursuit of Specialty in Psychiatry

Applications must be submitted via email, using the designated excel form, with an abstract about either Case Discussion or Research Proposal to the secretariat of the JSPN (the applicant needs to choose the category of application and can submit only one application). The secretariat will acknowledge receipt of the application. If the applicant does not receive acknowledgement from the secretariat within one week, please contact Tsuyoshi Akiyama, JSPN International Committee Chair, at akiyama@east.ntt.co.jp (e-mail) or +81 3 3448 6506 (fax). Please note that inquiries must be received by one week after the deadline (Japan Time). Inquiries after that date will not be considered valid.

E-mail: international@jspn.or.jp
Deadline: September 10, 2010 (Japan Time)

International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses Fellowship Program

Funding for this program will be determined on an annual basis. The total budget will be dependent upon available funding from grants made to IOMSN. The majority of the funds will be allocated to funding educational programs.

▪ Funding for the MS Nursing certification (MSCN) exam is limited and $200.00 maximum. The funding will be divided between the spring and fall exam registrants. Applicants must contribute $50.00 US to be eligible for support. Application must be submitted prior to taking the exam.

▪ Funding for attendance to an education meeting or a conference will be given to nurses who currently are members of IOMSN. The awards will be given preferentially to those presenting a platform, or a poster presentation, or to those active on an IOMSN committee. The amount awarded per person will not exceed $1,000.00 for a conference or educational offering. Funding will not be granted to those applicants who have received awards within a one year period of time.

Applications must be completed in full before the committee reviews any request for funding. Requests for funding are due by April 15 and September 15. Requests should reflect scholarship activities falling within the bi-annual submission.

Scholarship awards are available to maximum of two per center/clinic per calendar year.

The recipient of a scholarship is required to submit a paragraph reflecting the activity supported to the IOMSN Fellowship Committee and may be shared with permission.

Please Note:

▪ Applicants must be members of IOMSN.
▪ Application must be submitted prior to taking the exam.
▪ Requests for funding are due by April 15 and September 15. Requests should reflect scholarship activities falling within the bi-annual submission.

To Apply:

Interested applicants, please download the application form from our Web site. Please include at least one letter of recommendation from a professional colleague.

The committee will review your request and make a decision based on eligibility. Preference will be given to applicants seeking funding for a meeting at which he/she is presenting a paper or a poster. You will receive a response within 4 weeks of your application.

International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses (IOMSN)
359 Main St. Suite A
Hackensack, NJ 07601
USA

E - Mail info@iomsn.org

Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Grants, Awards and Fellowships

As a premier funder of neurosurgical studies, the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the American Association of Neurosurgeons (ANS) focuses on providing fellowship funding in basic neuroscience and neurosurgical programs in North America.

The NREF strongly encourages research projects from all fields of neurosurgery. The more research that is conducted, the better chance we have to SAVE LIVES in the future.

The NREF sponsors two neurosurgical research grant programs annually:

* Research Fellowship – Open to residents only, the Research Fellowship is offered as a one-year research project grant of $40,000.

* Young Clinician Investigator Award – Designed to support young neurosurgeons pursuing careers as clinician investigators, the Young Clinician Investigator Award is open to junior faculty for a one-year grant of $40,000.

The NREF endorses the submission of applications for both patient-orientated clinical research and basic science research. Applications from all neurosurgical areas of focused practice are encouraged. Application submission deadline for 2011 research opportunities is October 31, 2010.

These focus areas include...

* Head trauma and brain injury
* Tumors
* Spine-related conditions mechanics, diseases, tumors, injury, repair techniques, etc.
* Cerebrovascular disease
* Pain management
* Stroke

For additional information on the NREF research grant programs, contact the Development department at (847) 378-0500 or nref@aans.org .

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows, IL
60008-3852

P 847.378.0500 or 888.566.AANS (2267)
F 847.378.0600

American College of Surgeons/Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Faculty Career Development Award

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) are offering a two-year Faculty Career Development Award to neurological surgeons.

The award is to support the establishment of a new and independent research program in an area of neurological surgery, co-sponsored by the ACS and the NREF. The award is $40,000 per year for each of two years and is available to members or candidate members of both the ACS and the AANS. Applicants must have received full-time faculty appointment at a US or Canadian accredited medical school. Application deadline is November 15, 2010.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows, IL - 60008-3852

P 847.378.0500 or 888.566.AANS (2267)
F 847.378.0600

William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship

The William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship was established by the estate of Dr. Van Wagenen, who was one of the founders and the first President of the Harvey Cushing Society, now the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Following his neurosurgical residency with Harvey Cushing, Dr. Van Wagenen traveled and studied in Europe, broadening his knowledge of neurological surgery and the related basic sciences. This was done at the recommendation of Dr. Cushing, much as Cushing had done, following the example of Sir William Osler.

In considering what contribution of a permanent nature he might make to neurosurgery, Dr. Van Wagenen chose to provide support to a post neurosurgical resident for foreign travel for scientific enrichment, prior to beginning an academic career in neurological surgery. The Van Wagenen Fellowship was designed to give freedom in scientific development without the restrictive limitations usually imposed by many research grants and fellowships.

Awarded annually, this prestigious Fellowship provides a $120,000 stipend for living and travel expenses to a foreign country for a period of twelve months. A family travel and living allowance of $6,000 is available if spouse and/or children are accompanying the Fellow. In addition, $15,000 of research support is available to the University, hospital or laboratory, which has agreed to sponsor the Van Wagenen Fellow.

For more information on the Van Wagenen Fellowship, please contact the Development Coordinator at 847.378.0500 or info@aans.org.

Please submit the completed application by October 1, 2010 to:

Van Wagenen Selection Committee
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-3852

John Dystel Prize For Multiple Sclerosis Research

In conjunction with the American Academy of Neurology, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society established the John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research in 1994 for the purpose of recognizing outstanding contributions to research in the understanding, treatment or prevention of multiple sclerosis. This annual prize is funded through the John Dystel Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

All investigators who are actively engaged in fundamental or clinical research related to multiple sclerosis are eligible for nomination for this prize. The annual award will be made in the amount of $15,000, to be used at the discretion of the winner. The selection of the prize winner will be in the hands of a special joint committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Academy of Neurology. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, during an MS research symposium which will include a presentation by the winner on his/her research. Full recognition of the award will be made in Society publications and to the media.

All nomination materials must be submitted by November 1, annually. The Prize winner will be notified by February 1, annually. Further information is available from the Research and Clinical Programs Department of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or from the "John Dystel Prize Subcommittee" at the American Academy of Neurology, 1080 Montreal Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55116, (800) 879-1960 or (651) 695-1940.

American Academy of Neurology Education Research Grant

The AAN Education Research Grant program offers financial support to promote educational research in neurology, granting two to four awards of $5,000 to $10,000 based on the proposal and merits of the project. The goals for the grant are to help improve the neurologic education of AAN members, including neurology residents and fellows, medical students, and non-neurologists, as well as promote career development of neurologic educators.

Application Deadlines
The timeline for proposed grant projects to be executed is from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011.

The deadline to submit a proposal for the 2011 Education Research Grant is Friday, September 3, 2010 at 6:00 pm CST. Applicants will be notified in late October or early November.

AAN Definition of Education Research: The AAN defines “education research” as the qualitative and quantitative study of hypothesis-driven observations or interventions on the acquisition of knowledge or training. (Definition reviewed/approved by AAN Board of Directors in February 2006.)

Background Information:
Education research grants have been developed to:

1. Study the effectiveness of neurologic educational programs to insure they are meeting the needs of their constituents (i.e., medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing neurologists)
2. Strengthen the educational programs of the AAN for quality improvement and credentialing purposes (i.e., ACCME accreditation)
3. Train neurologic educators to perform and publish education research as one component of career development for academic educators

Eligibility Requirements:
• The principal investigator must be an Associate or Active member of the AAN.
• Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows (Student and Junior member categories) are not eligible.
• Proposals that have been previously submitted will be accepted; however, a complete description on how this proposal is different (i.e. how you responded to critiques) than the previous submission should be included with the new proposal.

For More Information
Nancy Poechmann
Program Manager, Education
npoechmann@aan.com
(651) 695-2812