5 funding opportunities are listed in this category
American Association of Diabetes Educators Education and Research Foundation Annual Meeting Scholarships
Applications for 2010 AADE Education and Research Foundation scholarships are now available.The deadline for applications is April 1, 2010. Recipients will be announced in May. Annual Meeting Scholarships: Provide recipients with complementary registration for the Annual Meeting. AADE - Sage Publications Travel Scholarships: Provide funds for travel/accommodations to Annual Meeting or other educational events. AADE – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Travel Scholarships: Provide funds for travel/accommodations to Annual Meeting. AADE Foundation/Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Plant Based Diet Scholarship: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has teamed up with the AADE Foundation to provide funds for a unique scholarship. PCRM offers public and professional education materials, most at no or very low cost, on the use of a low-fat, plant-based nutrition approach for diabetes self-management. This scholarship is designed to recognize an educator who demonstrates knowledge of plant-based (vegan) nutrition, and its beneficial role in treating type 2 diabetes, and who has shared this information with people with diabetes under his/her care, resulting in nutritional behavior change and improvements in clinical markers.If you have any questions please contact Laura Roth Konopken, Director of Development, Foundation at (312) 601-4863 or lkonopken@aadenet.org.
For general inquiries, please email aade@aadenet.org or call (800) 338-3633.Mailing Address:American Association of Diabetes Educators200 W. Madison Street, Suite 800Chicago, IL 60606
Louise Lown Heart Hero AwardThe Louise Lown Heart Hero Award is given annually to celebrate and recognize innovative, preventive approaches to promoting cardiovascular health in developing countries and other low-resource settings.The annual award amount is US$1000.Dr. Bernard Lown, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, inventor of the defibrillator, and founder of ProCor created the award in 2007 to honor his wife's lifelong commitment to the rights and wellbeing of others through her work as a social worker, activist, and writer.
Who can applyApplications are encouraged from community-based programs (non-profit, governmental, or private sector) that have successfully engaged in work to promote heart health in a developing country or other low-resource setting (i.e., disadvantaged communities in developed countries) through innovative, preventive approaches. To be considered, applicants must meet the criteria specified and provide all information as requested on the application form.The Heart Hero Award is not a grant. Applicants should focus on past accomplishments that deserve recognition, rather than future initiatives that need funding.Examples of eligible initiatives include community programs promoting physical activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; population-based interventions reducing diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; patient-focused clinical programs increasing access to screening, identification, and control of risk factors; advocacy and policy activities; and resource development and dissemination.Award criteriaApplicants should focus on one specific initiative rather than an organization's entire scope of work. Applications must be submitted in English. Award criteria are:- Focus on prevention: Build awareness or support action that promotes heart health rather than the use of medical technology.- Community-based: Work on a grassroots level rather than academically, institutionally, or clinically.- Prove to be innovative and creative.- Responsive to local health needs and relevant to local culture.- Demonstrate success: Evaluation data is welcome but not required. Evidence of success may include number of events, number of people reached, media attention, participant testimonials, policy changes, etc.- Cost-effective and realistically affordable within the local setting; utilize available resources and support.- Sustainable: Integrated into the community; not dependent on a single person's efforts or support.- Adaptable/adoptable: Replicable in other settings or able to be scaled up to a regional or national level.- In operation for a minimum of one year. Research projects or proposals for planned projects are not eligible.Application process and timeline- Applications are accepted year-round.- Deadline for the 2010 award is 30 April 2010.- Applications are reviewed on a continuous basis by an award committee.- Applicants will be notified whether their initiative has been accepted for consideration.- Information about applicants that are selected for award consideration may be published in ProCor's Global Dialogue and website.- Funds will be provided directly to the organization or individual with primary responsibility for the initiative.Information required after award is receivedOne of the award's goals is to encourage the sharing of experience and adaptation of successful models. Award recipients are expected to provide periodic activity updates, insights derived from their experiences, information about local health status, etc.For more informationContact Juan Ramos, ProCor Program Coordinator.Email: jramos3@partners.orgTelephone: 001 617 732 1318 ext. 3319
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