Ethics Grants

Fellowships at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School

This is a two year fellowship paying $60,000 per year for persons who already have a graduate degree in law or some other discipline, and are interested in doing original academic work in the Center's fields of health law policy, biotechnology or bioethics. Academic fellows dedicate themselves full-time to their research, are given research budgets, and have no teaching obligations. This fellowship has most frequently been used to prepare aspiring scholars for the entry-level market for law professors, but is also available to others wishing to do original academic work relevant to the Center's fields.

How To Apply

Applicants must hold an advanced degree in a discipline relating to health law, policy, economics or bioethics. The Center particularly encourages applications from those who intend to pursue careers as law professors, but will consider any applicant who demonstrates an interest and ability to produce outstanding scholarship concerning health or the health care system during the term of the fellowship. Please refer to the current Call for Applications for further information on eligibility and application requirements: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/petrie-flom/RSite/fellowship/pdf/CFA2011.pdf.

Applications will be accepted from September 1, 2010 through November 12, 2010. For specific inquiries, contact us by email.

Contact Us

Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy
Biotechnology and Bioethics
Harvard Law School
23 Everett Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-496-4662
Email: petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu

Student Poster Contest: Health Informatics: International Perspectives

February 24 – 27, 2011 Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Canada

An international conference addressing Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH)

Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH) conferences have made it a tradition to provide students with the opportunity to present their work, to exchange ideas and research results with each other and with health care, informatics and computer professionals. Poster content can be based on course work, co-op experience, literature reviews or research.

Students registered full-time in related undergraduate or graduate programs are invited to take part in a student poster contest. An independent panel will judge the posters. First, second and third place winners will receive cash prizes ($500, $300 and $200) and a complimentary FULL registration to the conference. Only the lead author on a team poster will receive the cash prize and complimentary registration.

Deadline for the Student Poster Contest: November 1, 2010.

Student submissions should address the role of information technology and communications in one of the following areas:

Health Informatics in Developing Countries
Initiatives in International Health Informatics
National & International Strategies and Policies
Health Records
Nursing Informatics
Technologies as Agents of Change
Informatics in Primary Care
Public Health Informatics
Ethics and Privacy
Safety and Quality Management
Mobile Technologies and Telehealth
Clinical Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction
Standardization and Interoperability
E-Learning and Education
Consumer Informatics
Healthcare Modeling and Simulation

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and DEADLINES
An abstract, no longer than 500 words, that describes each poster presentation must be submitted for review by November 1, 2010.

ITCH 2011, c/o School of Health Information Science
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050, STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 Canada

Email: itch@uvic.ca

Phone: (250) 721-8581

Fax: (250) 472-4751

Clarence S. Livingood, MD Award and Lectureship

The Clarence S. Livingood Lectureship and Education Fund was established as a segregated fund by the Department of Dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. It was endowed by Settler and Doris Giddy in memory of George H. Giddy. The Giddey's were both patients and friends of Dr. Clarence S. Livingood. The Lecture was first presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The selected lecturer will receive a cash award in the amount of which is determined by the Trustees of the Livingood Lectureship and Education Fund, but which will not be less than $7,500. The recipient will present a lecture of approximately 30 minutes at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Application Deadline - Friday, November 5, 2010

Criteria

* The lecture should present views on the broader issues of dermatology to include organizational aspects, socioeconomic issues, ethics, concepts and features specific to the specialty of dermatology, professionalism and the "art" of dermatology.
* The recipient need not be a dermatologist or a physician. The Task Force may consider, in addition to physicians, health policy experts, medical ethicists, social/medical philosophers, theologians, etc.
* The recipient should be a recognized expert in the area or issue to be presented.
* The recipient must have excellent and proven communication skills.

Selection Process

Requests for nominations will be solicited from the Academy membership at large. The recipient will be selected by the Named Lectureship Task Force and presented to the Scientific Assembly Committee for approval at the planning meeting which is held in the Spring of the year prior to the presentation of the lecture.

Nominations must be submitted to the Task Force no later than Friday, November 5, 2010. The Academy will announce its final decision in June of the following year.

Named Lectureship Task Force
Boni E. Elewski, MD, FAAD, Chair
Warren R. Heymann, MD, FAAD
Brett M. Coldiron, MD, FAAD
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, FAAD
David R. Bickers, MD, FAAD

Year: 2012
Description: Clarence S. Livingood, MD Lectureship
Meeting Name: 70th Annual Meeting
Date of Meeting: March 16-20, 2012
Location: San Diego, CA
Questions: Tim Moses, Director, Meeting and Conventions
Phone: (847) 240-1491
Fax: (847) 330-1090
Email: namedlectureships@aad.org

American Academy of Dermatology
P.O. Box 4014
Schaumburg, IL 60168

Toll-free: (866) 503-SKIN (7546)
International: (847) 240-1280
Fax: (847) 240-1859

Alpha-1 Foundation Grant Opportunities

LETTER OF INTENT INFORMATION

Deadline for our receipt of your in-cycle LOI, Biosketch and Keyword List: September 21, 2010

The first step in the process of a grant application to the Alpha-1 Foundation is to submit an LOI, Biographical Sketch for the LOI and LOI Keyword list. All three documents must be submitted to the Foundation by September 21, 2010 in order to be invited to submit a full grant application. The submission of an LOI is required for each grant category. An applicant must submit an LOI in order to submit a grant application. A grant application that is submitted without an LOI will result in an automatic denial of funding and the application will be returned to the investigator.

For information about the Foundation’s in-cycle grant opportunities, please contact David Fernandez, Grants Coordinator, at dfernandez@alpha-1foundation.org or at 305-567-9888 ext 242.

GRANT APPLICATION INFORMATION

Deadline for our receipt of your in-cycle grant application: February 18, 2011

If your LOI is approved, the Alpha-1 Foundation will invite you to submit a full grant application. Please note that a LOI must be submitted, reviewed and approved prior to submitting a grant application.

For information about the Alpha-1 Foundation’s in-cycle grant application process or requirements, please contact Randel Plant, Director of Research Administration, at rplant@alpha-1foundation.org or at 305-567-9888 ext 252.

IN CYCLE RESEARCH GRANT CATEGORIES:

Bridge Grant

Funding Level: Maximum of $25,000 may be requested.

Period: Up to 1 year of support is available.

The objective of this grant is to provide support for excellent Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency-related research projects that have been submitted to and approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but cannot be supported by the available NIH funds. Thus, this award complements the granting mechanism of the NIH for projects of potential interest to individuals served by the Alpha-1 Foundation. Funds provided by the Alpha-1 Foundation through this program are intended to lead to the development of sufficient preliminary data to make AAT-related applications highly competitive in the NIH review process. Information derived from Alpha-1 Foundation supported research studies is intended to lead to solicitation of additional, subsequent funds from other agencies such as the NIH.

Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) Related to AAT Deficiency

Funding Levels: ELSI projects may be submitted under the following grant categories: Pilot & Feasibility, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship or Research. Please see the funding levels stated above for each respective grant category.

Period: Up to 2 years of support is available, depending on the grant category in which the grant is submitted. Please see the periods stated above for each respective grant category.

The objective of this grant is to provide funds to encourage the development of new information that contributes to the understanding of bioethical, legal, economic and/or social issues associated with AAT Deficiency. Proposals may come from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including humanities, social and natural sciences, and health professions. In particular, this grant mechanism seeks to support the development of novel approaches relating to informed consent, conflicts of interest, organ allocation, genetic testing and/or genetic discrimination; however, applications may address all of the following or other related areas:

1. Surveying attitudes about genetic testing and screening; changing physician behavior and standards of care regarding testing; confidential testing; genetic counseling; public awareness and education about Alpha-1.
2. Improving the quality of life of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient patients and their families; chronic illness, terminal illness, advance CARE planning, and end of life issues; employment issues; family planning issues; investigations of the social or economic impacts of a diagnosis of AAT Deficiency including stigma post-diagnosis.
3. The provision of an informed consent associated with AAT Deficiency testing, medical treatments, participation in research, or transplantation; other issues relating to participation in clinical trials or research studies.
4. Issues relating to genetic discrimination including access to insurance coverage, social services, medical care, employment, and/or military service; the protection of confidentiality of patients and their families; legislation relating to genetic disease and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient individuals.
5. Equitable distribution of available medical therapies; availability and allocation of organs for transplantation associated with AAT Deficiency.
6. Intellectual property rights; ownership of tissue, organs and DNA associated with research studies and clinical trials; patents relating to genetic research.

All proposals must be hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing, or generate new information on conceptual topics relevant to the Foundation’s research mission. Applicants may submit this application as a Pilot and Feasibility Grant, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant or Research Grant. Projects submitted for Research Grant funding must provide sufficient preliminary data to justify the Foundation’s support.

Pilot and Feasibility Grant

Funding Level: Maximum of $40,000 may be requested.

Period: Up to 1 year of support is available.

The objective of this grant is to provide funds to encourage the development and testing of new hypotheses and/or new methods in research areas relevant to AAT Deficiency. Proposed work must be hypothesis generating or hypothesis testing, reflecting innovative approaches to important questions in AAT research or development of novel methods, and providing sufficient preliminary data to justify the Foundation’s support. Results from Pilot and Feasibility Grants should lead to the submission of applications for funding from other agencies (i.e. NIH). At the conclusion of the funding term, applicants are expected to apply for further funding by other mechanisms or from outside agencies. The award is not intended to support continuation of programs begun under other granting mechanisms.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant

Funding Level: Maximum of $35,000 per year may be requested.

Period: Up to 2 years of support is available.

The objective of this grant is to provide support for postdoctoral research fellows who are starting their research careers and are working in the laboratories of established researchers or conducting research with the mentorship of established researchers. In addition, this grant category is intended to provide support for postdoctoral research fellows who intend to purse a career in AAT research. Applications will be accepted from candidates holding an M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degrees who are interested in conducting basic science, clinical research, or ethic, legal, social issues studies related to AAT Deficiency. Applicants must indicate a commitment to AAT-related research by focusing 50% of their time to AAT Deficiency research or clinical practice.

Research Grant

Funding Level: Maximum of $100,000 per year may be requested.

Period: Up to 2 years of support is available.

The objective of this grant is to provide funds to encourage the development of new information that contributes to the understanding of the basic biology of AAT expression, and the pathogenesis/management of AAT Deficiency. In addition, consideration will be given to those projects that provide insight into the development of information that may contribute to new therapies for AAT Deficiency. All proposals must be hypothesis generating or hypothesis testing and provide sufficient preliminary data to justify the Alpha-1 Foundation’s support.

Scientific Meeting Sponsorship Grant

Funding Level: Grants are generally funded at the $5,000 level. The funds are restricted for use during a specified period of time.

Period: Varies according to request.

The objective of this grant is to provide support for scientific meetings, workshops or conferences relevant to AAT Deficiency and the Alpha-1 Foundation’s mission statement.

Travel Grant
There are 2 types of Travel Grants:

Funding Level: Grants are generally funded at a level of $1,000. The funds are restricted for use during a specified period of time.

Period: Varies according to request.

1. The Alpha-1 Foundation provides funds to support travel to attend a scientific conference or meeting to present AAT-related abstracts or posters at national and international meetings. Candidates must have an M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree, and at least one year of recent research experience related to AAT Deficiency. The award is intended primarily for travel support for an award recipient. If the grant is to be used for specialized training, a letter of support for the individual must be presented, and clearly indicate the visitor’s role, time commitment and objectives for the proposed training as well as institutional commitment.

1. The Alpha-1 Foundation provides funds to support cross training at an established Alpha-1 laboratory by an established Alpha-1 investigator. Training may include training on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, research related techniques, training on specialized equipment or software applicable to AAT-related research.

Greenwall Foundation Bioethics Grants Program

Proposals should be submitted electronically in a single PDF document to admin@greenwall.org. In addition, three copies of the proposal should be mailed to The Greenwall Foundation, 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2500, New York, New York 10170. Requests for support should include:

* Cover page, with applicant's name, institution, and contact information (mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and email address), project title, project grant period, and amount requested
* Executive Summary (one-page)
* Statement (not to exceed 8 pages single spaced) of (1) objectives and specific aims, (2) background and significance, (3) preliminary data, (4) research design -- methods and data analysis, and (5) plans for dissemination and future work
* References
* Appendices, including survey instruments, letters of support, and unpublished articles especially relevant to the work at hand.
* NIH-type curriculum vitae (not to exceed 4 pages) with statement of principal investigator's other financial support
* Summary budget (expense and income) specifying the amount requested from The Greenwall Foundation for this project - please download and use this form
* 501(c)3 tax exemption letter

The application should be in Times New Roman 12 point font. (Please note that this is larger than the NIH minimum.)

Proposal deadline  is  February 1, 2011 for the spring grant cycle

Proposals, both electronic and hard copies, must be received at The Foundation's offices by close of business (5:00 pm EST) on these dates or, should these dates fall on a weekend, on the next business day.

Applicants are encouraged to telephone The Foundation's President regarding their proposals well in advance of the application deadlines.

Applicants whose proposals are declined are customarily requested to wait a full year before submitting another proposal for consideration by The Foundation's Board.

Through its interdisciplinary program in bioethics, The Foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, theologians and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision-making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy.

The Foundation is especially interested in the work of junior investigators and pilot projects that may lead to NIH support, and it is prepared to address issues regarded by some as sensitive or potentially controversial.

The Foundation is not normally interested in proposals to support equipment purchase, facility construction or renovation, or general operating expenses, and will not normally consider grants to private foundations, endowment funds, or individual applicants.

Grant making in bioethics is focused on five programs: (1) research and project grants; (2) The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program; (3) The Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy; (4) The Oscar M Ruebhausen Visiting Professorship; and (5) The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care.

Effective January 1, 2012, The Foundation's grantmaking will focus on building and enriching the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics. The final application cycle for the program (as presently constituted) will be spring 2011 with an application deadline of February 1, 2011.

For more informations and to discuss the implications of these changes, please contact William C. Stubing, President of The Foundation.

American Roentgen Ray Society/Leonard Berlin Scholarship in Medical Professionalism

The Leonard Berlin Scholarship in Medical Professionalism is intended to support study and research related to medical ethics, medico-legal principles, patient accountability, sensitivity to patient diversity and/or other topics encompassing medical professionalism.

The scholarship may be used for study at or outside the scholar’s parent institution, and is open to radiologists at all stages of their careers.

The ARRS Research Committee may select up to one scholar annually. Scholars may choose either a one-year program requiring a minimum 50 percent time commitment to be funded at $100,000, or a two-year program requiring a minimum 25 percent time commitment to be funded at $50,000 each year. Up to $20,000 of the funds may be used in a way that will contribute to the scholar’s development and professional advancement, such as tuition and course materials, with the remainder to be used towards salary support. The money may not be spent for the purchase of equipment, or imaging studies. Indirect costs may not be paid from this fund.

The scholarship is funded through The Roentgen Fund of the ARRS and made possible in part by support from Dr. Leonard Berlin. The scholarship funds will be paid to the Scholar’s Department. Payments will be made semi-annually on July 1 and January 1 for one-year scholarships, and annually on July 1 for two-year scholarships.

General Qualifications

Earned MD or DO from an accredited institution, or equivalent.
Completion of a radiology residency, and fellowship training where appropriate, or the equivalent.
Certification by the American Board of Radiology or equivalent.
The candidate must be a member of the ARRS at the time the application is submitted and for the duration of the award.

Selection Criteria

Selection of the ARRS scholar will be based on:

The competence and promise of the candidate in research, education or administration as it relates to medical professionalism,
Evidence of an environment that is conducive to professional development, and
Personal qualities of the candidate that indicate that the candidate has the interest and potential to be a leader in the area of medical professionalism.

Nomination Procedure

All candidates will submit the required documents as e-mail attachments to awards@arrs.org. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 19, 2010. Selected applicants will be invited to meet with the ARRS Research Subcommittee and ARRS officers to discuss their application. Interviews will be held in January, 2011. The candidates will be notified of funding shortly after the interview date. The new scholar will be announced at the annual meeting of the ARRS, and is expected to be present for the announcement at the Scholars and Awards session.

Submission Procedure

Applicants must submit the following materials. The entire application (not counting the CV) should not exceed 20 pages.
A cover letter from the applicant stating his or her address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address, for use by the ARRS administrative office
A curriculum vitae including details of any other current or pending salary support
A three-page summary of the applicant's qualifications, goals and purpose of study
A description of course-work that will be undertaken
A listing of mentors, as appropriate to the proposal, and their contributions to the proposal
A letter of nomination from the Department Chair, or when applicable, the Radiology Group Director, and two additional letters of recommendation
An estimated budget covering the scholar's program over the one- or two-year period. A simple balance sheet should include estimated yearly income from all sources including the budget of the institution or outside agencies and estimated expenditures for salary, travel and other expenses.
Please submit your application materials electronically to lmishler@acr-arrs.org

Reporting

Final Report: All scholars will be required to participate as an ARRS Annual Meeting instructional course faculty member, providing a course on medical professionalism, author an article for publication in the American Journal of Roentgenology, and/or provide a similar product or service, to be mutually agreed upon by the scholar and the ARRS Research Committee at the end of the scholarship period, with the content of designed to educate others in medical professionalism.
Formal acknowledgment for publications: “American Roentgen Ray Society/Leonard Berlin Medical Professionalism Scholar” should be added to any publications that are a direct result of the scholarship proposal or prepared during the course of the scholarship. A reprint of any publications of work in which the scholar is involved should be sent to the Roentgen Fund.

Termination of Scholarship

Circumstances may arise in which the institution or the scholar may wish to bring the grant to an end before the completion of the study. This may be arranged at any time by agreement between the scholar, and the ARRS. Termination will be made with the understanding that all unexpended funds will be returned to the ARRS and that all unpaid balances of the scholarship will be canceled.

The ARRS/Leonard Berlin Scholarship is named in honor of Dr. Leonard Berlin of Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, IL. Dr. Berlin is a recognized leader in various aspects of medical professionalism as they affect the field of radiology.

For additional information please email us at awards@arrs.org.

American Roentgen Ray Society
1891 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 20191-4326 USA

American Lung Association Grant Offerings

The following awards will be offered as a part of the 2011-2012 American Lung Association Nationwide Awards and Grants Portfolio:

Important Dates
Applications Open: June 21, 2010
Letter of Intent for Lung Cancer Discovery Award*: July 23, 2010
Application Deadline: October 21, 2010

*This is the only American Lung Association Grant that requires a LOI

I. TRAINING AWARDS
Lung Health Dissertation Grant (1 grant available): $21,000/yr. Pre-doctoral support for nurses or students with an academic career focused on the various disciplines of social science. Research areas of particular interest are: psychosocial, behavioral, health services, health policy, epidemiological, biostatistical and educational matters related to lung disease.

Senior Research Training Fellowship (8-10 grants available): $32,500/yr. Post-doctoral support for MDs and/or PhDs receiving further academic training as scientific investigators. Research areas of particular interest are: adult pulmonary medicine, pediatric pulmonary medicine and lung biology.

II. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
Biomedical Research Grant (10-12 grants available): $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for junior investigators researching the mechanisms of lung disease and general lung biology.

Dalsemer Research Grant (1 grant available): $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for junior investigators researching interstitial lung disease.

Clinical Patient Care Research Grant (1-2 grants available): $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for junior investigators working on traditional clinical studies examining methods of improving patient care and/or treatment for lung disease.

Social-Behavioral Research Grant: (1-2 grants available): $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for junior investigators working on epidemiological and behavioral studies examining risk factors affecting lung health. This grant includes studies concerning the ethical, legal and economic aspects of health services and policies.

DeSousa Award (1 grant available): $100,000/yr. Supports investigators, at any level of research experience, focusing on bronchiectasis, infection with atypical Mycobacteria, particularly Mycobacterium Avium, and/or infection with Nocardia species.

Lung Cancer Discovery Award (1 grant available): $100,000/yr. Supports investigators, at any level of research experience, focusing on novel treatments or a cure for lung cancer.
A Letter of Intent is required for this award.

Additional grant opportunities may become available at a later date.

American Lung Association
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004

T: 202 785 3355
F: 202 452 1805
E: info@lungusa.org