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Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Health Affairs Scholarship
Application deadline: November 15
The Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Health Affairs Scholarship was established to provide assistance to a GAPNA member who wishes to attend the annual American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) National Nurse Practitioner Summit. The recipient of the Health Affairs Scholarship will receive an award up to $1500 to be used for registration fees, travel, lodging, and other summit-related costs.
The following criteria will be used in selecting the GAPNA Health Affairs Scholarship recipient:
• GAPNA membership for a minimum of two years; student membership applies
• Demonstrated interest in health affairs and policy legislation but cannot have previously attended the ACNP National Nurse Practitioner Summit
Terms of Acceptance of the GAPNA Health Affairs Scholarship:
• The recipient agrees to commit to participate actively on the GAPNA Health Affairs Committee for the next two years and to participate in the planning of the Health Affairs Committee activities at the annual GAPNA conference.
• The recipient will submit an article on the National Nurse Practitioner Summit for the next issue of the GAPNA newsletter.
• The recipient should participate in conference activities related to Health Affairs.
To apply for the scholarship, please complete both pages of the application and submit to the GAPNA National Office no later than November 15.
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association GNP Student Scholarship
Scholarship amounts are at least $2,500, and may be awarded up to $5,000.
Among other things, candidates must be:
• Full-time students matriculated or matriculating into one of the following programs:
◦ Adult/Gero Primary Care
◦ Adult/Gero Acute Care
◦ Adult/Gero Clinical Nurse Specialist;
• Must plan to work in the field of nursing focusing on the older adult
• Must be a GAPNA member in good standing
Submission deadline is June 15, 2013.
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Chapter Excellence Award
The Chapter Excellence Award honors a chapter that best promotes the goals of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) through its member relationships, professional activities, and promotion of advanced practice gerontological nursing throughout the local, regional, and/or state during the past year. The winning chapter will be awarded $250.00.
Eligibility Requirements:
• The chapter must be officially chartered by the GAPNA Board of Directors.
• The chapter must be in compliance with all chapter obligations and in good standing with the GAPNA National Office.
• The completed application must be received by the National Office by the given deadline.
Application deadline: June 1
Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards
With continuing support from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) is pleased to oversee the annual Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards program in its sixth year.
Three awards of $20,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit organizations, government agencies or universities responding to a community need with a program or project which focuses primarily on family/informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Only agencies operating within the continental United States are eligible to apply. One award will be granted in each of these categories:
Creative Expression: This award will go to programs or projects that use imaginative and creative approaches in supporting persons with dementia or family/informal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Some examples are programs or projects using art, music, theatre, journaling, multimedia (e.g. film, documentary, radio) or other types of creative expression.
Diverse/Multicultural Communities: This award will go to programs or projects that provide services, support or other types of outreach to family/informal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in diverse ethnic, age diversity, religion/spirituality, gender, rural, low income, and LGBT or other communities.
Policy and Advocacy: This award will go to programs or projects that advocate for systems change for the benefit of family/informal caregivers or care recipients with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. These efforts could focus on legislation, executive or administrative changes, advocacy campaigns, or any other action to strengthen the public or private sector's recognition and support of family/informal caregivers.
Award Timeline
Applications are available, online only. The closing deadline for 2013 applications is 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), Friday, August 16, 2013. Award announcements will be made by late November 2013. Award recipients will be honored at the 2014 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA). Participates will be invited to present information about their awarded program or project at the conference. Travel stipends will be available for the conference.
Eligibility and Submission Conditions
Nonprofit organizations, government agencies and universities responding to a community need with a program or project that focuses primarily on family/ informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are eligible to apply. Family or informal caregivers are unpaid caregivers. The term includes family members, friends, domestic partners and neighbors. Support for family/informal caregivers need not be the primary mission of the organization, agency or university.
Nonprofit applicants must submit proof of their 501(c) (3) status or other nonprofit status by attaching a copy of their nonprofit designation letter to their application. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
The nominated program or project has to have been active during the calendar year of 2012 and/or 2013. If the program or project involves a major culminating event, that event must have occurred prior to application deadline.
For the Policy & Advocacy and Creative Expression categories, program or project may be related to either family/informal caregivers or persons with dementia or both.
For the Diversity/Multicultural Communities category, program/project must be specific to family/informal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias.
The applicant or other designated program or project representatives must be willing to share information about their program with others, including a presentation at a national professional conference, and to write up additional information to appear on FCA's website and/or future publications. Award recipients may also be asked to provide information about how the award was used to further advance the mission of the organization, agency, or university.
Application must be received by the extended deadline of 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), on Friday, August 16, 2013.
Applicants must apply electronically using the designated online system.
Applicants must designate the category in which they would like to be considered. Applicants are competing only against others within their chosen category. If the judges feel that the applicant would be better suited for another category, they will contact the applicant directly.
Call for Nominations: Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award
PURPOSE OF THE AWARD
Hiram J. Friedsam was a professor, co-founder, and director of the Center for Studies in Aging and Dean of the School of Community Service at the University of North Texas. The University of North Texas established the first gerontology program in the state of Texas and one of the first in the nation. He was an outstanding teacher, researcher, colleague, and mentor to students, faculty, and administrators, and a past-president of AGHE. The purpose of this award is to recognize those who emulate Dr. Friedsam's excellence in mentorship. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Nominees must have contributed to gerontological education through excellence in mentorship to students, faculty, or administrators and have advanced the goals and mission of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. At the time of the nomination, the nominee must be affiliated with an AGHE member institution.
SELECTION
Nominees will be reviewed and an awardee will be recommended by the AGHE Awards Committee with final approval given by the Association's Executive Committee.
BENEFITS
The awardee receives a plaque presented at AGHE’s Annual Meeting. The awardee receives complimentary registration, a hotel room for one night and a $500 cash award. The awardees will be asked to make a presentation on mentoring at AGHE's annual conference. NOMINATION PROCESS
To be considered for the award, the nominator must submit, via email, a nominations packet that includes a primary letter of nomination, a maximum of four supporting letters of nomination, and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. Only electronic submissions will be reviewed. If at all possible, the nomination packet should be in the form of one, pdf-ed file that includes all of the required material. Nomination packets should be sent to Awards Committee Chair at committee Chair’s email address and to aghe@aghe.org.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is June 3, 2013. For questions about this award, please contact the Awards Committee Chair, Dr. Kate De Medeiros, at (202) 289-9806 or via email: demedekb@muohio.edu).
The nominator may want to consider whether to keep the nomination confidential from the nominee.
Call for Applications: 2014 Irma and Paul Milstein Program for Senior Health Fellowship and Translational Project Awards
The 2014 award application deadline is November 1, 2013
In connection with the commitment to support outstanding medical research related to geriatric medicine and aging research, the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation (MMAAP) invites the submission of applications from mainland China for:
1) Irma and Paul Milstein Program for Senior Health Fellowship Award to support one year of training at a prominent sponsoring institution in the US for one Chinese scholar in geriatric medicine and aging research
2) Translational Research Project Award of the Irma and Paul Milstein Program for Senior Health to support one such project with potential for immediate impact on improving senior health in China.
The aim of this program is to build enduring partnership between the United States and Asia through training of future Chinese academic leaders and to encourage long term collaborations between the two regions. The fellowship award will provide support for the fellow in the amount of $60,000 accompanied by a grant of $25,000 to the hosting U.S. institution. The translational project award will provide support for the project to be conducted at applicant’s home institution in China in the amount of $50,000 and support for the U.S. partner institution in the amount of $10,000.
The 2013 Fellowship Award was given to Genxiang Mao, MD, of Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Geriatrics at Zhejiang Hospital, for a project entitled "A New Strategy for Delaying Cellular Senescence: Modulating Mitochondrial Biogenesis." The Translational Research Project Award was given to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, with principal investigator Xiaohong Liu, MD, PhD, for a project entitled "Development of a Chinese At-Home Senior Care Model for Community-Dwelling Disabled Older Adults." For this first round of MMAAP Foundation awards, Johns Hopkins University will serve as both the hosting institution for the fellow and the partner institution for the translational research project.
The 2014 award application deadline is November 1, 2013. For detailed information including application guidelines and eligibility, please visit www.mmaapf.org.
Contact: Victor Ning Project Manager MMAAP Foundation Phone: 212 850 4505 Email: vning@mmaapf.org
Velux Stiftung Research Grant Program
The Velux Stiftung was established in 1980 and promotes research projects investigating the effect and better utilisation of daylight. The Velux Stiftung is interested in the effect of daylight on the well-being of humans and on the recovery process from both physical and psychological illness, but also its impact on nature, and in technologies for the utilisation of daylight in buildings for energy efficiency and illumination. The Velux Stiftung is active world-wide, and supports innovative projects which generate lasting progress for the benefit of mankind. The Velux Stiftung is member of SwissFoundations. The foundation – which is a non-profit organisation – supports research projects: - related to the use, the impact or the benefit of daylight, - for the better understanding and the furtherance of normal aging - in ophthalmology
Applications submitted to the Velux Stiftung have to be within the foundation's aims and purposes, and need to fulfill the requested conditions. For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. VELUX STIFTUNG Kirchgasse 42 "Zum Rothen Adler" CH-8001 Zürich info@veluxstiftung.ch
Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences Section Student Research Award
The Behavioral and Social Sciences Section presents two awards for student papers: one at the pre-dissertation level and one at the dissertation level. Eligibility at the pre-dissertation level is limited to student members enrolled in doctoral programs who do not yet have their doctorate degree. Eligibilty at the dissertation level is limited to student members who are no more than 18 months post doctorate by the final submission deadline.
The award winner at the dissertation level receives a $1,000 cash prize and the award winner at the pre-dissertation level receives a $500 cash prize. Award winners in both categories also receive a copy of The Handbook of Aging (the Social Sciences or the Psychology edition) and a one-year GSA membership.
Final Submission Deadline: Last Monday in September.
Criteria Applicants must be a student/ESPO member of the Behavioral and Social Sciences section.
The paper must be a completed empirical study dealing with a topic of relevance to the BSS section of GSA.
The quality of review of previous theoretical and/or empirical work.
Intelligent use and explanation of existing theory to build a context for the present paper.
Originality/Creativity
Extent to which relevant methodological aspects (e.g., sample, measures, data analysis) are adequately described.
Quality of methods (e.g., use of appropriate sampling, data collection, research design and data analytic techniques; proper execution of chosen methods).
Appropriateness of scope of the paper (e.g., does the author attempt to accomplish too much?).
Quality of Interpretation (e.g., conclusions do not extend beyond what the data indicate; awareness of study limitations; relevance to future practice, theory, or research are well-described).
Writing style/Adherence to guidelines.
Progression of Ideas.
The paper must adhere to APA style (American Psychological Association (2001), Publication Manual, 5th Ed). The paper may not exceed 30 double-spaced pages total (including, figures, tables, references, and appendices) at a minimum of 12 point font with one-inch margins all around.
Finally, student papers must be primarily the work of the student. If the manuscript is co-authored, a letter from the other author is required that should verify that the student applicant had the primary responsibility for the work.
In order to submit for this award, please send two copies of your paper (one blind, one unblinded) with supporting documentation (letters from co-authors or advisor) to awards@geron.org with the subject "BSS Dissertation Award - YOUR NAME HERE" or "BSS Pre-Disseration Award - YOUR NAME HERE" by COB on the submission deadline date.
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