Government Grants

International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly Grant Program

Deadline to apply is April 1, 2010.

The Scientific Assembly Grant (SAG) Program was established by IAFN in recognition of the need to promote excellence in Forensic Nursing through the support of global information sharing and networking. The SAG Program is designed to provide financial assistance for members and other forensic nurses from around the world who might otherwise be unable to attend the organization’s annual Scientific Assembly. This year's Assembly will be in Pittsburgh, PA, USA from October 27-30, 2010.

All forensic nurses are welcome to apply. Applicants who are IAFN members and have been for a minimum of twelve (12) months immediately prior to application may apply directly. Applicants who have been a member less than 12 months or who are non IAFN members must be sponsored by a current IAFN member. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Three (3) grants will be available to those who apply for financial assistance to attend the annual Scientific Assembly. A grant award will consist of registration to the Scientific Assembly and a $1,100 USD stipend to be used for either airfare, lodging, ground transportation or meals. A check will be made available during the Assembly to the grantee.

In addition to providing biographical data and demonstrating financial need, each applicant must write a short essay briefly explaining their area of practice/expertise and the benefit to themselves, their communities and IAFN gained by their attendance at the Scientific Assembly.

All determination notices will be sent on or before May 31, 2010.

International Association of Forensic Nurses
1517 Ritchie Hwy
Ste 208
Arnold, MD 21012-2323

Phone: +1-410-626-7805
Fax: +1-410-626-7804

Excellence in Survivor Advocacy Award

Supported by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support achievements and involvement of patient advocacy across the cancer treatment continuum, particularly as it relates to survivorship issues.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

* Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
* Have at least two years of oncology nursing experience
* Been actively engaged in patient and survivor advocacy (e.g., legislative, regulatory, insurance discrimination issues) at the federal, state, or local level for at least two years immediately preceding nomination

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

* Demonstrated patient and survivor advocacy on a consistent basis in a work setting that cares for individuals with cancer.
* Helped to recruit nurses or other health professionals to become engaged in survivor advocacy.
* Collaborated with other organizations, entities, and individual advocates to further recognition of survivorship priorities and issues.
* Served as a role model for other healthcare professionals and the public by active involvement in cancer support groups, survivor groups, and/or other identified networks or organizations for individuals with cancer.

Application deadline: August 16, 2010, 5pm (ET).

For more information on any of the ONS awards, contact ONS at customer.service@ons.org. Both nominees and nominators will be notified once an application is received.

Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA15275
866-257-4ONS (866-257-4667)
412-859-6100
877-369-5497 (toll free fax)
412-859-6162 (fax)

American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Young Investigator Award

ASCPT is now accepting applications for the 2010 Young Investigator Award (YIA). The YIA award is intended to support a fellow or junior faculty member in clinical pharmacology or related field. The award includes a $35,000 grant. Deadline for applications is May 13, 2010.

The Young Investigator award is intended to support a fellow or junior faculty member in clinical pharmacology or related field who is engaged in clinical/translational research.

ASCPT broadly defines clinical research to be investigation in clinical pharmacology that is hypothesis-driven research that is focused on drug discovery and molecular research, drug development, drug action and disposition, clinical trials, regulatory sciences, therapeutics and outcomes research. Our focus is on human-based research.

The applicant must have completed a doctoral degree (MD, PharmD or PhD) at the time of grant award (July 2010) and be in a fellowship program focused on clinical pharmacology or must be within one year of the anniversary date of their faculty appointment.

• An application will be made by the applicant that describes the applicant, mentor, institution, and project. The ASCPT selection committee will critically evaluate these applications.
• An institutional commitment for a faculty appointment at time of grant submission is not required but the applicant should be working in a laboratory or clinical research setting.
• The sponsoring facility must be an academic medical institution. The primary mentor must be in the candidate’s proposed research field, must assume responsibility, and provide guidance for the research.
• Applicants must provide evidence that IRB approval is pending at the time of application.
• If the mentor is not an active ASCPT member, a supporting letter from an ASCPT member must be
included.
• Applicants should be planning an investigative career in clinical pharmacology.
• It is expected that at the time of the award, the applicant be a member of ASCPT.
• The applicant should spend at least 60-75% of his or her time in research during the award period.
• Eligible candidates may submit only one application to ASCPT per year.
• The Grant is for a one-year period, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011, for the total amount of $35,000.

Payments are made to the applicant’s institution in two equal installments on July 1 and January 1. The grant
is comprised of $31,000 to support the grant project, $1,500 for travel related to the project including the
ASCPT Annual Meeting and $2,500 for the institution to help defray the costs related to the administration of
the project. Disbursement of funds is contingent upon final IRB approval. If final IRB approval if not given, the award will not be granted.

• The grant funds are directed to the sponsoring institution and may provide salary support, supplies, equipment, travel, etc. necessary for pursuit of the recipient’s research project.
• At the conclusion of the grant period, a final report is required highlighting the project’s progress and summarizing the usage of funds.
• In accordance with the goals of the ASCPT to assist with the careers of young investigators, recipients are required to respond to ASCPT’s requests for information on their career progress following the active grant.

The Young Investigator Award information can be downloaded from the ASCPT web site at www.ascpt.org

Questions about the Young Investigator Award can be directed to:
Sharon J. Swan, CAE, ASCPT Executive Director
Sharon@ascpt.org or 703.836.6981

Applications are due to ASCPT by:
5:00 pm Eastern time on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Applications should be sent to:
ASCPT, 528 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA

Request for Proposals: Promoting Partnerships to Strengthen Health Care Reform Advocacy

Northwest Health Foundation believes that all people have the right to access quality, affordable health care. We support organizations working to increase access in Oregon and southwest Washington, both within the current health care system and through a process of grassroots engagement in health reform.

With skyrocketing health care costs and deteriorating access to affordable care, there is agreement both at the national level and throughout Oregon that health care needs to be more affordable, available to everyone, and focused on improved health outcomes. In fact, health care reform, including legislative activity, is a hot issue in both Washington, DC, and here in Oregon. In June of 2009, two bills (HB 2116 and HB 2009) passed during Oregon’s 2009 legislative session which expanded health care coverage to all uninsured children and 35,000 uninsured adults, and created an Oregon Health Authority, which is responsible for streamlining and aligning state health purchasers and programs to maximize efficiency, organize state health policy and health services, and implement health reform policies and programs. HB 2009 also established the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB), which serves as the policy-making and oversight body for the Oregon Health Authority and is responsible for improving the health care delivery system (access, cost, quality) as well as improving the health of Oregonians. The OHPB will be developing recommendations the will lead to legislation for the 2011 Legislative Session.

Consequently, there is an important opportunity for health reform advocacy efforts to shape the next phases of health care reform implementation, which may include further expansion of health care coverage, and mechanisms to curb health care costs, create a more efficient, effective health care delivery system, and address health disparities inherent in the current system.

Health Care Reform Advocacy Grant Opportunity

Through this RFP, the Northwest Health Foundation seeks to encourage the voices of those most affected by health care reform to be represented in health care policy discussions. The Foundation will support the various efforts and organizations working to expand access and reform the system—including increasing the presence of diverse voices to highlight health equity in the health reform conversation—with a focus on planning for the 2011 legislative session.

The Foundation is particularly interested in applications that incorporate innovative or unusual partnerships between two or more organizations, and intends for this grant cycle to foster relationships that will strengthen both health care advocacy in the broad sense, as well as individual organizational capacity to engage in this arena. We anticipate that the portfolio of advocacy projects funded through this grant cycle will be diverse both in terms of the types of partnerships supported and the identified health care reform issues.

Specifically, the Foundation is seeking proposals from entities comprised of two or more partners to support health reform advocacy activities which include, but are not limited to, grassroots organizing, public-will building, coalition building and participation, communications and messaging, and policy analysis.

In addition to projects that advocate for further expansion of health care coverage, mechanisms to curb health care costs, and a more efficient, effective health care delivery system, we are also interested in projects that:
• seek to improve health equity, including confronting cultural, economic, or other systemic barriers to accessing quality health care;
• promote prevention and public health integration within health care reform efforts;
• focus on oral health issues; and
• address the unique access needs in rural areas.

The provision of direct health care services will not be funded during this grant cycle.

Grant Amounts and Duration

The Foundation intends to award at least 10 grants of up to $50,000. Projects may last up to 18 months.

Proposal Instructions

Ten sets of the complete application and two sets of the financial statement must be received at the Foundation office no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2010. Postmarked, faxed or e-mailed proposals will not be accepted. Please send or deliver your application sets to:

Northwest Health Foundation
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97209

Key dates: March 15 – Proposals due
June 29 – Applicants informed of decisions
August 1 – Earliest start date for funding

Law Students and Professionals: Paralyzed Veterans of America's 2009-2010 Legal Writing Competition
is Now Open for Entries

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) is pleased to announce its sixth annual legal writing competition. The nationwide contest is designed to encourage debate within the current and next generation of the legal profession on public policy issues affecting today’s veterans.

Entries should address the topic:  Adjudication within the Department of Veterans Affairs: Judicial Independence, Quality Control, Consumer Perception and the Paradoxes Present in the VA’s System of Administrative Adjudication

Paralyzed Veterans of America hosts this contest in the hopes of encouraging vigorous discussion of veterans issues. Entrants may choose any result and should feel free to offer well-supported praise, criticism, or suggestions.

Entrants may wish to consider information available from the VA’s web site, the Court’s web site, and, of course, cases decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The competition is open to all law students enrolled in ABA-accredited law schools, for entry in the law student division, as well as law school graduates and law professors for entry in the professional division. Prizes of $3,000.00 each will be awarded in two divisions, law student and professional. The prizes will be awarded to the entries deemed by the judges to be the best in each division. In addition, the winners will receive assistance from Paralyzed Veterans in publishing the paper in appropriate professional publications and/or presenting the paper at appropriate professional association gatherings.

Submissions must be received no later than June 1, 2010.

Paralyzed Veterans of America
801 Eighteenth Street, NW | Washington, DC 20006-3517 

1-800-555-9140 | info@pva.org

Association of Schools of Public Health Public Health Policy Fellowship Program

Deadline for electronic submission of application: 03/11/2010

ASPH Public Health Policy Fellow(s) are placed in either a congressional or committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where s/he can observe and participate in the legislative process as it pertains to Public Health. Fellow(s) are placed in a pre-determined office, and receive a variety of educational and professional development opportunities, including participation in an intensive training session on understanding the Legislative process.

Typically ASPH Public Health Policy Fellows will:

* Help develop legislative proposals
* Arrange hearings
* Brief legislators for committee sessions and floor debates
* Staff House-Senate conferences.

What does the ASPH Fellowship offer you?
This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual to play a role in helping to shape United States health policy. Specific anticipated benefits include:

* Development of a thorough understanding of the public health policy and the legislative process;
* Access and networking with experienced policymakers, public health professionals, and experts in the field of public health; and,
* Obtain hands-on real world health policy experience in the fast-paced environment of Capital Hill.

When and where are the Fellowships offered?
Fellowship positions are full-time opportunities for the duration of 12 months. Fellowships may be extended for an additional year, pending available funding and mutual agreement by the fellow and ASPH. Fellowship opportunities will be located in either a congressional or committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Specific location will be determined after fellow is selected. Selected fellows are required to relocate to the fellowship location.

Eligibility
To be eligible, students must have received an MPH or Doctorate degree prior to the beginning of the fellowship (no later than August of the application year). Early career professionals with MPH or Doctorate degrees (within 5 years of graduation) may also apply for the fellowship program. Applicants must have received their degree(s) from an ASPH-member, CEPH-accredited, graduate school of public health (Click here), as well as be a U.S. citizen or hold a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S., to be eligible for the fellowship program.

Fellowship Stipend
Fellows receive a stipend payment for the duration of the fellowship on a biweekly basis. In addition to the fellowship stipend, the fellows will have access to sufficient "fellowship allowance" that is intended to cover health/dental/vision insurance premiums during the year fellowship period. In addition, an additional "travel allowance" is awarded to cover project-related travel, tuition, journal subscriptions, association dues, etc. Not all positions will have a travel/training allowance.

The fellowship stipend is intended to cover all living expenses including housing and project related travel. Fellows will also receive a"moving allowance" for their own move to and from the fellowship site. Fellows are also required to maintain their own health insurance while in the fellowship program.

How are Fellows selected?
All applications to the fellowship program undergo a two-phase review process. In the first stage, the applications are reviewed by two faculty members from schools of public health (other than the applicant´s institution) on the following criteria: quality of essay, strength of credentials, previous professional experience; and letters of recommendation. Applicants approved by the faculty review are invited to Washington, DC to interview for the fellowship. A panel will interview applicants and along with the faculty review comments to assess which of the candidates applying for the individual projects are most suited for the fellowship.

How do I apply to the program?
There are two components to the application process, the online application and hard copy documents that must be mailed to ASPH in ONE package. The following lists all documents required to apply:
Online:
1. Personal Essay for each position
2. Resume

Hard copy documents:
1. Two generic recommendation letters
2. Graduate Transcript (of all ASPH member school(s) of public health attended)
3. Signature Page (available after submitting the online application)

Monica Gonzalez Stadtler
Senior Manager, Graduate Training Programs
mstadtler@asph.org
Tel: (202) 296-1099 ex 143

Contact ASPH
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-296-1099
Fax: 202-296-1252

2010 AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group: Student Scholarship Call for Applications

Applications are being accepted for Student Scholarships to attend the 2010 Annual Research Meeting and the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) is a field of inquiry examining the organization, financing, performance, and impact of health systems defined as the constellation of governmental and non-governmental actors that influence population health, including health care providers, insurers, purchasers, public health agencies, community-based organizations, and entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of health care.

The Student Scholarships recognize graduate students who demonstrate potential to contribute to the field of PHSR through promising research. Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 to be put toward registration and travel to attend AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and the PHSR IG Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to present their research during the PHSR IG Meeting's poster session.

Masters or doctoral students engaged in research that shows potential to advance our understanding of public health systems are encouraged to apply. The Student Scholarships strive to highlight the diversity of research interests that broadly constitute PHSR. The diversity of PHSR is unified in its focus on population health. Thus research, whether inquiries into the organization of public health systems, the relationship between the built environment and the public health system, food safety, chronic disease, emergency preparedness, performance standards, or the quality of public health services, qualifies as PHSR if population health is the objective.

Application Guidelines:
To be considered for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in a masters or doctoral program and engaged in promising research. The Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. To apply, students must submit the following:

A completed Student Scholarship Form.
An abstract for a poster to be presented at the PHSR Interest Group Meeting. (This research maybe in-progress.) The abstract should include the following sections: Research Objective, Study Design, Population, Findings, Conclusion, and Implications. Please limit each abstract to 500 words, starting the word count with the Research Objective section.
A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or research project director.
The selection committee will judge applicants based on the following criteria:

Quality of research
Potential to contribute to the field of PHSR
Enthusiasm for the field
Support of faculty member or research project director
Instructions for Submitting Applications:

Applications must be received at AcademyHealth by March 15, 2010
Applications may be submitted by e-mail or postal mail
Email to: PHSR@AcademyHealth.org

Mail to:
AcademyHealth
1150 17th St, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: PHSR Student Scholarship Committee

Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) Clinical Research & Development Fellowships

Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites researchers from developing countries to apply for a 12-month career development fellowship on Clinical Research & Development. Successful candidates will be seconded to selected pharmaceutical companies. The goal is to develop human resources to promote high quality clinical R&D in disease endemic countries (DEC). It is expected that qualified professionals will be able to enhance DEC product development capacity on diagnostics, drugs and vaccines against infectious diseases that disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations.

The programme will train individuals in situ with relevant partners in order to develop specialized skills not readily taught in academic centres, including inter alia R&D project management, regulatory requirements and good practices. Upon completing their fellowships, the individuals are expected to return to their home institutes and assume a leading role and become valuable resources in the global effort on R&D for neglected infectious diseases.

Programme description
Training fellowship

Within the context of the Clinical R&D team of the host pharmaceutical company, the trainee may be involved in activities related to :

* Elaboration of the Clinical Development Plan;
* Study preparation: study design, concept and main protocols, case report form and logistics;
* Study implementation and conduct: pre-study contacts, study initiation and monitoring;
* Study reporting: data validation, study report;
* Medical Safety and regulation: reporting and management of safety, production of safety documents;
* Administration and documentation: filing, tracking, financial agreement;
* Regulatory aspects of medications;
* Project planning and monitoring: human and financial resources management, timing;
* Literature review, attendance at scientific meetings, clinical trial methodology, FDA/ICH requirements, new technologies.

Although all companies are expected to provide the trainees with good exposure to general technical and managerial principles of R&D practices, individual programmes will be established within each company according to ongoing activities and trainee field of interest and expertise.

Alumni Network and post-training opportunities
An electronic alumni network will be organized and a meeting of past and current fellows will be held annually. The alumni network will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the programme by providing a forum for ongoing communication, better interaction and collaboration.

Eligibility criteria
The applicant must:
* be a scientist who is a citizen of and resident in a developing country;
* be a maximum of 35 years old at the time of the submission deadline;
* have a MD or PhD with clinical and research experience in infectious diseases;
* be employed as a staff member of a DEC research institution, university or other recognized national institution that has an element of research relevant to TDR. The applicant must have been employed by the institution or university for a minimum of 12 months prior to the date of application;
* be computer literate and fluent in English or French with a good working knowledge of English;
* be able to demonstrate how the training programme will be put to use upon return to their home institute and country;
* be committed to work in a developing country for a minimum of three years after the completion of the grant.

Application procedure
The application should be sent in electronic format (Word or PDF only) to clinicalfellows@who.int (no application form is required). Reference letters must be scanned and attached electronically. The following information should be provided:

1.Full name with the family name underlined.
2.Date of birth, sex and nationality (copy of information page of passport or other identification document may be requested at a later date).
3.Name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of institution where the applicant is employed. All applicants must have permanent employment.
4.Telephone number for personnel contact and possible interview (if not the same as institutional telephone number above #4) must be included.
5.Educational qualifications, including place of study and graduation date (transcripts and copies of qualifications are not required but may be requested later).
6.A description (1 page maximum) of the applicant’s current post and of the post held immediately before.
7.A description (1 page maximum) of the applicant’s current work/research interests including disease(s) interest.
8.A description (1 page maximum) of how the applicant, if selected, plans to apply the acquired skills and knowledge after returning to his home country/institution.
9.A list of the applicant’s publications and other abstracts or presentations.
10.A letter of recommendation from two senior scientists/professors that includes their address, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses. Please scan and include these with the application.
11.An endorsement from the Director of the applicant’s home institution testifying to the ability of the applicant to undertake successfully the training proposed and certifying that the applicant, if selected, will be granted a leave of absence. The Director should also indicate how the proposed training will strengthen the institution’s capability to conduct clinical research upon the return of the trainee.
12.Applicants from countries requiring national endorsement should submit their applications through proper government channels. A copy of all applications should be sent to the WHO Representative’s Office in their home country for information purposes.

All applications must be received at clinicalfellows@who.int by 6 April 2010

For further information:

Dr Christine Maure, Empowerment Technical officer
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Telephone: (41-22) 791-1532 Fax: (41-22) 791-4854
E-mail: maurec@who.int

Candidates matching the eligibility criteria will be contacted to arrange a telephone interview in May/June 2010.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome in July 2010.

Training will begin by mutual consent as soon as possible.

Financial provision will be made available to successful applicants through TDR to cover a monthly stipend, travel, health insurance, computer, alumni membership and professional meeting participation.

Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 2

Deadline: Apr 14, 2010

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to build the evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal and policy solutions to improve public health. RWJF is equally interested in identifying and ameliorating laws and legal practices that unintentionally harm health. As public health practitioners, policy-makers and others consider how laws influence the public’s health, they need evidence to inform questions such as: How does law influence health and health behavior? Which laws have the greatest impact? Can current laws be made more effective through better enforcement, or do they require amendment? The purpose of RWJF’s Public Health Law Research program is to answer such questions by building a field of research and practice in public health law.

Preference will be given to those applicant organizations that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a tribal group recognized by the U.S. federal government, or affiliated with a tribal group. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of this program is the United States; studies involving other countries will be considered only to the extent they may directly inform U.S. law and policy. Selection criteria can be found in the complete call for proposals.

Key Dates:
* March 17, 2010—Web conference for interested applicants. Registration is required.
* April 14, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
* Early June—Applicants notified if invited to submit full proposals.
* June 17, 2010–Web conference for full proposal applicants. Registration is required.
* July 21, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
* September 30, 2010—Finalists notified.
* November 15, 2010—Funding initiated.

Total Award:
* Short-term studies: Up to 18-month awards of up to $150,000 each.
* Complex and comprehensive studies: Up to 30-month awards of up to $450,000 each.
* Up to $3.5 million will be available under this call for proposals for research studies.

Contact:

Public Health Law Research Grant Solicitation Helpdesk
phlr@temple.edu
Office: (215) 204-2134
www.publichealthlawresearch.org

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number (877) 843-RWJF (7953)

Call for Entries: Gene Screen A Night of Film on Health and Genetics

Thursday, July 15, 2010

On July 15, 2010, after Genetics Day on the Hill, Genetic Alliance will host the 2nd Annual Gene Screen in conjunction with our Annual Conference, Advancing Novel Partnerships, at the Bethesda North Marriott in metro Washington, DC.

Genetic Alliance hosted the 1st Annual Gene Screen as part of our 2009 Annual Conference, Discovering Openness in Health Systems, and we were thrilled with the success of our inaugural event. After a competitive selection process, we screened five films that inspired laughter, tears, and a pursuit of more knowledge about genetics and health.

Now open for submissions!

Prizes and Benefits

Genetic Alliance will provide cash awards to all films selected for Gene Screen. First prize will receive $250 plus a travel stipend (reimbursed) of up to $250 to travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the Q&A session after the screening. An additional $250 will be split among the other selected films (award amounts will depend on how many films are selected). All filmmakers of selected films are invited to participate in the Q&A, but only the first prize film will receive a travel stipend.

Free registration to the Genetic Alliance Conference will be provided to one person for each film selected, though lodging costs will be at the filmmakers’ expense. All filmmakers are also invited to participate in Genetics Day on the Hill.

Rules and Regulations

POSTMARK DEADLINE: May 31, 2010.

Entry is open for ALL TYPES AND GENRES of film, but films MUST BE RELATED TO GENETICS AND HEALTH. Films can be about a particular condition, but should have relevance beyond that condition to appeal to a diverse audience. The films we select will complement our Conference sessions. The following content areas were provided as choices to individuals submitting abstracts for Conference presentations. Use the list as a guide. Submitters should also bear in mind the Conference theme: Advancing Novel Partnerships.

o Clinical Research
o Cultural Competency
o Delivery of Services
o Education and Information
o Emerging Organizational Trends
o Family Health History
o Health Disparities
o Health Information Technology
o Health Systems Transformation
o Leadership
o Newborn Screening
o Novel Partnerships
o Public Policy
o Social Network Theory
o Support Services
o Translational Research

* Films of any length will be accepted, though we may choose to screen excerpts from longer films.

* Films will be accepted on DVD (Region 1 NTSC format only) or as a .mov file. Please note running time on entry form and on DVD.

* DO NOT send originals. Submitted materials cannot be returned.

* There is a $10 entry fee for the first submission. Any additional submissions (from the same individual) have a $5 entry fee. Cash, check, and money order are accepted. Only US dollars are accepted. All checks and money orders should be made out to Genetic Alliance.

* Each entry must include a COMPLETED ENTRY FORM AND SIGNED RELEASE FORM to be considered.

* The entry form includes an explanation (up to two pages) of the film’s relevance to Genetic Alliance as an organization, our conference audience, and Advancing Novel Partnerships, including a brief descriptions of the film’s applicability to any content areas identified from the list above.

* There is no limit on how many entries you may submit, but each entry must have a separate entry form and entry fee. There is a $10 entry fee for the first submission; there is a $5 entry fee for any additional submissions from the same individual. You may send multiple submissions together in one package.

* Please print your film’s title, director name and contact information, and running time directly on the DVD.
* All submissions will be acknowledged via email. Make sure to print your email address very clearly. Include the emails for all individuals named on the entry form who may be interested in learning the results of the competition. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, LET US KNOW. Add genescreen@geneticalliance.org to your email list of acceptable non-spam emails.

POSTMARK ENTRY DEADLINE: May 31, 2010

Mail all submissions to:

GENETIC ALLIANCE
“GENE SCREEN”
SUITE 404
WASHINGTON, DC 20009, USA