Health Promotion Grants

AAGP Deirdre Johnston Award for Excellence and Innovation in Geriatric Mental Health Outreach Services

This new award is designed to encourage programs to provide and/or expand direct services for meeting the mental health needs of the frail elderly in their homes.

An award of $10,000 will be granted to a geriatric mental health outreach services program based on excellence and/or innovation in providing services.

ELIGIBILITY:

Application deadline is October 15, 2008.
Geriatric mental health outreach programs that provide community services are eligible to apply. Only programs are eligible to receive the award (not individuals).
Eligible applicants are U.S. and Canadian public and private nonprofit entities. For example: state, local or tribal governments; public or private universities and colleges; community- and faith-based organizations; and tribal organizations may apply.
Programs are asked to submit a 3–5 page description of their program detailing its components including the age of the program, target population, and evidence of impact. Supplemental materials may be included.
A representative from the award-winning program will be invited to give a brief lecture or poster presentation as part of the AAGP Annual Program
Travel and lodging for the meeting and meeting registration will be the responsibility of the recipient of the award.
The winner will be notified by letter no later than November 20, 2008.

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

7910 Woodmont Ave
Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20814-3004
301-654-7850
f 301-654-4137
main@aagponline.org

T. Mark Hodges International Service Award

The T. Mark Hodges International Service Award (ISA) was established in 2007 to honor outstanding individual achievement in promoting, enabling, and/or delivering improvements in the quality of health information internationally through the development of health information professionals, the improvement of libraries or an increased use of health information services.
T. Mark Hodges (1933-2006), 1999 recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award from the Medical Library Association, was a lifelong believer in the importance of international connections between librarians.
The ISA winner will receive a certificate at the MLA annual meeting and the option of receiving a cash prize of $500, or a donation from the Medical Library Association in the amount of $500 to a charity of their choice.
Criteria
The award is designed to enable MLA to recognize the widest range of achievement in the development of health information services in the international context. It will normally recognize a professional contribution over a sustained period of time, but may also mark a single, outstanding achievement of global significance. The nominee’s achievement may cover the whole range of health information services or a single aspect, and similarly it may be worldwide in its impact, or of more narrow and intense focus.
Procedures for Judging
An international jury of not less than three MLA members shall be appointed by the MLA President after consultation with the officers of the International Cooperation Section. The judges’ decision shall be based entirely on the information provided on the nomination forms and supporting documents and will be submitted to the Board for ratification.
Eligibility
Eligibility for the ISA will not be limited to members of MLA. The winner will normally hold a professional Library or Information Science qualification but in the case of exceptional candidates this criterion may be waived at the judges’ discretion.

For more information on the procedures for awards and honors nominations or applications, contact Lisa C. Fried, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094, x28.

American Dental Education Association/International Federation of Dental Education Associations Orna Shanley Prize

A $1,000 prize awarded to an academic dental institution able to demonstrate innovative solutions that address local access to care issues.

The American Dental Education Association/International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations
Orna Shanley Prize for Enhancing Access to Care recognizes academic dental institutions around the world
that have demonstrated innovative solutions addressing local access to care issues. This prize is made
possible by a generous anonymous donor and ADEA member, who agreed to support this prize for five years.

Overview
A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an academic dental institution able to demonstrate innovative solutions that
address local access to care issues. Examples include initiatives such as student engagement in communitybased
patient care settings, novel programs to enhance the effectiveness of the institution in addressing
access to care for local communities, and innovative collaborations with governmental agencies to improve
reimbursement for services provided by the academic dental institution.

Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
Receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged. Decisions will be made by an award committee comprised of
individuals from ADEA and IFDEA.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders
2008 - 2009 Call for Nominations
Nov 7, 2008

Program Area:
Building Human Capital

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders (CHL) program each year honors 10 outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who overcome daunting odds to improve health and health care, especially to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The program elevates the work of these unsung heroes through enhanced recognition, technical assistance and new leadership opportunities.

Program Information:

How To Apply:
*Please read the Program Details before applying.

Stage One: Online Nomination

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Community Health Leaders are identified through a nomination and review process. To be considered for a CHL award, a nominee must:

be accomplished in the field of community health at the midcareer level, with a three to 10 year record of accomplishment;
have created or substantially enhanced a health or health care initiative that improves both access to and quality of care in their community (e.g., broadened the reach of an established program; worked against conventional wisdom to establish a new initiative; changed the perception of a critical health issue);
have positively affected a significant number of people in the targeted community;
not have received significant national recognition for their work;
be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories at the time of the full nomination; and
be affiliated with a public or nonprofit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Criteria used to assess nominees will include:

accomplishments
innovation
collaborative leadership
systems change
impact
resiliency
inspiration
level of recognition
career status.
In addition to the criteria listed above, we seek geographic, ethnic and professional diversity among the CHL awardees.

Key Dates:
November 7, 2008 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief nominations.
December 10, 2008—Nominators notified if their candidates are selected to move to the full nomination stage.
January 15, 2009 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full nominations.
May–July 2009—Site visits to finalists.
September 2009—Notification of awards.

Total Award:
Ten awards in the amount of $125,000 each will be made for the 2009 award cycle.

Contact:
Helen Dundas, administrative coordinator
RWJF Community Health Leaders
hdundas@rwjf.org
Office: (609) 627-5809
http://www.communityhealthleaders.org

Immunization Incentive Grants

Application Deadline: December 15, 2008

The APhA and APhA Foundation will award up to four $1,000 grants. The grants provide seed money to help pharmacists implement or support an immunization activity (new or expansion) targeted to identified populations / vaccines. Preference will be given to proposals targeted to the adolescent or adult populations, those that involve new vaccines, or proposals that address documentation of immunizations.

The Incentive Grants program is intended to focus pharmacists’ attention on the need to reengineer their practices along lines that incorporate more specific patient-centered services and enhance health care delivery with the use of today’s technology. The project should concentrate on an innovative patient care service that is of significance to the identified pharmacy care settings and that can be evaluated for its relevance.

This program is made possible as part of a Cooperative Agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Pharmacists Association entitled "Pharmacists: Connecting, Communicating and Collaborating for Improved Community Health" (Cooperative Agreement No. 1U66 IP000114).

While the APhA and APhA Foundation’s headquarter building undergoes a massive renovation and expansion, the current address for the APhA Foundation is:

1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005-1707
Telephone: (202) 429-7565
Email: info@aphafoundation.org

Community/Ambulatory Pharmacist Incentive Grants

Application Deadline: October 15, 2008

The APhA Foundation will award grants in the amount of $1,000 for projects to be initiated for pharmacists in all community/ambulatory practice settings. These grants provide seed money to help pharmacists explore new methods and services that enhance their role as healthcare providers, and to encourage them to share their experiences with other pharmacists. These incentive grants are made possible by support from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Marsha Millonig, R.Ph., MBA.

The Incentive Grants program is intended to focus pharmacists’ attention on the need to re-engineer their practices along lines that incorporate more specific patient-centered services and enhance health care delivery with the use of today’s technology. The project should concentrate on an innovative patient care service that is of significance to ambulatory pharmacy care settings and that can be evaluated for its relevance.

While the APhA and APhA Foundation’s headquarter building undergoes a massive renovation and expansion, the current address for the APhA Foundation is:

1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005-1707
Telephone: (202) 429-7565
Email: info@aphafoundation.org

ASM/CCID Program in Infectious Disease and Public Health Microbiology

Program
The program is sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CCID), formerly known as the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). The goal of ASM/CCID Fellowship is to support the development of new approaches, methodologies and knowledge in infectious disease prevention and control in areas within the public health mission of the CDC. The fellowship allows one to perform research in residence at the CCID which is headquartered at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. Eligible fields of study include:

Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
Viral and Rickettsial Infections
Nosocomial Infections
HIV/AIDS
Vector-borne Infectious Diseases
Parasitic Diseases

Funding
The Fellowship provides an annual stipend (up to $42,188), health benefits (up to $3000 annually) for a maximum of 2 years, relocation benefits (up to $500), and (up to $2000 annually) for professional development for a maximum of 2 years.

Eligibility
The program is intended for individuals who either earned their doctorate degree or completed a primary residency within three years of their proposed start date. Applicants may not have a faculty position or be enrolled in a graduate degree program during the fellowship. Considerations will be given to individuals with more experience if there are compelling reasons. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, color, age, sex, or national origin.

Criteria for Selection
Applications are reviewed for (i) scientific merit and training potential of the research proposal, (ii) training resources and environment from the identified preceptor, and (iii) congruence with the Centers for Diseases public health mission.

Deadline
January 15th

Contact
ASM/CCID Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Education Department
American Society for Microbiology
1752 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 942-9295
E-mail: Fellowships-CareerInformation@asmusa.org

Linus Pauling Institute Prize for Health Research

The Prize is sponsored by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. The LPI functions from the basic premise that an optimum diet and a healthy lifestyle are the key to optimum health. LPI's mission is to determine the function and role of vitamins, essential minerals, and phytochemicals in promoting optimum health and preventing and treating disease; and to determine the role of oxidative/nitrative stress and antioxidants in human health and disease. Major areas of research in the Institute encompass cardiovascular diseases, cancer, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases. The goal of LPI's outreach and education program is to help people everywhere achieve a healthy and productive life, full of vitality, with minimal suffering, and free of cancer and other debilitating diseases. For more information, please visit the Institute's website.

Nature: The Prize consists of $50,000 and a medal, and is awarded biennially. The recipient of the inaugural 2001 Prize was Bruce N. Ames from the University of California, Berkeley, and Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. The 2003 Prize went to Harvard University's Walter C. Willett, and the 2005 Prize to Paul Talalay from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Our 2007 prize winner was Mark Levine from the National Institutes of Health.

Purpose: The Prize recognizes innovation and excellence in research relating to the roles of vitamins, essential minerals, and phytochemicals in promoting optimum health and preventing or treating disease; and the roles of oxidative/nitrative stress and antioxidants in human health and disease. The goal is to stimulate innovative research that enhances our knowledge of the role of diet and lifestyle in the primary and secondary prevention of disease; and the role of oxidative/nitrative stress in disease pathology. The Prize also recognizes successful efforts to disseminate and implement knowledge on diet, lifestyle, and health to enhance public health and reduce suffering from disease.

Procedure: The nominator should submit a nomination letter, two supporting letters solicited from his/her colleagues, and the candidate's up-to-date curriculum vita. The candidate's research accomplishments in light of the purpose of the Prize should be amply described in the letters. The awardee must be present to accept the Prize and deliver a talk at LPI's "Diet and Optimum Health" conference. The next conference will be May 13-16, 2009.

Nomination packages should be sent to:

Barbara McVicar
Linus Pauling Institute
Oregon State University
571 Weniger Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-6512

Complete nomination materials must be received by November 1, 2008.

Anna Lalor Burdick Program
Guidelines
Mission and Purpose

The Anna Lalor Burdick Program seeks to educate young women about human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in life.

The Program focuses particularly on young women who have inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health, including the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination, and as such may be particularly lacking options in their lives.

Funding Interests

Because limited foundation funding is available in the field of human reproductive education for young women, the trustees are interested in stretching the benefit of its grants as far as possible. Accordingly, the Anna Lalor Burdick Program emphasizes:

# Support for one-time projects, ongoing projects, new projects and initiatives that demonstrate realistic plans to achieve greater financial self-sufficiency.

# Support for new or smaller organizations, including grassroots efforts, where funding will increase public visibility, improve standing with funders, facilitate overall organizational development, or, in the case of the well defined projects of larger organizations, add a new dimension or capability to operations.

# Support for collaborative efforts among nonprofit organizations.

# Support for organizations that can demonstrate a proven ability to reach out to, include and involve young women with inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health.

# Support for new ideas, initiatives and demonstration projects, which, if proven effective, may be successfully replicated or provide multiple benefits.

Geographic Focus

The Program has no geographic limits.

Funding Availability and Limits

The trustees award a small number of grants in the range of $10,000 to $50,000.

Normally grants are awarded for one year only. Under special circumstances, renewals are considered, such as for projects which clearly require more than one year of support for effective implementation, or for projects which demonstrate outstanding results or promise during their first year.

Eligibility

Eligible U.S. applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, and defined as "not a private foundation" under section 509(a) of the Code.

If the applicant is not located in the United States and has not already been classified by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, please contact the Foundation office at the address or phone number listed at the end of this document.

Reproductive education must be the centerpiece of the proposed project, which should include attention to the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination.

The project must focus on young women, including young mothers and preteens.

The proposal should include a succinct plan for assessing and reporting on the project's results. In this regard, the trustees are interested in learning from projects that have fallen short of expectations as well as those which have succeeded.

Areas Where Grants Are Not Normally Made

To full proposals submitted in advance of a concept paper that has been reviewed and approved by the trustees for further consideration.

To individuals, or for individual research projects and scholarship.

To requests for endowment or major capital support.

To prior grantees which have failed to provide grant reports.

To organizations with no track record or no personnel known to the trustees or to the staff at Grants Management Associates.
Application Procedures
Organizations are asked to begin the application process by submitting a concept paper in accordance with the foundation's concept paper application format. The concept paper application form is available on the Foundation's web site or through the Foundation office at the address and phone number listed at the end of this document. Concept papers should be submitted by mail.

Full Proposals - Applicants whose concept papers have been approved by the trustees will be invited to submit full proposals. If you are invited by the trustees to submit a full proposal, please download the proposal application and instructions from the Application Forms page of the website.

Deadlines
The trustees meet twice a year, in June and December. Proposals are not normally considered out of cycle. The respective deadlines for the receipt of concept papers are May 15 and November 1, or in the case of holidays or weekends, on the next business day.

Applicants will be informed of the foundation's decision regarding the concept paper by July 15 and January 15 respectively.

Please submit your concept papers no earlier than 8 weeks prior to a deadline. For the November deadline, concept papers may be submitted between September 1 and November 1. For the May deadline, concept papers may be submitted between March 15 and May 15.

Applicants who are invited to submit a full proposal will have 60 days from the date of notification to submit their proposal and will be notified of the foundation's decision 30 days after receipt of the proposal.

The Lalor Foundation, Inc.
c/o Susan Haff
Grants Management Associates
77 Summer Street, 8th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1006
Phone: 617-426-7080 x 323
FAX: 617-426-7087
E-mail: shaff@grantsmanagement.com

International Association for Dental Research E.W. Borrow Memorial Award
Supported by The Borrow Foundation

Deadline: October 15, 2008

Nominations are invited for the 2009 IADR E.W. Borrow Memorial Award, which was established to recognize and stimulate research in oral health promotion for children, with a priority for caries prevention where fluoride in different formats is utilized.

Criteria:

Selection will be based on the originality of contributions and record of achievement in the field of oral health promotion and on the significance of research carried out on the oral health of children. Basic research, applied clinical research, and clinical investigation will be considered for the award as well. At the time of nomination, the nominee should be actively engaged in the area of research for which the award is presented. Candidates MUST be an IADR member.

Nominating Procedures:

Any IADR Division, Section, Group, or individual IADR member may nominate a candidate for this award. Once a nomination is made, it will be considered each year for five years.

Documentation:

The following documentation must accompany the nomination:

Name, address, and date of birth of the candidate;
Full curriculum vitae with lists of publications; and
A short statement describing the reasons the individual is being nominated for the award.
Award:

The award commenced in 1992 and is awarded annually. Nominations are reviewed by a BMF/IADR Committee. The individual selected will receive a cash award of $2,000 and a plaque, which will be presented at the Opening Ceremonies of the IADR 87th General Session & Exhibition in Miami, Florida, April 1, 2009.

Sponsorship:

The award is made in memory of the late E.W. Borrow and is generously supported by The Borrow Foundation.

Nomination Deadlines:

Please submit nominations electronically to sherren@iadr.org by October 15, 2008