Grants>Lung Disease

Epilepsy Foundation Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality

Application Deadline: March 21, 2012

Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year

Apply via Proposal Central website

The Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality supports research that generates initial data leading to more extensive projects that will generate knowledge that will ultimately improve the lives of persons with epilepsy. This initiative recognizes the need for research and new insights into these scientific areas.

The broad focus of the morbidity portion of this program includes: identification of somatic comorbidities in epilepsy that occur more than expected among controls, including but not limited to diabetes, gastrointestinal bleeding, chronic lung disease, congenital cardiac abnormalities, heart failure, and pneumonia; and associations between somatic comorbidities in epilepsy and epilepsy outcomes, including quality of life in epilepsy, seizure remission, stigma and other outcomes.

The mortality portion of the program is focused upon potentially preventable causes of death in epilepsy, such as accidents, suicide and SUDEP. Applicants are encouraged to examine risk factors for these causes of death in epilepsy; as well as interventions to decrease the presence of risk factors for these causes of death where risk factors have been identified.

Applicants may request up to $50,000 maximum for one year.

Epilepsy Foundation
8301 Professional Place
Landover, MD 20785-7223
Telephone: 1-800-332-1000
Fax: 1-301-577-2684
Email: ContactUs@efa.org

Travel Awards for Young Investigators and Developing Nations Investigators for the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer

Travel Awards will be available for Young Investigators (35 years of age or younger) and Developing Nations Investigators. These awards will consist of complimentary registration to the Conference, up to five nights accommodation at one of the Conference contracted hotels, a fixed amount to help offset travel expenses and free membership in the International Association for The Study of Lung Cancer for one year.

If you fulfill all criteria for both awards, you may apply for both; however, if selected, you will only be offered one award.

HOW TO APPLY

The candidate must be the first author and presenter of the submitted abstract

Parts of the work can be presented prior to the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer, but the submitted abstract MUST include new information not being presented prior to WCLC 2013

Abstracts must be submitted on or before the submission deadline June 21, 2013 via the online abstract submission form on the Conference website at www.2013worldlungcancer.org

Candidates must apply at the time of abstract submission via the online submission form on or before June 21, 2013. In addition the following support materials must be sent via email to the Conference Secretariat at wclc2013@icsevents.com. Please indicate your abstract number in your application materials.

Support Materials required for Young Investigator Award Application

Proof of age (35 years of age or younger)
Curriculum Vitae
Statement by the senior member (who must be a member of the IASLC) of the candidate's role in the research

Support Materials required for Developing Nations Award Application

Curriculum Vitae
Description of your interest and current research in lung cancer (1 - 5 pages)

DEADLINES

The deadline for submission of applications including support materials is June 21, 2013. Applications received after June 21, 2013 or applications received without support materials by June 21, 2013 cannot be considered.

CONTACT

For any inquiries, please contact wclc2013@icsevents.com.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Summer Scholarships in Epidemiology

Application Deadline: April 1

Awards are available to increase skills in epidemiology for M.D.s currently working in cystic fibrosis. Scholarships cover tuition and expenses up to $2,000 for selected summer epidemiology programs. Course work should include biostatistics and epidemiology, particularly clinical epidemiology and/or clinical trials.

For More Information

Individuals interested in any of the above-mentioned funding program may contact the Grants and Contracts Office for further information and/or to discuss the potential relevance of their studies or research to the mission of the CF Foundation and to the objectives of these programs. Please direct inquiries to:

Grants and Contracts Office
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) FIGHT CF
(301) 951-4422
grants@cff.org