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Society of Family Planning Sixth Competitive Grant Funding Cycle

Applications must be submitted online.

RFPs for sixth competitive grant funding cycle now available. The SFP Research Fund is now pleased to announce the sixth competitive grant funding cycle. Online proposal submissions will be accepted from February 1, 2012 through April 12, 2012. In the meantime, check our RFPs for research grants and for career development grants, including junior investigator’s career development awards (K-type awards) specifically for abortion-related research, mid-career investigator/ mentor awards specifically for abortion and family planning, and trainee research grants.

The SFP Research Fund's primary goal is to support the best scientific research that contributes to the greater understanding and advancement of family planning; therefore, we will fund the top merit-based proposals that fall within the SFP Research Fund's mission. Priority will be given to high-quality research that is unlikely to be funded elsewhere.

All SFP members are eligible to apply. Colleagues that are not currently members of the SFP must apply for membership no later than January 31, 2012, in order to join and become eligible to participate in this funding cycle.

For additional information or questions, please contact Marlo Polonsky.

Marlo Polonsky, Grants Officer
MPolonsky@societyfp.org

Applications Due April 1, 2012

These three awards are given to student midwives who participate in the OnGoing Group student project to meet and interview an elder midwife and record her story. Some educational programs plan to include this project as a part of the professional issues curriculum. After the interview, the student will write up the interview to be kept for historical purposes and also will write an essay about what she has learned and how this may influence her career.

ACNM Foundation is offering three national awards to the students who submit an essay about what they learned from the midwife they interviewed and how their listening to the elder midwife may influences their midwifery career. and it is anticipated that the students will plan to stay in contact with their interviewee. The winning essays or videos will be selected by a panel of judges and the students will be recognized at the 2012 annual meeting.

National Awards:

First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $ 500
Third Prize: Selection of ACNM Foundation Artwork: value approx. $200

General Information

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International Lactation Consultant Association Research Grants

ILCA awards competitive small grants to ILCA members who submit proposals with scientific merit. Grant applications are due April 1 of each year. If after reading the grant application, you need more information about ILCA Research Grants, contact the Research Committee Chair, Anne Merewood, PhD, MPH, IBCLC, at Anne.Merewood@bmc.org.

Deadline for 2012 Annual Research Grant Application is April 1, 2012

The 2012 Annual Research Grant Recipient will be awarded US$7,000.00

The funding amount for this research application is $7,000.00. Partial funding may be awarded. To receive funding the proposed research and any supplemental funding applied for must comply with the World Health Organization (WHO) International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. Research that reflects personal commercialism will not be considered. Funds will not be awarded for the following: travel funds to presentation sites; publication expenses; indirect or overhead expenses; i.e., administrative costs to institutions or healthcare agencies; and equipment valued at more than US $500.00.