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Call for Research Proposals: Cardon Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Products Research Grants

The Cardon Rehabilitation Grant up to $6,000

The Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Products Grant up to $4,000

Proposals must be e-mailed in PDF or MSWord format no later than June 1, 2013.

Eligibility:

The principal investigator must be a me mber in good standing of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT).

Topic Area: A study that relates to orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT).

AAOMPT
8550 United Plaza Boulevard
Suite 1001
Baton Rouge, LA 70809

Phone: (225) 360-3124
Fax: (225) 408-4422
office@aaompt.org

Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Grants

The Foundation, like the physical therapy profession, is dedicated to the goal of improving the quality and delivery of patient care.  The Foundation accomplishes this by providing support to emerging investigators to promote scientifically based and clinically relevant research related to the effectiveness of physical therapist practice.

The Foundation supports research projects in any specialty.  The Foundation supports only those intervention studies in which the interventions are provided by physical therapists, or selected components of the interventions are provided by physical therapist assistants under the direction and supervision of physical therapists.

The maximum grant amount is $40,000 (salary, fringe benefits, and direct expenses only).  The grant period of performance may be one or two years.  No overhead is allowed.

Foundation Research Grant

Funds clinically relevant research by emerging investigators seeking to evaluate the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions.  These grants are generously supported in part by the student fundraising efforts in the Marquette Challenge. 

Application Deadline: August 14, 2013, 12:00 pm, noon, ET

Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarship

Kendall Doctoral Scholarships, part of the Foundation’s Doctoral Opportunities for Clinicians and Scholars (DOCS) program, assist physical therapists and physical therapist assistants with outstanding potential within their first year of post-professional doctoral degree studies. Applicants must be formally accepted as a student in a regionally accredited post-professional doctoral program whose content has a demonstrated relationship to physical therapy.

Awards of $5,000 are given to Kendall Doctoral Scholarship recipients to meet any type of tuition expense or academic fees reasonably and logically associated with the doctoral program.

Application Deadline: August 14, 2013, 12:00 pm, noon, ET

Award Notification: December 2013

International Rett Syndrome Foundation Basic Research Grant Program

IRSF announces the availability of Regular Research grants for international biomedical research to promote the understanding of MeCP2 in the pathogenesis of the neurobehavioral phenotype of Rett syndrome (RTT). We seek to gain a better understanding of the underlying pathology of the disorder leading to an amelioration of the symptoms and a cure for RTT. IRSF seeks to encourage research that encompasses innovative therapeutic approaches and state of the art diagnostic techniques.

IRSF encourages applications within the following emphasis areas:

Understanding the role of MeCP2 during normal brain development

Characterizing the role of MeCP2, including MeCP2 target genes, in normal structure and function of the developing and adult nervous system

Determination of the relationship between patterns of expression of MeCP2, FoxG1, CDKL5, and related proteins in the nervous system and the neurologic and behavioral phenotypes of patients with RTT and/or related animal models

The investigation of neuronal abnormalities that result from MeCP2 dysfunction

The role of microglial and macroglial cells in development as it relates to RTT

Understanding mechanisms and systems leading to aberrant behavior in RTT

The development of assistive technologies to improve the quality of life of individuals affected by RTT

Support for other advances in therapy such as physical therapy, communication and education

The two year Regular Research Grants are designed to assist investigators establish hypotheses relevant to Rett syndrome research and obtain future funding from other agencies. The maximum funding level for research grants is $100,000 over two years.

Frequency:

Awards will be made in one cycle in 2013

Timeline:

Letters of Intent due: July 1, 2013

Invitation of full applications by: July 19, 2013

Applications due: August 19, 2013

Please Note: IRSF requires all applicants to use our online submission process.

For application submission inquiries, please contact:

Janice Ascano, Ph.D. Manager of Grants and Research - jascano@rettsyndrome.org | 917-267-4504

For program related inquiries, please contact:

Steve Kaminsky, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer - skaminsky@rettsyndrome.org | 301-961-1559

Founders Grant for Research in Hand Therapy

Purpose: To promote meaningful research in hand therapy through the funding of one or more grants awarded annually in the total combined maximum amount of $5,000.

Eligibility:  Practitioners, graduate students, or tenured/untenured faculty at accredited occupational/physical therapy programs are eligible for the award. Note:  Members of the Grant Review Committee are not eligible for the award during the year (s) for which they serve as reviewers.

Scope of Research:  The focus of the research must be within the domain of hand therapy.  The Research Division of the American Society of Hand Therapists has the right and responsibility of verifying the appropriateness of the proposed research.

The deadline to apply is July 16, 2013.

American Society of Hand Therapists
15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Phone: 856-380-6856
Fax: 856-439-0525