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American College of Cardiology Foundation Young Investigator Awards Competition

The Young Investigator Awards competition encourages and recognizes young scientific investigators of promise, upon whom progress in the field of cardiology is dependent. A manuscript and abstract summarizing any problem that relates to cardiovascular disease whether it be in etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, or therapy.

Award Categories include the following:

1. ACCF/Herman K. Gold Young Investigator Awards in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

2. Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology

3. Clinical Investigations, Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiac Surgery

4.Cardiovascular Health Outcomes and Population Genetics

*Doctorate level nurses, physician assistants and clinical pharmacists in research are strongly encouraged to apply in this category

Eligibility: Physicians, scientists, medical students, and other healthcare providers currently in residency or fellowship programs, or are no more than three years out of training. PhD, PharmD or DNP candidates who are no more than three years out of training may also apply.    

Note: Candidates will be eligible for this award up to four years after completion of training if more than three months of family or sick leave was taken during training or in the first three years after completion of training.

The Award: The first place winner for each category receives $2,000, second place winners receive $1,000; three honorable mentions in each category receive $500. Travel, hotel and meals up to $1,500 will be reimbursed for all 20 finalists to attend the YIA Competition at ACC.14 in Washington, DC.

Funding Source: Support for the ACCF/Herman K. Gold Young Investigator Awards in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology is provided by a grant from CV Path Institute and the family of Herman K. Gold.

Deadline: October 11, 2013

For more information: Email Kristin Robertson or call 800-253-4636, ext. 6390.

Call for Applications: New Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus

Grant Application Deadline: May 30, 2013

The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) invites applications for financial support for idea-driven, novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. The Novel Research Grant program will run in parallel with the LRI’s global Distinguished Innovator Award program.

Research applications will be judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success. Creativity will be valued.  Rationale for the hypotheses proposed rather than amount of preliminary data will be emphasized.

Continuations of long-term research projects are not appropriate for this submission.

Projects on aspects of the disease that have been less extensively studied and applications from investigators in diverse disciplines, including those who may not have previously worked in lupus, are encouraged.

While the Institute encourages projects based on novel explorations of human lupus biology—innovative studies that use human material to address the physiological, cellular, molecular and/or genetic basis of human lupus—projects solely based on cellular, molecular, and/or animal models are also encouraged.

Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States.  Grant application research plans are limited to six pages. Annual funding of up to $100,000 per year, beginning December 2013, for a term of up to three years, will be awarded for approved projects.

For additional information please contact Laura Hack, Grants Administrator
lhack@lupusny.org or 212.685.4118.

To submit an application, please visit proposalCentral at http://proposalcentral.altum.com/.

Application must be received by May 30, 2013

Call for Applications: Society for Psychophysiological Research Research Fellowship Training Award

Due August 1, 2013, for funding to begin early October 2013.

The Education and Training Committee and the Committee to Promote Student Interests are pleased to announce that SPR will once again provide Research Fellowship Training Awards. The award will allow students or postdocs to obtain mentorship/training in psychophysiological assessment/analysis with experts in the field, which they could not get at their home institution. This could involve travel to a remote site or travel expenses for a remote mentor to visit the applicant's lab. Each application may include a budget of up to $5000 (although smaller budgeted applications are encouraged and would allow for more applications to be funded). Applications are short (3-5 pages) and funds will be available in early October 2013. Up to $500 of these funds can be used to defray SPR conference travel costs. Recipients will be announced at the Saturday Business Luncheon at the annual meeting in New Orleans. Eligibility for the award requires attendance at the 2013 SPR meeting; awardees should plan to attend the business lunch unless religious restrictions prevent them from doing so. The deadline for applications will be August 1, 2013