Preventive Medicine Grants

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine/Genzyme Osteoarthritis Grants

AOSSM, in partnership with Genzyme Biosurgery, is pleased to announce a new research grant program to fund investigations related to Early Osteoarthritis and/or Prevention of OA Progression. This grant program reflects growing recognition of the importance of osteoarthritis within sports medicine and orthopaedics. The program is an outgrowth of the Society’s conference on post-joint injury OA held in December 2008 and it underscores Genzyme’s long standing commitment to osteoarthritis research and therapy.

Two separate grants will be offered. One will provide $50,000 per year renewable, subject to annual progress review, for three years ($150,000 total) to support a clinical research study. The second will be a one-time award of $50,000 to support a lab/basic science project to separate investigators over successive three years. Proposed studies need not relate specifically to sports injuries and should also have broad applicability to OA in the general population. Projects involving viscosupplementation will not be considered for either grant. Applications will be reviewed for their potential impact on the field, the quality of study approach, and ability of investigator and site(s) to conduct and complete the proposed research.

The Principal Investigator on all applications must be an AOSSM member who has completed his or her training. It is expected that grantees will submit the results from their funded study to AOSSM for podium presentation and to AJSM for publication. The submission deadline for both the clinical and basic science grants is August 1st, 2010. Award notices will be made on or after October 15th with a start date of January 1, 2011. Inquires can be directed to Bart Mann, AOSSM Director of Research, bart@aossm.org

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 6300 N. River Road Suite 500| Rosemont, Illinois 60018  (847) 292-4900

World of Children Annual Awards Program

The World of Children Awards program was created to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children here in the USA and across the globe, regardless of political, religious or geographical boundaries. These courageous leaders recognize that our children are the world's most important asset. Their stories are heroic.

The World of Children honors these leaders, and grants them funds to support the proven, high-impact programs they have created. These awards assure that more children's lives will be touched, and changed, forever.

2010 Humanitarian Award - maximum grant of upto $50,000.

* The Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the areas of social services, education or humanitarian services.
* Nominee must have created, managed or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to children's opportunities to BE SAFE, TO LEARN, and TO GROW.
* Nominee must do this work over and above their normal employment, OR work for little or no pay.
* Nominee must have been doing this for a minimum of 10 years.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

2010 Health Award - maximum grant of upto $50,000.

* The Health Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine or the sciences.
* Nomine must have created, managed or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to the IMPROVED HEALTH of children.
* Nominee must do this work over and above their normal employment, OR work for little or no pay.
* Nominee must have been doing this for a minimum of 10 years.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

2010 Founder's Youth Award - maximum grant of up to $25,000

* The Founders Award recognizes youth that are making extraordinary contributions to the lives of other children.
* Nominee must be under the age of 21.
* Nominee must have an existing non-profit organization in good standing, which can receive grant funds if awarded.

Deadline for 2010 Nominations is Midnight (Pacific Standard Time) May 1, 2010.

The Honorees who receive 2010 World of Children Awards will be announced and celebrated in New York City on Thursday, November 4, 2010.

Contact Us

By Phone: (925)399-6411
By Fax: (925)399-6001

By Mail:

World of Children
6200 Stoneridge Mall Road
3rd Floor
Pleasanton, CA 94588

By E-mail: contact@worldofchildren.org

Excellence in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Award

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in nurses engaged in cancer prevention and early detection.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

* Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
* Have at least two years of oncology nursing experience
* Be a recognized expert in the field of cancer prevention and early detection (e.g., through publications, presentations, research, and peer review)
* Made a significant contribution to one or more of the following related to cancer prevention and early detection: professional/patient education, clinical practice, and/or nursing research
* Serves as a role model for other nurses.

Criteria:
The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

* ONS involvement: Participation should include involvement at the local or national level.
o Includes membership on committees, holding office, or task force participation.
* Recognized expert in the field of cancer prevention and early detection, contributing to the development of cancer prevention and early detection.
o Includes articles in newsletters, journals, reports, video, multimedia, computer assisted instruction, chapters in books (do not include research here, include research in last criteria point)
* Significant contribution to the following areas:
o Professional/patient education related to cancer prevention and early detection
o Presentations
o Examples in letters of role modeling
o Specific educational interventions
o Program development
o Support groups
o Adjunct faculty to preceptor for students
o Community outreach
* Clinical practice related to cancer prevention and early detection:
o Theoretical concepts used
o Nursing process used
o Professional development of self and others
o Multidisciplinary collaboration
o Quality assurance
o Ethical decision-making used
o Reviews/applies nursing research
* Cancer prevention and early detection research

Application deadline: August 16, 2010, 5pm (ET).

For more information on any of the ONS awards, contact ONS at customer.service@ons.org. Both nominees and nominators will be notified once an application is received.

Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA15275
866-257-4ONS (866-257-4667)
412-859-6100
877-369-5497 (toll free fax)
412-859-6162 (fax)

Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies

The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation would like to encourage the next generation of researchers in SADS conditions. Therefore, we are announcing the 2nd Annual SADS Foundation Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies. The Award will be administered by the Pediatric and Congenital EP Society (PACES), and will be presented at the annual PACES evening meeting at HRS in Boston.

To encourage the next generation of researchers in SADS conditions, the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation is announcing the Second Annual SADS Foundation Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies. The Award will be administered by the Pediatric and Congenital EP Society (PACES), and will be presented at the annual PACES evening meeting, Wednesday May 13th at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions.

Overview:
The SADS Foundation Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies will recognize an outstanding, original academic work in the field of cardiac channelopathies, which has not been published prior to the 2009 Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting, and/or presented in the prior year by a junior investigator.

Specific Criteria:
* The first author candidate should be a medical student, graduate student, resident, fellow, postdoctoral fellow or junior investigator with up to 3 years of faculty appointment. However, there are no minimum or maximum age criteria. Training dates should be documented in a cover letter.

* Submission of a manuscript addressing any area of the field of Cardiac Channelopathies, clinical or basic science, which has not been published prior to the last HRS annual meeting. The manuscript can be in press, submitted, or pre-submission. The manuscript may be associated with an abstract submitted to the HRS meeting, but such submission is not required. Submission for the award should be in a single PDF file, inclusive of all figures.
* The manuscript may be submitted simultaneously for the Will Webster Prize in Pediatric Electrophysiology 2009 by so indicating in the cover letter, if the criteria for that award are also met.

* Submission DEADLINE, APRIL 15, 2010

Award:
* $500 to the recipient
* $1,250 to the institution to offset the cost of the annual meeting
* Recognition with a SADS Foundation YIA plaque
* Presentation of the award at the annual PACES meeting on Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Submissions should be e-mailed as a single PDF file including the cover letter to the selection committee chair, J. Philip Saul, MD at:

saulp@musc.edu

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2011 Call for Proposals-Annual Grantmaking Program

Deadline: Jun 30, 2010

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions—into new regions or to new populations—may also be considered. Please note that these funds may not be used to maintain existing projects.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners.
Local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. These funders may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies.
Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. In-kind services may not be used to match Foundation funds for the LFP Annual Grantmaking program.

Key Dates:
May 13 and May 18, 2010—Optional conference calls for applicants. Information available on the program’s Web site.
June 30, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of Stage 1 brief proposals.
September 15, 2010—Applicants notified if invited to submit a full proposal.
November 10, 2010—Deadline for receipt of Stage 2 full proposals.
July 1, 2011—Start of grants.

Total Award:
Up to $5 million is available for the 2011 grant cycle.
Up to 12 matching grants of between $200,000 to $500,000 each will be awarded.

Contact:
Leticia Peguero, deputy director
lpeguero@localfundingpartnerships.org
Office: (609) 275-4128
http://www.localfundingpartnerships.org

Women's Health Free Clinic Project: Expanding Access and Education Request for Proposals

The Reproductive Health Access Project is seeking proposals from medical student-run free clinics to establish or expand their scope of reproductive health care services provided. Up to five grants of $5,000 will be awarded. Technical assistance and mentorship will also be provided. Some examples of the types of programs we are interested in supporting include:

* Initiation of reproductive health exams or pregnancy testing services
* Initiating IUD placement procedures or medication abortions
* Purchase of contraception; provision of emergency contraception
* Expansion of clinical education on family planning and reproductive health for medical students

Applicants must be student-run health centers that provide services at no cost to the patient. To be eligible for this grant, applicants must enter into the project in partnership with a physician or be willing to be matched with a family physician able to educate medical students and supervise reproductive health services. A key criterion in the selection process will be the free clinic’s commitment to sustaining the added training for medical students and services for patients after the grant ends.

Proposals are due May 30, 2010. Applicants will be notified of proposal outcome by August 2010.

If you have any questions, please email womenshealthfreeclinic@reproductiveaccess.org

Reproductive Health Access Project
P.O. Box 21191
New York, NY 10025

P: 917-586-3260
F: 314-584-3260

info@reproductiveaccess.org

American Committee of Medical Entomology Student Travel Awards

$500 award and ASTMH meeting registration waiver
Application deadline: May 11, 2010
Submit your application on line beginning April 7, 2010.

Awards in the amount of $500.00 are available through the American Committee of Medical Entomology (ACME) to support travel and accommodation costs for graduate students attending the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59th Annual Meeting, to be held November 3-7, 2010 at the Marriott Atlanta Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

Student registration costs for the annual meeting will also be waived for the award winners. One or more awards will be made each year depending on availability of funds.

Applicants must present their research either orally or in a poster format during the ASTMH meeting. The subject matter of the presentation should directly or indirectly involve arthropods of medical importance. The ACME student travel award subcommittee will make final decisions about the eligibility of applicants and will select the awardee(s).

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100, Deerfield, IL 60015 USA

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programming (for Midcareer Consultants) 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5

Deadline: Apr 7, 2010

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that informs RWJF programming; to introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation and; to help meet staff needs for data analysis that measures progress toward program objectives. In Round 5 New Connections invites Mid-Career Consultants from historically underrepresented groups to submit proposals to either: 1) address research questions using environmental scans or syntheses; or 2) evaluate specific programs funded by or connected to RWJF programming areas.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Mid-Career Consultants applying for the New Connections program must:

* have no less than 10 and no more than 15 years of research and/or evaluation experience related to relevant health and health care fields;
* be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories;
* be from a group that has been historically underrepresented in the research activities supported by RWJF;
* be a first time RWJF principal investigator/program contract grantee; and
* be committed to the goals and mission of New Connections and RWJF.

Key Dates:

* April 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)-Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
* July 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)-Deadline for receipt of online full proposals.
* August 31, 2010-Notification of awards.
* November 1, 2010-Start of awards.

Total Award:
* Up to five Mid-Career Consultant grants of up to $75,000 each for 12 months.

Contact:

Edith G. Arrington, Ph.D., deputy director
info@rwjf-newconnections.org
Office: (215) 732-2200 ext. 234
http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number (877) 843-RWJF (7953)

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programming (for Junior Investigators) 2010 Call for Proposals-Round 5

Deadline: Apr 7, 2010

New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming aims to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation, while simultaneously helping to meet staff needs for data analysis. The program invites Junior Investigators scholars from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to address specific questions posed by one of RWJF's program areas including: Childhood Obesity, Coverage, Human Capital, Public Health and Vulnerable Populations.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Junior Investigator applicants to the New Connections program must:

* have completed a doctorate [a J.D. is appropriate for Public Health Law Research–New Connections (PHLR-NC) applicants] by November 2003 or later;
* be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories;
* be affiliated with or sponsored by a nonprofit university or an organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
* not be a private foundation as defined under Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
* have the sponsoring institution agree to administer and be the grant recipient;
* be from a group that has been historically underrepresented in the research activities supported by RWJF, such as people from ethnic or racial minority groups, first-generation college graduates and people from low-income communities;
* be a first-time grantee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; provide evidence of research skills addressing various aspects of health and health care (research fellowship or equivalent training or experience); and
* be committed to the goals and mission of New Connections and RWJF.

Key Dates:
* April 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online brief proposals.
* July 7, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online full proposals.
* August 31, 2010—Notification of awards.

Total Award:
* Up to 13 Junior Investigators grants, including up to five grants for Public Health Law Research (PHLR) awards of up to $75,000 each for 24 months.

Contact:

Edith G. Arrington, Ph.D., deputy director
info@rwjf-newconnections.org
Office: (215) 732-2200 ext. 234
http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number
(877) 843-RWJF (7953)

Discovery Education/3M "Young Scientist Challenge"

The Discovery Education 3M "Young Scientist Challenge" ("Contest") is open to all legal U.S. residents who are students enrolled in 5th through 8th grade at a public, private, parochial, or home school located in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.

The Contest period commences on December 30, 2009 and expires at 11:59 PM EST on May 27, 2010.

Grand Prize: The Grand Prize winner will receive the following:

$50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds. (Cash Value $25,000.00)
A trip to 3M's World Headquarters in St. Paul, MN (ARV $1035)
Contest trophy, and
The title of "America's Top Young Scientist."

SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS:
Each student must select one (1) of the following scientific concepts (each a "Scientific Concept" and collectively ("Scientific Concepts"):

Students are challenged to create an engaging one- to two-minute science video. The topic must be selected from the following list that deals with the science of safety and security. Each entry must explain the science behind the danger and the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics behind a possible solution.

(1) Preventing the spread of germs/disease:
People pick up germs from surfaces that are not well cleaned. Health care facilities (hospitals, doctors offices) and other public places are difficult to keep free from disease carrying germs. What can you do to make sure that surfaces that people come in contact with are as germ free as possible?

Explain the danger and the science behind it.
Explain and/or demonstrate possible option(s) for protection and explain the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics involved.

(2) Food safety:
Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria. How can you reduce the threat of food poisoning and improve food safety.

Explain the danger and the science behind it.
Explain and/or demonstrate possible option(s) for protection and explain the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics involved.

(3) Sun protection:
Humans need natural sunlight. While some exposure to sunlight can be enjoyable and healthy, too much can be dangerous. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can pass through glass and therefore reach you and all the materials round you while you are inside a building or car.

Explain the danger and the science behind it.
Explain and/or demonstrate possible option(s) for protection and explain the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics involved.

(4) Wind resistant structures:
During severe weather, structures must often withstand very high winds.

Explain the danger and the science behind it.
Explain and/or demonstrate possible option(s) for protection and explain the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics involved.

VIDEO SUBMISSION:
To enter, a student must submit one, and only one, entry video explaining and/or demonstrating one of the Scientific Concepts listed above.

Discovery Education

One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910