Willis A.Reid Jr -Student Research Fund for Parasitology
American Society of Parasitologists
All Regions
01/16/2009
$1,000

Willis A.Reid Jr -Student Research Fund

Call for 2009 Willis A. Reid Jr. Reseach Proposals

In 2004, the American Society of Parasitologists began a new program to provide small grants to students studying parasitology. At this time, the ASP is able to fund one graduate student ($1000) and one undergraduate student ($500) doing research in the field of parasitology.

Proposals must be sent to the ASP Education Committee (electronically) and received by January 16, 2009 for review.
Eligibility:

The competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate level ASP student members affiliated with institutions or major professors who have limited or no grant money to support student research. Both the student and his/her major professor must be members of the ASP at the time of application. (Applications for membership may be found at http://asp.unl.edu/).

Documentation: 1)A brief proposal written by the student (maximum of 3 pages, double-spaced, 11 pt typeface minimum in either MS Word, WordPerfect, or PDF format only) outlining the student's proposed research must be submitted, along with a separate, detailed 1-page budget of how the money will be spent. Money can only be used for supplies, equipment, and travel expenses for research (not to attend and present results at meetings). 2) The student also must include a brief CV (1-2 pages). 3) A letter of support will be required from the student's major professor stating why the student needs funding, as well as justifying the student's academic and research accomplishments.

Proposals must be sent to the ASP Education Committee (electronically) and received by January 16, 2009 for review. Awardees will be notified by April 1, 2009 and awards dispersed on that date.

NOTE: At the end of one year (April 1, 2010), awardees must submit a brief report (1-2 pages) summarizing their research activities over the year, outlining what was accomplished and the expenses incurred related to the initial proposal.

Send proposals to: Lee Couch mailto:lcouch@unm.edu

Doctoral Student, Graduate Student, Undergraduate, Undergraduate Researcher
Call for Nominations 2009 Eminent Parasitologist Lecturer
American Society of Parasitologists
All Regions
01/15/2009
$2,000
Eminent Parasitologist Lecture

Call for Nominations 2009 Eminent Parasitologist Lecturer
The Eminent Parasitologist Lectureship honors someone of eminence and international visibility for a substantial contribution to parasitology over a substantial period of time.

Nominations will close January 15, 2009.
The award consists of travel and accommodation expenses, a $2,000 honorarium and a plaque presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society. The Eminent Parasitologist Lecturer will be required to give a one hour presentation.

Selection criteria:
a) Eminence and international visibility for a substantial contribution to parasitology over a substantial period of time;
b) eligibility is not limited to American Society of Parasitologists members;
c) Nominations or selection committee initiative would be acceptable.

Closing Date for Nominations - January 15, 2009

Contact: Dr. Robert B. Grieve, Heska Corporation, 3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue,
Loveland, CO 80538. Email bob.grieve@heska.com
Distinguished Investigator, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Scientist, Physician Researcher, Senior Investigator, Senior Researcher, Veterinary School Faculty
American Association of Immunologists/ Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research
American Association of Immunologists/Dana Foundation
All Regions
11/14/2008
$5,000

American Association of Immunologists/ Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research

This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the
understanding of the immune processes pertinent to human disease pathogenesis,
prevention, and therapy. The award recipient will receive a $5,000 cash award and
travel support to attend the AAI Annual Meeting for presentation of his or her work in
an award lecture. In addition, the award provides support to one member of the
awardee’s laboratory to attend the AAI Annual Meeting. This award is generously
supported by the Dana Foundation.

For complete AAI Award eligibility requirements and nomination instructions,
visit http://www.aai.org/Awards.

American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
9650 Rockville Pike | Bethesda, Maryland 20814 * Phone: (301) 634-7178 | Fax: (301) 634-7887
Email: infoaai@aai.org | Web: www.aai.org |

Distinguished Investigator, Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Scientist, Immunologist, Senior Investigator, Senior Researcher, Physician Researcher
American Dental Education Association/International Federation of Dental Education Associations Orna Shanley Prize
American Dental Education Association
All Regions
$1,000

American Dental Education Association/International Federation of Dental Education Associations Orna Shanley Prize

A $1,000 prize awarded to an academic dental institution able to demonstrate innovative solutions that address local access to care issues.

The American Dental Education Association/International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations
Orna Shanley Prize for Enhancing Access to Care recognizes academic dental institutions around the world
that have demonstrated innovative solutions addressing local access to care issues. This prize is made
possible by a generous anonymous donor and ADEA member, who agreed to support this prize for five years.

Overview
A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an academic dental institution able to demonstrate innovative solutions that
address local access to care issues. Examples include initiatives such as student engagement in communitybased
patient care settings, novel programs to enhance the effectiveness of the institution in addressing
access to care for local communities, and innovative collaborations with governmental agencies to improve
reimbursement for services provided by the academic dental institution.

Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
Receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged. Decisions will be made by an award committee comprised of
individuals from ADEA and IFDEA.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

Dental School Faculty
American Dental Education Association/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry Scholarships
American Dental Education Association/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products
All Regions
12/08/2008
$2,500
American Dental Education Association/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry Scholarships

Twelve $2,500 scholarships for predoctoral studetns who have demonstrated excellence in preventive dentistry.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products, Division of
McNeil-PPC, Inc., announce the ADEA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry
Scholarships. The purpose of these scholarships is to support predoctoral dental students who have
demonstrated academic excellence in preventive dentistry.
Overview
Each scholarship recipient will have $2,500 applied to tuition and fees for predoctoral dental study. Twelve
predoctoral dental students will receive ADEA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry
Scholarships each year. Every dental school Dean may nominate up to three students from his or her school.
All applications from each dental school must be cleared and sent from the Dean’s office to assure that no
more than three nominations are being submitted from each school. (Applications that are sent individually
by the applicant will not be considered.)
Application Deadline
All applications must be received on or before December 8, 2008. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
Receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged.

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org
Allied Health Professional, Dental Student
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders 2008 - 2009 Call for Nominations
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
All Regions
11/07/2008
$125,000
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders
2008 - 2009 Call for Nominations
Nov 7, 2008

Program Area:
Building Human Capital

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders (CHL) program each year honors 10 outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who overcome daunting odds to improve health and health care, especially to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The program elevates the work of these unsung heroes through enhanced recognition, technical assistance and new leadership opportunities.

Program Information:

How To Apply:
*Please read the Program Details before applying.

Stage One: Online Nomination

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
Community Health Leaders are identified through a nomination and review process. To be considered for a CHL award, a nominee must:

be accomplished in the field of community health at the midcareer level, with a three to 10 year record of accomplishment;
have created or substantially enhanced a health or health care initiative that improves both access to and quality of care in their community (e.g., broadened the reach of an established program; worked against conventional wisdom to establish a new initiative; changed the perception of a critical health issue);
have positively affected a significant number of people in the targeted community;
not have received significant national recognition for their work;
be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories at the time of the full nomination; and
be affiliated with a public or nonprofit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Criteria used to assess nominees will include:

accomplishments
innovation
collaborative leadership
systems change
impact
resiliency
inspiration
level of recognition
career status.
In addition to the criteria listed above, we seek geographic, ethnic and professional diversity among the CHL awardees.

Key Dates:
November 7, 2008 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief nominations.
December 10, 2008—Nominators notified if their candidates are selected to move to the full nomination stage.
January 15, 2009 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full nominations.
May–July 2009—Site visits to finalists.
September 2009—Notification of awards.

Total Award:
Ten awards in the amount of $125,000 each will be made for the 2009 award cycle.

Contact:
Helen Dundas, administrative coordinator
RWJF Community Health Leaders
hdundas@rwjf.org
Office: (609) 627-5809
http://www.communityhealthleaders.org
Community Activist, Public Health Expert, Public Health Worker, Public Servant, Volunteer
2009 Lewis Hine Awards for Service to Children and Youth
National Child Labor Committee
All Regions
10/23/2008
$1,000

Dear Colleague:

It is our pleasure to invite you to nominate up to two individuals for the 2009 Lewis Hine Awards for Service to Children and Youth. These nationally recognized awards, now in their 24th year, are presented annually by the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) to ten recipients -- five professionals and five volunteers -- for their unheralded and exceptional service to young people...

We depend on leaders such as you to identify the outstanding work being done in your community on behalf of children and youth. That work can be of almost any kind, from health and welfare to education and recreation.

The deadline for this year’s nominations is Thursday, October 23, 2008. A distinguished national panel of judges will then make the selections, which will be announced early in 2009.

The Lewis Hine Awards seek to identify not the one-time hero, but the individual who has made a commitment to the well-being, growth and development of youth. That commitment may be carried out in a paid job or through volunteering. In either case, the individual’s efforts should symbolize the exceptional work done to improve the lives of young people.

We will bring the awardees to New York City for a media-covered ceremony where their outstanding public service will be recognized and each will receive an award of $1,000.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS TO:
NCLC 2009 Lewis Hine Awards
Selection Committee
1501 Broadway, Suite 1908
New York, NY 10036

Nominations will NOT be accepted by fax or email.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Please call 212-840-1801

Pediatric Nurse, Pediatrician, Volunteer, Athletic Coach, High School Teacher, Public Health Expert, Public Health Worker, Public Servant, School Nurse, Teacher
John M. Lloyd Foundation Grants--HIV/AIDS
John M. Lloyd Foundation
All Regions
12/15/2008
$20,000

The John M. Lloyd Foundation honors John's contribution to our world by awarding more than $400,000 in small grants each year to organizations around the world, supporting organizations and projects that demonstrate critical and creative thinking about the root causes of HIV/AIDS, and that seek solutions that are compassionate and courageous.

In 2006 the John M. Lloyd Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary and the Board took the opportunity to both reflect on the Foundation's history and to strategize how the Foundation's future grants might have greater impact. This process has led to a restructuring of the Foundation's programs with the goal to provide deeper and more targeted support to those individuals, projects, and organizations that are leading the fight to end the pandemic and whose work matches one or more of the Foundation's four funding objectives.

The Foundation gives preference to organizations and projects that advocate for evidence-based policies, those that mobilize awareness and support for AIDS programs, and those that employ innovation to battle the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Foundation's specific funding objectives are:

1. To increase funding from public and private sectors to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both globally and domestically.

2. To improve domestic and international policies:
a. to apply universal protections of human rights to issues concerning HIV/AIDS,
b. to expand access to HIV/AIDS healthcare and treatment, and
c. to ensure access to accurate information about HIV/AIDS.

3. To amplify global awareness of HIV/AIDS and to facilitate broad-based change in attitudes to reduce stigma and change behavior.

4. To develop the leadership of organizations that fight HIV/AIDS; as well as to foster collaborations among those organizations and leaders.

This is the Foundation's long-standing program to provide project support. The Spring cycle is open to any organization that submits a concept letter (see Application Procedures) by December 15 for a project that matches one or more of the objectives listed above. The maximum grant award is $20,000.

Through this funding program the Foundation supports projects of newly developed non-profit organizations, of groups that have not yet been funded by the Lloyd Foundation, of small organizations, as well as novel demonstration projects and discreet small-budget projects of larger, more established organizations.

There is a two-pronged application process. Following a review of all submitted concept letters, the Foundation will request that a few (usually no more than twenty) organizations submit full proposals. Organizations are not eligible for more than three (3) consecutive Spring Cycle awards.

If you are unsure if your project matches the funding guidelines and objectives, please email info@johnmlloyd.org or call 310/ 622-1050.

The John M. Lloyd Foundation, a private family foundation, generally makes contributions to non-profit organizations that are described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue code. The Foundation also makes grants to non-profit organizations based outside of the United States.

The Foundation prefers projects that have promise of making a significant impact and those which are new and innovative. The Foundation gives added preference to the development of programs that will significantly amplify the dollar amount of the grant.

In general, the Foundation does not make contributions:

* more than once per calendar year to any single organization
* more than three consecutive years to any single project
* to annual campaigns
* to operating budgets of established organizations
* to capital expenditures (physical plant, equipment, endowment)
* to indirect costs
* to individuals
* to locally-focused projects in the United States with the exception of locally-focused projects in California.
* to organizations that have annual budgets of $5 million or more
* for lobbying, as per federal restrictions on private foundations
* for health care or service provision
* for general support

The Foundation does make contributions to:

* locally-focused projects in California
* U.S.-based projects with a national or global scope
* International projects

The grant limit for the Spring Funding Cycle is $20,000.

The Foundation gives preference to organizations and projects that advocate for evidence-based policies, those that mobilize awareness and support for AIDS programs, and those that employ innovation to battle the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The Foundation's specific funding objectives are:

1. To increase funding from public and private sectors to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both globally and domestically.
2. To improve domestic and international policies:
* to apply universal protections of human rights to issues concerning HIV/AIDS
* to expand access to HIV/AIDS healthcare and treatment, and
* to ensure access to accurate information about HIV/AIDS.
3. To amplify global awareness of HIV/AIDS and to facilitate broad-based change in attitudes to reduce stigma and change behavior.
4. To develop the leadership of organizations that fight HIV/AIDS; as well as to foster collaborations among those organizations and leaders.

Social Worker, Public Health Worker, Allied Health Professional, Policy Analyst, Public Health Expert, Social Scientist
Celebrating Solutions--Domestic Violence
Mary Byron Foundation
All Regions
10/17/2008
$10,000

Celebrating Solutions

The Mary Byron Foundation created the Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of violence. We select programs that can serve as models for the nation and offer $10,000 cash awards in recognition of their pioneering efforts.

We accept nominations for the Celebrating Solutions Awards annually. Winners are announced the following Spring. Submissions for the 2008-09 awards will be accepted
Friday August 1 , 2008 -
Friday October 17, 2008.

Eligibility criteria:

* Both the nominated program and the institution must have been operating for a minimum of three years.
* The program must address the issue of domestic violence.
* The program must be part of a non-profit 501(c) (3) or government agency.
* The program should be replicable, or if it is national in scope, the program should have applications for individual communities, regardless of their size or ethnic population.

Not eligible for Celebrating Solutions Awards are:

* Past Celebrating Solutions Award winners.
* Organizations other than non-profit or governmental.
* Organizations operating outside the United States or a U.S. territory.
* Individuals.
* Basic research.

The awards process includes submission of a nomination form, a program outline detailing innovative aspects of the program, and a release. Institutions advancing to the next round will be asked to answer additional questions, submit letters of support, and provide a program budget.

Nominations are judged by a panel of experts in criminal justice, health care, and public policy, and other disciplines that address domestic violence.

The nomination form is available in Adobe PDF format. If you experience difficulty downloading the file, please send e-mail to information@marybyronfoundation.org. We will send you a copy via postal mail or fax.

The Mary Byron Foundation
10401 Linn Station Road
Louisville, Kentucky 40223-3842
Toll free: (866) 264-6684
Fax: (502) 212-0868

Community Activist, Public Health Worker, Social Worker
American Medical Directors Association Foundation/Evercare Awards
American Medical Directors Association Foundation/Evercare
All Regions
11/10/2008
$10,000

About AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards

ImageIn 2008, the AMDA Foundation partnered with Evercare to create the AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards for “Improving the Quality of Life for Persons Living in Nursing Homes” awards program. The three awards were presented at the AMDA Symposium in Salt Lake City on March 6, 2008. The 2009 AMDA Foundation//Evercare® Awards will be presented at the national AMDA Symposium in Charlotte, NC, March 5-8, 2009.

These awards will be based on programs nursing facilities have implemented and demonstrated to improve the quality of life for their long term care residents. Three awards of $10,000 each will be provided. At least one of the awards will be given specifically for improved advanced care planning and/or palliative care programs. The three facilities chosen for the award are expected to present a scientific poster of their quality improvement program at the 2009 AMDA Annual Symposium in Charlotte, NC. In addition, one program will be chosen to give an oral presentation at the Annual Symposium.

Types of programs might include:

* Patient safety initiatives – reducing falls, medication errors
* Reduction of avoidable ER visits and acute hospitalizations
* Improved consistency of staffing
* Improved comprehensive advanced care planning
* Improved palliative care programs

All nursing home facilities are eligible for the awards. Facilities may be for profit or not for profit and/or individual facility, regional chain, or national chain. In order for the program to be eligible, the program must be internally generated and funded by the nursing home facility; have demonstrated measurable outcomes and objectives and have proven sustainability and ability to be replicated in other facilities.
Applying Online - The application deadline is November 10, 2008. All completed applications must be submitted electronically. To submit your online application you'll need to first attend to the following preparation:

Document Uploads

The 2009 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Online Application requires that you also obtain, complete as necessary and upload the following documents:

* Current copy of state/federal survey results;
* Letter of Support from the medical director for the facility/institution;
* A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Project Proposal; and
* A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Detailed Budget.

Documents of the following types are acceptable for uploading: ms-word; pdf; rtf; ms-excel; ms-powerpoint; ms-works; text; and zip. Documents for uploading must not exceed 6,144KB in size (6 megabytes).

American Medical Directors Association Foundation
11000 Broken Land Parkway, Suite 405
Columbia MD 21044

Telephone: 410-992-3134
Fax: 410-740-1318

Geriatrician, Gerontological Nurse , Gerontologist, Health Care Administrator, Nurse Educator, Nurse Manager

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