Grants>Psychosocial

Epilepsy Foundation Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality

Application Deadline: March 21, 2012

Award Amount: up to $50,000 maximum for one year

Apply via Proposal Central website

The Targeted Research Initiative for Morbidity and Mortality supports research that generates initial data leading to more extensive projects that will generate knowledge that will ultimately improve the lives of persons with epilepsy. This initiative recognizes the need for research and new insights into these scientific areas.

The broad focus of the morbidity portion of this program includes: identification of somatic comorbidities in epilepsy that occur more than expected among controls, including but not limited to diabetes, gastrointestinal bleeding, chronic lung disease, congenital cardiac abnormalities, heart failure, and pneumonia; and associations between somatic comorbidities in epilepsy and epilepsy outcomes, including quality of life in epilepsy, seizure remission, stigma and other outcomes.

The mortality portion of the program is focused upon potentially preventable causes of death in epilepsy, such as accidents, suicide and SUDEP. Applicants are encouraged to examine risk factors for these causes of death in epilepsy; as well as interventions to decrease the presence of risk factors for these causes of death where risk factors have been identified.

Applicants may request up to $50,000 maximum for one year.

Epilepsy Foundation
8301 Professional Place
Landover, MD 20785-7223
Telephone: 1-800-332-1000
Fax: 1-301-577-2684
Email: ContactUs@efa.org

Epilepsy Foundation Behavioral Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Application Deadline: March 21, 2012

Award Amount: up to $40,000 maximum for one year

Apply via Proposal Central website

The Behavioral Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowship develops excellent behavioral scientists to teach the appropriate psychosocial intervention techniques used in working with people with epilepsy, and contributes to the body of behavioral research in epilepsy. Individuals who will have received their doctoral degrees in a field of the social sciences by the time the Fellowship commences, and desire additional postdoctoral research experience, may apply. ($40,000/year)

Epilepsy Foundation
8301 Professional Place
Landover, MD 20785-7223
Telephone: 1-800-332-1000
Fax: 1-301-577-2684
Email: ContactUs@efa.org

Call for Proposals: Growing the Field of Chaplaincy Research in Palliative Care

This initiative, entitled “Growing the Field of Chaplaincy Research in Palliative Care,” aims to build capacity in the field of chaplaincy research in palliative care by creating an interdisciplinary network of experienced researchers and board-certified chaplains, promoting career development of participants, and supporting field-advancing research projects to better understand chaplaincy care in palliative care.

Funding Availability

Approximately 6 to 10 grants will be made for projects that can be completed within 18 months. Please note that project extensions (also known as no-cost extensions) will not be possible. The all-inclusive award amounts will range up to a maximum of $250,000, which includes personnel, other direct costs, and indirect costs calculated at a rate not to exceed 15%.

Eligibility

HCC welcomes applications from interdisciplinary research teams comprised of health, behavioral or social scientists, health care providers, and board-certified chaplains with an interest in chaplaincy research who are affiliated with educational or health care institutions, research organizations, or other types of nonprofit organizations located in the United States or Canada. Consortia of such institutions or organizations are also welcome to apply.

Proposal Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated base on significance and innovation, investigator and research team qualifications and commitment, institutional and collateral support, approach and methods, feasibility and financial responsibility, and potential scholarly and public influence.

Key Dates and Deadlines:

March 15, 2012 (3 p.m. ET) Deadline for receipt of proposals

May 31, 2012 Applicants notified by email as to whether they have been selected to participate

July 1, 2012 Project start date

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted on-line through our web site for applicants.

Award Obligations

Each team’s lead investigator(s) and board-certified chaplain (not to exceed a maximum of 3 persons per team) will be required, at HCC’s expense, to actively participate in four to five national colloquia during the grant period.

Contact for Assistance

HCC invites applicants to contact us to discuss their research teams and proposed projects. For assistance, please contact:

Robert Wolf
Senior Vice President of Innovation and Development
HealthCare Chaplaincy
Email: jtf-applicant@healthcarechaplaincy.org
Phone: 646-597-6934