Public Safety Grants

International Association of Forensic Nurses Scientific Assembly Grant Program

Deadline to apply is April 1, 2010.

The Scientific Assembly Grant (SAG) Program was established by IAFN in recognition of the need to promote excellence in Forensic Nursing through the support of global information sharing and networking. The SAG Program is designed to provide financial assistance for members and other forensic nurses from around the world who might otherwise be unable to attend the organization’s annual Scientific Assembly. This year's Assembly will be in Pittsburgh, PA, USA from October 27-30, 2010.

All forensic nurses are welcome to apply. Applicants who are IAFN members and have been for a minimum of twelve (12) months immediately prior to application may apply directly. Applicants who have been a member less than 12 months or who are non IAFN members must be sponsored by a current IAFN member. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Three (3) grants will be available to those who apply for financial assistance to attend the annual Scientific Assembly. A grant award will consist of registration to the Scientific Assembly and a $1,100 USD stipend to be used for either airfare, lodging, ground transportation or meals. A check will be made available during the Assembly to the grantee.

In addition to providing biographical data and demonstrating financial need, each applicant must write a short essay briefly explaining their area of practice/expertise and the benefit to themselves, their communities and IAFN gained by their attendance at the Scientific Assembly.

All determination notices will be sent on or before May 31, 2010.

International Association of Forensic Nurses
1517 Ritchie Hwy
Ste 208
Arnold, MD 21012-2323

Phone: +1-410-626-7805
Fax: +1-410-626-7804

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 

Request for Preliminary Applications 09-5. Health Effects of Air Pollution

RFPA 09-5 provides a mechanism for investigators whose area of interest falls outside of the current RFAs but is compatible with the HEI research program and mission. For information on HEI’s current research priorities, applicants should consult Appendix A of the Fall 2009 RFA booklet, which contains sections of HEI’s upcoming Strategic Plan 2010–2015.

Applications can be submitted at any time during 2010. The deadline for receiving preliminary applications for consideration at the next meeting is May 18, 2010; the Fall 2010 date will be announced later. For more information please contact Dr. Kate Adams (+1 617 488 2330).

Postal address Health Effects Institute
101 Federal Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02110-1817
USA
Telephone
Facsimile +1 (617) 488-2300
+1 (617) 488-2335

2010 AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group: Student Scholarship Call for Applications

Applications are being accepted for Student Scholarships to attend the 2010 Annual Research Meeting and the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) is a field of inquiry examining the organization, financing, performance, and impact of health systems defined as the constellation of governmental and non-governmental actors that influence population health, including health care providers, insurers, purchasers, public health agencies, community-based organizations, and entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of health care.

The Student Scholarships recognize graduate students who demonstrate potential to contribute to the field of PHSR through promising research. Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 to be put toward registration and travel to attend AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and the PHSR IG Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to present their research during the PHSR IG Meeting's poster session.

Masters or doctoral students engaged in research that shows potential to advance our understanding of public health systems are encouraged to apply. The Student Scholarships strive to highlight the diversity of research interests that broadly constitute PHSR. The diversity of PHSR is unified in its focus on population health. Thus research, whether inquiries into the organization of public health systems, the relationship between the built environment and the public health system, food safety, chronic disease, emergency preparedness, performance standards, or the quality of public health services, qualifies as PHSR if population health is the objective.

Application Guidelines:
To be considered for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in a masters or doctoral program and engaged in promising research. The Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. To apply, students must submit the following:

A completed Student Scholarship Form.
An abstract for a poster to be presented at the PHSR Interest Group Meeting. (This research maybe in-progress.) The abstract should include the following sections: Research Objective, Study Design, Population, Findings, Conclusion, and Implications. Please limit each abstract to 500 words, starting the word count with the Research Objective section.
A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or research project director.
The selection committee will judge applicants based on the following criteria:

Quality of research
Potential to contribute to the field of PHSR
Enthusiasm for the field
Support of faculty member or research project director
Instructions for Submitting Applications:

Applications must be received at AcademyHealth by March 15, 2010
Applications may be submitted by e-mail or postal mail
Email to: PHSR@AcademyHealth.org

Mail to:
AcademyHealth
1150 17th St, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: PHSR Student Scholarship Committee

American Public Health Association Get Ready Scholarship

2010 APHA Get Ready Scholarship: Now accepting entries!

To raise awareness about preparedness, APHA is offering its second annual Get Ready Scholarship. The scholarship is a component of APHA’s Get Ready campaign, which works to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies.gradcaps

Six scholarships of $500 each will be awarded as follows:
• Two scholarships for high school seniors
• Two scholarships for college undergraduate students
• Two scholarships for graduate students

Winning students will also receive a free one-year membership in APHA.

Scholarship guidelines

The Get Ready Scholarship, offered in conjunction with APHA's Get Ready campaign, is designed to encourage high school and college students to focus on the importance of emergency preparedness. For more information on the campaign or preparedness, visit the Get Ready site.

I. Eligibility

The 2010 Get Ready Scholarship is open to:
a) U.S. high school seniors graduating in 2010 who plan to further their education at a college, university or certified trade school;
b) currently enrolled U.S. college or university undergraduate students who will be continuing their studies at the undergraduate or graduate level in 2010; and
c) currently enrolled U.S. college or university graduate students who will be continuing their studies at the graduate level in 2010.

II. Criteria

Scholarship applicants should write an essay using one of the following themes, based on their current year of study:

1) High school seniors:
Describe how you would personally prepare for and respond to a natural disaster that is likely to occur where you live.

2) Undergraduate college students:
Describe how you would prepare your dorm or campus for an emerging infectious disease (e.g., H1N1 flu) or natural disaster (e.g., hurricane or earthquake).

3) Graduate students:
Describe what is needed to prepare your community for a public health emergency such as an infectious disease outbreak or natural disaster and identify partners that should be involved in such an effort.

III. Essay guidelines

Essays must be no fewer than 500 and no more than 750 words in length. APHA will only accept one entry per student. Essays must be original and solely the work of the entrant. All entries become the property of APHA and will not be returned. For full guidelines, visit our rules and regulations page.

IV. Requirements

All applicants must submit an applicant profile and essay. Only electronic submissions will be accepted and must be provided via the official online entry page. By submitting an essay, you agree to all official rules and regulations.

V. Selection process

The American Public Health Association judging panel will read all essays and select the scholarship winners. Winners will be selected by April 19 and notified via e-mail. The winners’ names and excerpts of their essays may be published on the Get Ready Web site or via other APHA communication outlets.

VI. Submission limits

Entries will be limited to the first 300 submissions in each school level. (300 high school submissions, 300 undergraduate submissions and 300 graduate submissions) Once the limit has been reached in a respective level, that level will be closed for submissions.

VII. Additional information

• Deadline for submission is April 2, 2010, or until entry limits are reached.
• APHA will begin receiving submissions at noon ET on Feb. 8, 2010
• Winners will receive one $500 scholarship apiece. The Get Ready scholarship may only be used to pay for direct school costs.
• For questions or information, e-mail mighty.fine@apha.org or call 202-777-2493.

Safety Pharmacology Society Junior/Student Travel Award

Application Deadline: July 1, 2010

Purpose of the Program
To encourage and support world-wide representation at the SPS annual meeting of student and junior investigators (e.g., technicians, post-doctoral fellows and early career lab heads) engaged in safety pharmacology.

Eligibility
Jr. Travel Award: Eligible candidates include students (undergraduate or graduate), technical staff, and junior scientists, post-doctoral fellows (< 5 years), and European early career lab heads. The candidate should have less than 10 years experience in the field of safety pharmacology. Candidates may come from within academia, contract research organizations, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, government or engaged in preclinical research in safety pharmacology.

Exclusion criteria include previous Jr. Travel Award winners, professors (undergraduate or graduate programs) and management personnel (e.g. laboratory head, principal investigator, or supervisor/mentor).

Student Travel Award: Eligible candidates include high school, undergraduate or graduate students. Exclusion criteria include previous Student Travel Award winners.

If for some reason the winner is unable to accept the award, they shall contact the Executive Director by August 15.

Award
The award shall consist of:
Up to $1500 reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses (receipts are required)
Complimentary registration for the Annual Meeting
Complimentary SPS membership for 1 year.
Winners are required to present a poster for the SPS meeting, attend the poster presentation and the Award announcement for ceremony.
Note: the poster may also be entered in the Poster Contest.
NOTE—the poster may also be entered in the Junior Investigator Poster Contest with the submission of an abstract.
The awardees will be notified two weeks from the application deadline and the abstract will be published on the SPS Annual Meeting Web site. The Award is made to the individual and is not transferable (i.e., if the awardees cannot attend and sends the poster with a colleague, the colleague cannot claim the travel award).

Applications
Application form and a summary paper describing the research (approximately 500 words) sent as an e-mail attachment. Note: Summary may be in abstract form, but needs to include: Introduction, Objective, Brief description of methods used, results/findings and conclusion.
Resumé or curriculum vitae sent as an e-mail attachment with item #1.
One letter from a Faculty member/Supervisor/Principal Investigator. Letters of recommendation/nomination should be signed and sent, mailed, electronically (e.g. PDF format sent as an e-mail attachment) or Faxed to the society.

All material should be sent to SPS Headquarters:
E-mail: spshq@safetypharmacology.org
Fax: (703) 438-3113
Mailing Address: 1821 Michael Faraday Drive, Suite 300, Reston, VA 20190

Consideration of Nominees
Applications reviewed by the SPS Junior/Student Travel Award committee using a judging form and a 2-tier judging process.

Review by all judges blindly with ranking to develop a short list
Judging of the short list by the whole committee (teleconference)

Criteria for Selection of Junior Travel Award Winners
Presently there are up to six (6) Junior Travel Awards granted annually. Geographic: 1 from Africa-Europe, 1 from Americas, and 1 from Australia-Asia, and 1 additional from the continent hosting the meeting, 2 outstanding abstracts independent of geographic location.

Criteria for Selection of Student Travel Award Winners
Presently there are two (2) Student Travel Awards granted annually. Geographic. 1 from continent hosting the meeting and 1 from the a continent not hosting the meeting.

Distribution of Travel Awards
Receipts collected by awardees; submitted to SPS for reimbursement
Note: Lunch during meeting is provided covered by the SPS

Awardees Responsibilities and Process at the Annual Meeting
Special poster location for winners, with special nametags and designation on posters
Winners agree to be at posters during poster contest judging
Posters to remain up the entire meeting
Award recognition at the SPS Annual Business Meeting

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a matching grants program that connects the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with local grantmakers to fund new, community-based projects to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations. This special solicitation seeks nominations from diversity-focused funders for projects to reduce violence in traditionally underserved communities that are defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
To be considered for funding through the RWJF Local Funding Partnerships, each proposal must include the following parties:

An eligible nominating funder who will propose a funding partnership with RWJF to support a proposed project of a local nonprofit organization; and
A nonprofit applicant organization classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Eligible Nominating Funders
To nominate projects for Peaceful Pathways, a grantmaking organization must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and must represent a community of color or diversity that is traditionally underserved by mainstream philanthropy.

Selection criteria can be found in the complete call for proposals brochure or the program's Web site.

Key Dates:
Optional applicant conference calls will be scheduled. Information will be posted at www.localfundingpartnerships.org under How to Apply.
Proposals may be submitted at any time throughout 2010.
Submitted proposals will be processed for review on the following dates: May 5, 2010, September 1, 2010 and January 5, 2011.

Total Award:
Up to $1 million is available in 2010.
Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 and $200,000 each will be awarded.

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)

Add-a-Day Scientific Conference Grants

These grants support Add-a-Day conferences which are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than American Psychological Association.

Deadline: June 1, 2010; December 1, 2010

Sponsor: Science Directorate

Add-a-Day conferences are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than APA (e.g., Society for Ingestive Behavior or Psychonomics Society). The other organization need not be primarily psychology oriented. The conference may result in a volume or an alternative form of publication.

The funding range is from $500 to $3,000.

Prospective applicants are urged to consult with APA Science Directorate staff for advice on the conference organization and application (e.g., formats or budget allowances). The committee makes recommendations for funding to the Science Directorate. The review period is approximately 8 weeks.

The requirements below must be met in order to submit a proposal.

* One of the primary organizers must be a member of APA.
* Only academic institutions accredited by a regional body may apply. Independent research institutions must provide evidence of affiliation with such an accredited institution. Joint proposals from cooperating institutions are encouraged.
* Conferences may be held only in the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
* APA governance groups including APA Divisions and related entities are not eligible for funding under this program.

Conference proceedings and presentation materials (including electronic presentations) must be submitted to APA three months after the date the conference is held. APA will hold the conference proceedings for three years. If a book has not been published by APA or another publisher within the three-year holding period, APA will place the conference proceedings in PsycEXTRA.

PsycEXTRA is a companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO, which is designed to link academics, clinicians, librarians, consumers, policy-makers, and researchers to a variety of information sources covering psychology, behavioral science, and health; PsycEXTRA provides the readership with original documents, including proceedings, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, and consumer brochures.

Organizers should send the original proposal and seven copies including all appendices to the Science Directorate by the deadline.

Contact:
APA Science Directorate
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
202/336-6000
202/336-6123 TDD
science@apa.org

Add-a-Day Scientific Conference Grants

These grants support Add-a-Day conferences which are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than American Psychological Association.

Deadline:  June 1, 2010; December 1, 2010

Sponsor: Science Directorate

Add-a-Day conferences are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than APA (e.g., Society for Ingestive Behavior or Psychonomics Society). The other organization need not be primarily psychology oriented. The conference may result in a volume or an alternative form of publication.

The funding range is from $500 to $3,000.

Prospective applicants are urged to consult with APA Science Directorate staff for advice on the conference organization and application (e.g., formats or budget allowances). The committee makes recommendations for funding to the Science Directorate. The review period is approximately 8 weeks.

The requirements below must be met in order to submit a proposal.

* One of the primary organizers must be a member of APA.
* Only academic institutions accredited by a regional body may apply. Independent research institutions must provide evidence of affiliation with such an accredited institution. Joint proposals from cooperating institutions are encouraged.
* Conferences may be held only in the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
* APA governance groups including APA Divisions and related entities are not eligible for funding under this program.

Conference proceedings and presentation materials (including electronic presentations) must be submitted to APA three months after the date the conference is held. APA will hold the conference proceedings for three years. If a book has not been published by APA or another publisher within the three-year holding period, APA will place the conference proceedings in PsycEXTRA.

PsycEXTRA is a companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO, which is designed to link academics, clinicians, librarians, consumers, policy-makers, and researchers to a variety of information sources covering psychology, behavioral science, and health; PsycEXTRA provides the readership with original documents, including proceedings, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, and consumer brochures.

Organizers should send the original proposal and seven copies including all appendices to the Science Directorate by the deadline.

Contact:
APA Science Directorate
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
202/336-6000
202/336-6123 TDD
science@apa.org

Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant Award

Deadline: October 1, 2010

The Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant supports research into psychological and behavioral aspects of the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents as reflected in the activities and interests within pediatric psychology of the late Lizette Peterson Homer and her commitment to improving the status of children in the face of the most significant threats to their health and development. This grant is open to students and faculty to support research related to the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents. Funding is available up to $5,000 and is sponsored jointly by the American Psychological Foundation and APA Division 54.

Research should focus on prevention of physical injury in children and adolescents.

The application should include:

A research proposal, which should be no more than seven single spaced pages including:

a) a 100-word abstract
b) description of the project with introduction, methods, and procedures
c) a detailed budget
d) reference.

American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Telephone: (800) 374-2721 or (202) 336-5500