The Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) awards funds to support research related to all forms of cardiomyopathy affecting children under the age of 18 years. The goal of CCF’s research program is to advance medical knowledge on the disease and develop more accurate diagnostic methods, lifeimproving therapies, and ultimately a cure.
The Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) accepts grant proposals on an annual basis for innovative basic, clinical or translational research relevant to the cause or treatment of cardiomyopathy in children. CCF’s grant program is designed to provide seed funding to investigators for the testing of initial hypotheses and collecting of preliminary data to help secure long-term funding by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and other major granting institutions. Funding is available in the range of US $25,000 - US $50,000 for total direct costs only. For grant renewals, CCF funding is limited to two years (consecutive or otherwise) of support.
Grant award decisions are made through a careful and detailed peer-review selection process. Scientific excellence and relevance to pediatric cardiomyopathy are the basic criteria for selecting supported research projects. CCF will issue one request for proposals in 2009. The deadline for grant submission is September 4, 2009 with final award decisions made by January 2010. Upon receipt of a signed letter of agreement from the selected investigator, CCF will disburse the funds in installments during the grant period.
Basic Requirements
The principal investigator must hold an MD, PhD or equivalent degree and reside in the United States or Canada. The investigator must have a faculty appointment at an accredited U.S. or Canadian institution and have the proven ability to pursue independent research as evidenced by original research publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Tel: 866.808.CURE (2873) Fax: 201.227.7016 E-mail: info@childrenscardiomyopathy.org Mail: Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation P.O. Box 547 Tenafly, New Jersey 07670 U.S.A.
ASTRO Resident/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed GrantPurpose: To support residents or fellows who are planning a career focusing primarily on basic science or clinical research. This grant is designed for the exceptional trainee and implies commitment to a career in research.Eligibility: Applicant must show a commitment to a career that focuses primarily on radiation oncology sciences. Applicant must be able to identify a mentor with extensive research experience. The applicant’s institution must have a well-established research and clinical career development program and qualified faculty in radiation oncology sciences to serve as mentors. The recipient is expected to devote 75 percent of his or her professional effort toward the goals of this award.Conditions: Three grants of up to $30,000 each will be awarded for a one-year project. No salary support will be provided.Deadlines: The application deadline is March 29, 2009. The start date is July 1, 2009.
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology And Oncology 8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Suite 500, Fairfax, VA 22031 | Phone: 703.502.1550 | Fax: 703.502.7852
AOFAS Research Grants ProgramCall for 2009 Grant Applications: Deadline Dec. 1, 2008Recognizing the importance of research to advancing foot and ankle care, the AOFAS has doubled grant awards for 2009, raising the funding level per grant from $10,000 to $20,000. Applications are reviewed by the Research Committee using a blinded NIH-style process, and research grants are awarded on a competitive basis.The AOFAS Research Committee invites applications for one year research grants in amounts up to $20,000. The goal of the Research Grants Program is to advance foot and ankle investigation by providing seed funding for promising research projects and to encourage supplemental submissions to national funding sources.Eligibility for grant funding is a benefit of membership in AOFAS, and the principle or co-principle project investigator must be an AOFAS Active Member, Associate Member - Osteopathic, Candidate Member or International Member. A principle investigators or co-investigator will not be awarded more than two grants in any four consecutive years. Research Committee members and its ad hoc reviewers may not submit applications in the year are reviewing applications.The AOFAS Research Grants Program is funded by generous donations from individuals and corporations to the Outreach & Education Fund and the Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation.
Questions?? Contact the AOFAS office at aofasinfo@aofas.org or 800-235-4855 or 847-698-4654
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society6300 N. River Road, Suite 510, Rosemont, IL 60018800-235-4855 or 847-698-4654 (outside US)
Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grant -- Council on Clinical Cardiology and Stroke Council General Information
The Council on Clinical Cardiology and the Council on Stroke place a great value on the development of young clinical investigators. To further this effort, the council has a limited number of seed grants for young investigators for meritorious research projects based on the data gathered from Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG). A description of GWTG and the database content follows. The Executive Database Steering Committee and the Get With The Guidelines Steering and Science Sub Committee oversee the large database. Members of these committees will be available as mentors to the applicants. Young investigators may be current fellows in training or within five years of completing their cardiology, or neurology fellowship or other doctoral prepared professionals who are early in their career development and have interest in cardiovascular or stroke research. The seed grants provide adequate funds to 1) allow initial project design, access to the GWTG data and statistical analysis; and 2) cover travel expenses of the recipient to travel to an AHA conference to present the results. Mentors provide recipients methods of clinical research using GWTG Steering or Subcomittee or EDSC databases. Our goal is to have this initial effort succeed in opening future opportunities for research, collaboration and scientific advancement for the young investigator. What is Get With The Guidelines?
Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) is a hospital-based quality improvement program designed to close the treatment gap in cardiovascular disease and stroke. It includes modules for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure (HF) and stroke. Each program provides physicians and healthcare providers with materials, information and tools based on relevant AHA/ACC guidelines — i.e., for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, for treatment of HF, or the AHA/ASA guidelines for stroke treatment. Using standard protocols in the hospital setting will help ensure that cardiovascular disease patients are placed on appropriate medications, informed of recommended behavioral modifications, and improve the rate of intervention with cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients both in-hospital and post-discharge to reduce the incidence of CVD events. A key component of this continuous quality improvement program is to monitor progress through the Web-based Patient Management Tool (PMT). What information is collected in the Get With The Guidelines database?
The information captured in the Get With The Guidelines database parallels the American Heart Association guidelines information. Process for Developing and Submitting a Proposal Study questions (hypotheses) need to be developed within the context of data acquired through the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines program. The applicant should review the data elements collected across each of the modules (CAD, Heart Failure and Stroke). To avoid developing a proposal already in progress, it will also be helpful to review prior published publications and the list provided of abstracts and manuscripts already in process. Data are also collected during hospitalization and longitudinal data post discharge is not available. Next steps: 1) Complete the online proposal form and send to laura.shuey@heart.org. Please be sure to provide your e-mail address on the form. 2) If you have questions, please contact laura.shuey@heart.org. Submitted proposals will be reviewed jointly by GWTG committee leadership and the leadership of Clinical Cardiology or the Stroke Council to determine funded applications. If awarded funding, data access will be arranged through a designated GWTG mentor and statistical analysis will be arranged through the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The monetary award will cover statistical analysis up to $6,000 in addition to $2,000 to support travel to the national conference for presentation. Deadline (twice a year): Sept. 30 and March 28 Award: Three awards approximately $8,000 each
Seed Grant Research Program Program description An increasing number of young physician scientists are experiencing difficulty finding the resources and support to do research. Consequently, fewer physicians are choosing careers in research which is a terrible loss to medicine. To address this trend, the American Medical Association Foundation established the Seed Grant Research Program to encourage medical students, physician residents and fellows to enter the research field. The program provides $2,500-$5,000 grants to help them conduct small basic science, applied, or clinical research projects. These funds will round out new project budgets, rather than sustain current initiatives. 2009 program In March 2009, one-year grants will be awarded in the following research categories: Cardiovascular/pulmonary diseases HIV/AIDS Leukemia Neoplastic diseases Secondhand smoke* *Secondhand smoke grants are supported by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI). The application deadline is Dec. 12, 2008. Grant amounts Grants in Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Leukemia, and Neoplastic Diseases will be $2,500. Grants in the Secondhand smoke category will be $5,000. Eligibility and funding restrictions Seed grant funds cannot be used for salary or stipend, indirect/administrative costs, to hire a consultant or contractor, and solely for travel expenses. Seed grants will not be awarded to any applicant who has previously received an AMA Foundation seed grant in the research category in which they are applying. Applicants must be a medical student, physician resident or fellow of an accredited US medical school or institution; they must also be either a US citizen or a permanent resident of the US. Projects must be applicant-conceived, rather than ongoing research of their mentor or Principal Investigator.
Call (312) 464-4200 Fax (312) 464-4142 Write 515 N. State St. Chicago, Illinois 60654 E-mail amafoundation@ama-assn.org
Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials Call for Implementation Partners Application Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 8 pm EST
Background:Less than three percent of all adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials. The accrual rate is even lower among people of color, older people, and the medically underserved, who tend to have higher cancer mortality rates than the population as a whole. These low numbers compromise the value of clinical research and raise important questions about access to quality care and social justice for all communities affected by cancer.In recent years, a number of reports have called for the inclusion of public representatives in research design and implementation to address low accrual and improve research outcomes. Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials: Changing Research, Practice and Policy, a national federally funded initiative spearheaded by the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT) and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), released a report in October 2008 that makes recommendations for improving multi-site, phase III cancer clinical trials through the use of community-based participatory research principles and approaches.1 Communities as Partners is the first national report to detail how the cancer clinical trial process can involve communities affected by cancer – from trial design to implementation to dissemination of results -- with a focus on community engagement strategies. With input from a diverse group of stakeholders, the report includes research, practice and policy-related recommendations for improving accrual rates and addressing persistent disparities in phase III therapeutic cancer trials. More information about the project, including a link to the report, is available at www.communitiesaspartners.org.
Through this “Call for Implementation Partners” we seek to support the implementation process of a number of these recommendations in a variety of settings. In December 2008, we will award one-year seed grants of up to $8000 and provide technical assistance to up to six implementation partners to begin to implement one or more of the recommendations contained in the report.Major Funders Include: * Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality * The National Cancer Institute * California Breast Cancer Research Program * American Society of Clinical Oncology * Genentech * GlaxoSmithKline * Lance Armstrong Foundation * Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center * ICC/EDICT * The Wellness CommunityFor more information, contact:Stacy Collins, MSWProject CoordinatorENACCT1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 770Silver Spring, MD 20910Stacy.collins@enacct.org301-562-2778 (Direct)301- 562-2774 (office)
Education Seed GrantDeadline Date: January 10, 2009Purpose: To provide funding opportunities for individuals with an active interest in radiologic education.Nature of Projects: Any area of education related to the radiologic sciences. Projects may include, but are not limited to: Development and dissemination of printed or electronic educational materials; research of teaching methods and evaluation processes; education in emerging nations; medical student or resident education.Amount: Up to $30,000 for a 1-year project to support the preliminary or pilot phase of education projects, not to supplement major funding already secured. No salary support for the principal investigator will be provided.Eligibility: * Applicant must hold a faculty position in a department of radiology, radiation oncology, or nuclear medicine within a North American educational institution. * Applicant must have completed advanced training and be certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent, or on track for certification. See the American Board of Radiology Website for details, TheABR.org. * Applicant must not have been principal investigator on education grant/contract amounts totaling $50,000 or more in a single calendar year. The restriction on prior funding includes support from single or combined grants or contracts from any source including government, private or industrial/commercial sources. * Applicant/co-principal investigators must not be agents of any for-profit, commercial company in the radiologic sciences. * Applicant may not submit more than one research or education grant application to the RSNA R&E Foundation per year. Acceptance of an award from another source for the same project is prohibited unless one source provides only salary support and the other source provides only support for non-personnel research expenses. * Recipients may not have concurrent RSNA grants.
Radiological Society of North America, Inc., 820 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, IL 60523-2251Tel. 1-630-571-2670 || fax 1-630-571-783
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