6 funding opportunities are listed in this category
American Nurses Association Research Grants Program
The Research Grants Program was founded over 50 years ago to encourage the research career development of nurses. This program continues to grow with contributions for nursing research, from organizations and individuals. These donations support scientific research for advancing the practice of nursing, promoting health and preventing disease.Each year, through our Nursing Research Grants program, ANF provides funds to beginner and experienced nurse researchers to conduct studies that contribute toward the advancement of nursing science and the enhancement of patient care. Awards are given in all areas of nursing, including healthy patient outcomes, health care policy development, critical care, gerontology, women’s health, community and family intervention.The deadline for all submissions in May 3, 2010.
American Nurses Foundation8515 Georgia Ave. Suite 400Silver Spring, MD 20910E-mail: anf@ana.orgPhone: 301-628-5227Fax: 301-628-5354
Targeted RFP – Biomedical Research: Establishment of a Research Consortium to Explore the Barriers to and Potential for Eradication of HIV Infection
Application Deadline: March 25, 2010 Available Support amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is pleased to announce plans to establish and support a consortium—consisting of several collaborations—of biomedical researchers to explore the barriers to and potential for eradicating HIV infection. Funding will be available for: Collaborations—Each collaboration is funded for a total of up to $300,000 for direct costs plus up to 20 percent for indirect costs. The performance period for collaborations funded under this RFP will be for one year starting May 1, 2010, and may be renewable for subsequent years. Each collaboration must consist of at least two interrelated research projects and involve at least two independent, faculty-level researchers. Background and Areas of Interest amfAR's research program is driven by the Foundation's mission to end the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. amfAR plays a uniquely important role in AIDS research, identifying critical gaps in our knowledge of HIV and AIDS and supporting groundbreaking studies that often lack the preliminary data required by more traditional funders. The Foundation's research program focuses on efforts to prevent HIV infection among vulnerable populations and to improve treatment, with the ultimate goal of eradicating the virus in people living with HIV infection. This RFP solicits proposals for collaborations to explore the obstacles to and strategies for eradicating HIV infection. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the health of individuals infected with HIV-1. However, if therapy is interrupted, there is a rapid resumption of viral replication. Understanding the mechanisms by which the virus is able to persist in the face of therapy is necessary in order to identify strategies that may interrupt viral persistence and ultimately lead to viral eradication. amfAR wishes to establish a consortium consisting of several collaborations. The purpose of the consortium is to explore barriers to and the potential for the eradication of HIV infection as a condition requiring medical treatment, i.e., a sterilizing or functional cure. amfAR would like to fund one collaboration in each of the following three areas. Some, but not all, potential topics of interest within each of the three collaboration areas are listed: Sterilizing cure: i.e., eliminating HIV from the body of an infected person Gene therapy techniques/vectors "Shock and kill” strategies Methods to identify and specifically target infected cells Replication and/or exploration of factors contributing to the Berlin patient outcome Functional cure: i.e., achieving a state of persistent HIV infection without the need for medical treatment What can be learned from specific populations of interest such as elite controllers, long-term non-progressors, and patients who initiate therapy during acute infection? How can this information be applied to devising a functional cure? What are the immune or other implications of persistent infection, even in the absence of disease? Characterizing viral reservoirs: Which cells under which conditions contribute which roles to the reservoir(s)? Mechanisms for reservoir maintenance Assays to measure perturbation of reservoir Latency and the extent to which it exists in different cell types Nature and origin of blips Animal models
Definitions and exclusions Each collaboration must consist of at least two interrelated research projects and involve at least two independent, faculty-level researchers. All principal and collaborating investigators must be doctoral level. Each collaboration must have access to and describe how they would use patients or clinical samples as part of their research plan. Any collaboration participant, i.e., principal or collaborating investigator, key personnel (including postdoctoral researchers and their mentors), and consultants, may be part of only one application. Special notes Please note that this RFP is differs from recent ones in the following ways: Grants will be awarded to support collaborations, not individual researchers. The direct cost maximum is $300,000. Funding may be renewable. Pre-submission forms and letters of intent are not required. Eligibility and Qualifications Collaborative research grants are awarded to nonprofit institutions worldwide to support investigator-led projects approved by the Foundation. They are not awarded to for-profit entities or to individuals. With the exception of colleges or universities, governmental units or agencies are not eligible to receive funding through grants made under this RFP. The recipient organization will be legally and financially responsible for the use of grant funds. Principal and collaborating investigators must be doctoral-level researchers and hold a faculty-level (or equivalent) position. The principal investigator must be affiliated with the applicant organization. The principal investigator will be expected to actively lead one of the component projects; actively participate in the development, implementation, and analysis of the project as whole; and be responsible for coordinating the preparation and submission of required progress reports. Collaborating investigators may be affiliated with any research organization that is not a governmental unit or agency. Collaborating investigators are expected to actively lead a component project and play an active role in the development, implementation, and analysis of the project as a whole. Forms, Instructions, and Deadlines The preferred method for obtaining application forms is to e-mail amfAR at grants@amfAR.org. We will send a complete set of forms and instructions.
Completed applications are to be e-mailed to grantapps@amfar.org no later than March 25, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Please make sure the body of the e-mail includes the principal investigator’s name and contact information. Important Notice Pre-submission notice and letters of intent are NOT required under this RFP. Applications that are received late, are incomplete, or exceed word limitations will not be accepted for review. Fax submissions are not accepted. The Research Plan consists of separate research plans of no more than 2,500 words for each of the component projects covering background and rationale, preliminary studies, specific aims, experimental design, procedures, and data analysis to be used. There are no forms for the research plan; formatting and submission requirements are detailed in the application instructions. Send one hard copy of the Collaboration Information Form (bearing original signatures) to: amfAR Grants 120 Wall Street, 13th Floor New York, NY 10005-3908, USA If you are not able to download the forms or have questions about the application requirements, please e-mail grants@amfar.org or telephone 212-806-1752. Submission of an application is not a guarantee of funding. The review and approval process is highly competitive.
Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Young Investigator Awards
Recognize and reward early career scientists for research excellence and potential in microbiology and infectious disease.Eligibility:Nominees must be no more than three years beyond completion of postdoctoral research training in microbiology or infectious diseases at the time of the nomination deadline.Award:A cash prize of $2,500 to support travel to the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) where the awards are presented. Up to five awards may be presented each year. One of the awards is earmarked for a researcher working in the area of HIV who resides and works in North America.Deadline: April 1.Nominations:Nominations will be reconsidered annually so long as eligibility criteria are met and an updated curriculum vitae is submitted. Self-nominations and more than one nomination per nominee will not be accepted. Only one nominating form and two supporting forms are accepted per nomination. The two supporters must be persons other than the nominator who are familiar with the nominee's qualifications and accomplishments. Only one of the three individuals involved in the nomination may be employed at the nominee's institution. The nominator and supporters must not share employers. Nominations must consist of the following: * Curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, emailed to awards@asmusa.org * Nominating form * Supporting formASM awards are granted at the discretion of award selection committees and may not be awarded every year.Sponsor: Merck, U.S. Human Health Division
American Society for Microbiology1752 N Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036-2904(202) 737-3600
Sigma Theta Tau International/Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Grant
The purpose of the Sigma Theta Tau International/Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Grant research grant is to encourage research career development of nurses through support of clinically oriented HIV/AIDS research and increase the number of HIV studies being done by nurses. This includes studies focused on HIV prevention, symptom management, promotion of self-care and adherence. Proposals for pilot and/or developmental research may be submitted for the grant.
Research FundingFunds for this grant are provided jointly by ANAC and Sigma Theta Tau International.Funds for this grant do not cover expenses incurred prior to the funding date.Eligibility Criteria * Registered nurse with current license * Have a master’s degree, and/or be enrolled in a doctoral program * Submit a completed research application via online submission system * Ready to implement research project when funding is received * Complete project within one (1) year of funding * Membership in one organization is required. Applicants are not required to be a member of both organizations. However, preference will be given to honor society and ANAC members, other qualifications being equal.Grants available:1 per yearFunding: $2,500 (max)Deadline: 1 April 2010Funding date: 1 August 2010Contact InformationResearch ServicesSigma Theta Tau InternationalPhone: 888.634.7575 (US/Canada) or +1.317.634.8171(international)Fax: +1.317.634.8188How to apply: All applications must be submitted via the online submission system. A link to the online submission system will be available in February 2010.
Society for the Study of Social Problems Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division Graduate Student Paper Competition
Deadline: 4/1/10
The Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division announces the 2010 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical and/or theoretical, and they may be on any aspect of sexuality, including sexual behavior, sexual identity, sexual politics, sex law, political activism, or sexual communities. The winner will receive a stipend of $100, payment of the winner’s SSSP registration fee for the 2010 SSSP meeting (to help the winner attend the meeting), and a ticket to the awards banquet. The winner will be expected to present their winning paper at one of the SBPC sessions being held as part of the 2010 SSSP meeting. To be eligible, a paper must meet the following criteria: 1) The paper must have been written between January 2009 and March 2010; 2) The paper may not have been submitted or accepted for publication (papers that have been presented at a professional meeting or that have been submitted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible); 3) The paper must be authored by one or more students, and not co-authored with a faculty member or colleague who is not a student; 4) The paper must not exceed 35 pages including notes, references, and tables; 5) The paper must be typed using 12 point font in either Times New Roman or Courier; and 6) The paper must be accompanied by a letter from a faculty member at the student’s college or university nominating the paper for the SBPC Division Student Paper Competition. Students should send their paper via e-mail, with no identifying information on any part of the paper; and a letter of nomination from a faculty member to: Corie Hammers, Ph.D., chammers@macalester.edu , Macalester College, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, 651-696-6542.
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