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Vermont Studio Center Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Fellowships

Four fellowships for visual artists and writers with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Each award includes a $500 stipend for travel and expenses during the residency and, if necessary, a stipend for room, board, and travel for a personal care assistant.

February 15, 2012 Awards Deadline

Vermont Studio Center
80 Pearl Street
P.O. Box 613
Johnson, Vermont 05656

Call for Applications: Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Prospective Clinical Research Grant in Spine Care

Applications due March 8, 2012

Spine surgeons who are board-certified in neurosurgery and/or orthopaedic surgery are invited to apply for up to $300,000 ($50,000-$100,000 per year for up to three years) in grant support to further the work of individual investigators, investigator networks, single institutions, or consortia of institutions conducting prospective clinical research. Grants will in spine care in any of the following study areas:

spinal deformity—adult deformity outcomes, spondylolisthesis, pediatric scoliosis, pediatric kyphosis, and early onset scoliosis;
spine trauma—epidemiology, process and outcomes of spinal injuries, surgical treatment of acute spinal cord injury);
degenerative spinal disorders—prospective outcomes for surgical and non-surgical treatments of lumbar, cervical, and thoracic degenerative spinal disorders;
spinal oncology (epidemiology, process and outcomes of primary and metastatic spinal tumors);and
non-surgical interventions for the treatment of spine injuries and disorders, including diagnostic, public health and rehabilitative methodologies.

Grants will be awarded to qualified recipients based on satisfaction of published eligibility and application requirements, and independent peer review. Peer review teams of spine surgeons and spine care investigators will be assembled by OREF and directed by OREF’s Advisory Committee on Clinical Research in Spine Care in accordance with OREF peer review standards and procedures, comprising neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons who are appointed solely by OREF. Completed applications are due to OREF by March 8, 2012, funding to begin May 1, 2012.

These grants are made possible by support from Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc. As is the case for all OREF donors, Medtronic has no influence on disbursement or management of funds; the composition OREF staff or its board or committees; content of program communications; any aspect of grant administration, application review or selection of funded proposals/recipients; conduct of program activities; or dissemination of findings from funded projects.

For more information please contact:

Jean McGuire, V.P., Grants (847) 384-4348
Mary Marino, Grants Administrator (847) 384-4359

DePuy Spine Research Grant

This grant is being offered this year thanks to the generosity of DePuy Spine. The grant will be for $25,000 for one year. Proposals should be related to spinal deformity and also relevant to the mission of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA). Budget may not include money used to procure human anatomic specimens or other human tissue. In addition the Principal Investigator must be a POSNA member or demonstrate close affiliation with a POSNA member on the proposed project. Application deadline is October 19.

Applications will be adjudicated by the POSNA Research Committee.

You can contact the POSNA office at (847)698-1692 or e-mail at posna@aaos.org

International Spine Intervention Society Research Grant Program

The International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS) is dedicated to the advancement of the science of interventional spine care through its support of research efforts.

General Information:

ISIS Membership is a requirement for a research grant
Multiple grants may be granted per year
Research Proposal must be original research that is to be preformed, not work that is already completed
Institutional Review Board approval is mandatory when the study involves human or animal subjects

The Research Grant Application should consist of a proposal with the following elements:

Summary of the project
Significance of this research in the advancement to understanding in the field
Objectives
Hypothesis
Background information and research proposal justification
Research design and methods
Facilities available to make this study possible
Budget: total and per year
Signed Institution Release of Overhead and Indirect Costs

The Research Grant Application should also include:

Curriculum Vitae for each investigator
Investigational Review Board materials
Consent form
Outcome tools

Deadlines
Funding of Research Proposal is approved at the bi-annual ISIS Board of Directors meetings and must be submitted by: May 1st or November 1st

Institutional Overhead
ISIS does not pay institutional overhead or indirect costs associated with its grants. Applications are to be reviewed and approved by the applicant’s institution prior to submission.

Selection Process
Research grant applications will be reviewed by the ISIS Research Committee using a 100 point scoring system. Proposals are evaluated on scientific merit (10 points), significance (15 points), originality (10 points), methodology (40 points), abstract and background information (10 points), personal and institutional track record (5 points), and feasibility (10 points). Overall evaluation of the application from the perspectives of its level of evidence, relevance to the membership and our patients, potential impact on the related science, clinical decision making and health care policy, and value in terms of impact to budget ratio, will also be considered.

If a research grant application is submitted by an ISIS Research Committee member then he/she is excluded from its review process.

Presentation
Once the study is completed and the final results are analyzed, it must be presented at the next ISIS Annual Scientific Meeting. It is also expected that the results be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Citation
ISIS must be cited as the source of funding in all publications and presentations from the project or its results. A copy of all publications and presentations must be sent to the ISIS office.

Research Reports
Investigators are required to submit bi-annual research update forms and final research findings to the Research Committee Chair and Association Coordinator. If an investigator fails to do so they will be denied any future funding and requested to return all funds distributed to them.

Questions
Please contact the ISIS office with questions at 415.457.4747 or email grants@spinalinjection.org