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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

Call for Applications: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy - Rutgers University

The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy announces the 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. The program is intended for highly motivated undergraduates interested in a career as a researcher in the pharmaceutical and environmental sciences. Students are provided with an opportunity to conduct full-time research in areas related to Pharmacology and Toxicology, Environmental Health Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Clinical Pharmacy Research. The program is open to undergraduate students enrolled at Rutgers or at another university. Student should be sophomores, juniors, or seniors at the time of application. Previous experience performing independent laboratory or clinical research is not required.

This 10-week program will run May 21 through July 27, 2012 and provides a $2,800 stipend. Funding for room and board is not available. Students must be available for the entire 10-week period. Training includes hands-on research conducted in the laboratories or clinical practices of faculty members, round table discussions of research progress, and seminars on research careers and activities of the faculty. Students also participate in career development workshops. At the end of the fellowship, each student will provide a brief oral presentation on his or her summer research project.

To apply to the Summer Research Fellowship Program, the following items are required:

· Completed application form

· College transcripts (current and previously attended universities)

· Personal statement

· Two letters of recommendation

Applications must be typed and submitted in a single envelope. Letters of recommendation should be in sealed envelopes and included in the envelope with the completed application form, transcripts, and personal statement. All application materials must be received/postmarked by February 15, 2012. Only complete applications will be reviewed.

For further information, please contact Dr. Debra Laskin by email at laskin@eohsi.rutgers.edu or Dr. Lauren Aleksunes at aleksunes@eohsi.rutgers.edu. Students selected for the program will begin to be notified March 26, 2012. Students will have 1 week to notify the Program of their intent to participate. Notifications of selected students will be made through April 9, 2012. Students who are not selected will be notified by April 16, 2012.

Note: Pharmacy students selected for the SURF program will be placed into Cycle III for their pharmacy practice experience.

Send completed applications to:

Ms. Cindy Olexsa
Dean’s Office
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers University
160 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854

The SURF Program at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is financially supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1R25ES020721), the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, the UMDNJ Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Dean of the School of Pharmacy.

General Research Areas

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences: neurotoxicology; immunology; inflammatory mechanisms of tissue injury; kidney injury; role of extracellular matrix in development and disease pathology; wound healing; nitric oxide biology; pulmonary toxicology, developmental toxicology; environmental health sciences

Medicinal Chemistry: design and synthesis of enzyme inhibitors and prodrugs; synthetic organic chemistry, structure activity relationships, medicinal chemistry

Pharmaceutics: design, development and evaluation of drug delivery systems; biopharmaceutics (drug formulation, drug transport); pharmacokinetics

Chemical Biology: cancer biology and prevention; regulation of tumor cell growth and differentiation

Pharmacy Practice: clinical studies; diabetes, hypertension, and medication therapy management

Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer

One award is made to support the research of an established investigator working on novel approaches to gastric cancer.

AT A GLANCE
Eligibility: Established Investigators
Total Amount: $100,000
Amount per year: $50,000
Duration: 2 years
Deadline: Aug. 31
Start Date: Jan. 1

DESCRIPTION
This award provides $50,000 per year for two years (total $100,000) to an established investigator working on novel approaches in gastric cancer research, including the fields of gastric mucosal cell biology; regeneration and regulation of cell growth (not as they relate to peptic ulcer disease or repair); inflammation (including Helicobacter pylori) as precancerous lesions; genetics of gastric carcinoma; oncogenes in gastric epithelial malignancies; epidemiology of gastric cancer; etiology of gastric epithelial malignancies; or clinical research in the diagnosis or treatment of gastric carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE
The overall objective of this award is to support an established investigator in the field of gastric biology whose research will enhance the fundamental understanding of gastric cancer pathobiology in order to ultimately prevent or develop a cure for the disease.

ELIGIBILITY
Candidates for this award must hold a full-time faculty position at an accredited North American institution and must be established as an independent investigator in the field of gastric biology.

Women and minority investigators are strongly encouraged to apply.

AGA membership is required at the time of application submission. Please visit www.gastro.org/membership or call 301-654-2055, extension 651, for membership information.

Women and minority investigators are strongly encouraged to apply.

REQUIREMENTS
A letter of recommendation should be provided by the division chief or chair of the department of medicine and should outline support of the candidate and his/her research program.

Funds are to be used for the salary support, equipment and supplies of the investigator to promote his/her research. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Upon receipt of award notification, the recipient must provide institutional approval from the appropriate committee for use of human subjects or animals. If approval is not necessary, the recipient must provide an explanation.
Annually, a one-page plain-language progress report, a scientific progress report, a financial report and a list of publications based on the research must be submitted by the award recipient on or before January 31. Second-year funding is contingent upon submission of this documentation.

All publications, presentations and abstracts arising from work funded by this program must acknowledge support from the AGA Research Foundation R. Robert & Sally D. Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Biology.

AWARD OVERLAP
If a candidate is granted the award and notified of a comparable award from another agency prior to the first payment of this award, the applicant must select one of the two awards. (i.e. the recipient may not retain both awards).

SELECTION CRITERIA
The recipient will be selected based on novelty, feasibility and significance of the proposal. Preference will be given to novel approaches.

REVIEW PROCESS
A selection committee composed of members of the AGA Research Awards Panel will review the proposals and determine the award recipient. Funding will commence in January.

APPLICATION PROCESS
The application deadline date for this award is Aug 31. The completed application, letters of support or commitment and other documents, as applicable, must be combined into and submitted as one PDF document. The document must be titled by the applicant’s last name and first initial only. Hard copies are not accepted. Please e-mail the application document to awards@gastro.org. The applicant's full name and project title are to be included in the submission e-mail. Please direct all questions to the Research Awards Manager via telephone at 301-222-4012 or e-mail at awards@gastro.org.

Support for this award by the R. Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Charitable Trust is gratefully acknowledged.

James S. McDonnell Foundation Research Awards for Brain Cancer Research

Investigator-initiated research awards providing up to $450,000 for up to 6 years made to 501(c)(3) organizations in support of work done in Brain Cancer Research.

Deadline: March 14, 2012 15:59 CT. Apply online beginning February 15th.

21st Century Research Awards are designed to support research projects with a high probability of generating new knowledge and insights. Projects submitted for funding consideration should be at an early, even preliminary stage of development, and should be intended to break new ground or to revisit commonly-held assumptions. Projects submitted should be sufficiently cross-disciplinary or heterodox to have a strong likelihood of influencing the development of new ways of thinking about important problems.

21st Century Research Awards provide adequate, flexible funding over a sufficient time period to allow investigators to pursue and develop new directions to their research programs.

A maximum of $450,000 total costs can be requested and the funds can be expended over a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of 6 years. Please Note: Smaller amounts of money expended over shorter amounts of time may be requested to help investigators pursue pilot projects or test the feasibility of an experimental approach.

The applicant can apply the grant funds towards any research-based expense, including travel, equipment, and supplies. Funds can be used to support collaborative research projects. A percentage of the funds can also be used to support small workshops organized by the applicant where the goal of the workshop is to gather expertise in support of the research objective.

Grantee institutions must agree to waive all indirect and administrative costs.

Representatives of the Foundation will not advise applicants on the scientific merits or how well proposed projects fit the goals of JSMF grant programs. We believe these decisions are best made by potential applicant institutions after careful review all JSMF web-posted materials. All projects must qualify for one of the 21st Century Science Initiative's program area (see below) awarding 21st Century Initiative Research Awards.

Brain Cancer Research

The James S. McDonnell Foundation
1034 South Brentwood Blvd., Suite 1850
Saint Louis, MO 63117-1284
(314) 721-1532

NOTE: All applications and letters of inquiry should be sent electronically.