Women's Health Grants

Call For Papers: Women's Bar Association of District of Columbia and the Washington College of Law 2010 Legal Essay Writing Competition

Invitation to Submit Essays in the Dedication to the Advancement of Women's Rights The Modern American (TMA) announces the American University Washington College of Law (WCL) essay competition, open to all full-time and part-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States.

OVERVIEW:
The Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) and WCL share an important history in advancing women in the law and women's rights. TMA celebrates this history by creating a writing competition that highlights the status and future of women's bodily freedom in American policy-making and jurisprudence.

Women's bodily freedom is an issue that has hung in the balance for a number of years. Yet new, controversial laws that criminalize pregnant women's behavior and girls' refusal to receive arguably harmful immunizations have put women's bodily freedom back into the forefront of the public's attention. What is the status of women's bodily freedom and what should women's rights advocates anticipate looking forward?

The winner of the competition will not only receive $1,000, but will also have the opportunity to publish his/her/zer essay in TMA.

PRIZES INCLUDE: $1000 and potential publication in TMA.

TOPIC:
The status and future of women's bodily freedom in American policy-making and jurisprudence.

DEADLINE: October 1st, 2010, at noon (Eastern Standard Time).

RULES AND REGULATIONS:
1. Any student regularly enrolled in and attending classes full-time or part-time at an accredited law school in the United States is eligible to enter. Submissions must be through email to: Email: tma@wcl.american.edu with one cover page that includes all personal information (name, address, phone number, email, law school, and essay title). Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail that you are submitting a paper for the WBA/WCL Writing Competition.

2. Papers must be the original, unpublished work of an individual student but may have been prepared as a course assignment. Some law school faculty guidance is permitted, but guidance by the competition judges is not permitted.

3. Papers must be typed, 20-30 pages in length, single- spaced, unjustified, Garamond font typeface with one- inch margins. Submissions should contain endnote citations, included in the paper's length. Endnotes should conform to the 18th edition of A Uniform System of Citation (The Bluebook). Most important, submissions MUST be within the subject matter described in the introduction above.

4. Papers will be evaluated by the following criteria: writing quality and clarity; the level of interest that a broad segment of the legal profession would have for the topic and content; analysis and reasoning; timeliness, originality and creativity; quality and use of research; and compliance with these rules.

5. Papers will be evaluated, and the prize will be awarded, at the discretion of a panel of scholars and attorneys who will have no knowledge of the author's name or law school.

6. The winner as well as all participants will be notifiedregarding the competition results by mail on October 21st, 2010.

7. Entries must be received no later than October 1st, 2010 at noon (Eastern Standard Time): Email: tma@wcl.american.edu

8. Entry grants TMA the right of first publication of the paper and the copyright if published, constitutes certification of the paper as an original unpublished and unplagiarized work, and is the author's agreement to hold TMA and its members harmless from, and to indemnify them for, any and all damages and costs relating to copyright infringement or plagiarism.

9. Please notify us at: Email: tma@wcl.american.edu if any of your contact information changes.

Dermatology Foundation Research Awards Program

October 15, 2010: Applications for 2011 research awards due to DF office.

The DF's Research Awards Program offers career development awards, fellowships, and grants that are intended to advance the early academic careers and research efforts of physicians and scientists in dermatology and cutaneous biology. An emphasis is placed on supporting research that benefits the dermatology community at large and has significant potential to advance patient care. It is the expectation that the recipients of Foundation awards will be tomorrow’s expert teachers, innovative investigators and master clinicians in dermatology.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the 2011 application process, or a current award, please call the Foundation office at (847) 328-2256. Ask for our Program Coordinator. Or if you prefer, you may send your inquiry to dfrap@dermatologyfoundation.org.

Dermatology Foundation
1560 Sherman Avenue
Suite 870
Evanston, IL 60201-4808

Phone: (847) 328-2256
Fax: (847) 328-0509
Email: dfgen@dermatologyfoundation.org

National Hemophilia Foundation Judith Graham Poole Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Letter of Intent Deadline: November 23, 2010
Application Deadline: February 23, 2011
Award Start Date: July 1, 2011

The program is named for Dr. Judith Graham Pool. In 1965, Dr. Pool discovered a simple method of extracting the clotting factor from human plasma. This opened the door to a series of rapid developments that revolutionized the treatment of hemophilia including replacement therapy. Replacement therapy (i.e., the infusion of the missing clotting factor to prevent or stop bleeding) has made it possible for people with hemophilia to live relatively normal and productive lives and to avoid, in large measure, the potentially crippling effects of the disorder.

Only noncommercial institutions and investigators associated with a noncommercial institution are eligible for NHF funding.

All grant and fellowship applications are subjected to a rigorous peer review process. Applications are critiqued on scientific merit and relevance to NHF research priorities. Applications are reviewed and scored in terms of significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment. A panel selected by the Research Working Group, a volunteer group of scientific and lay leaders, reviews applications received.

Eligibility
Applicants must have completed doctoral training and must enter the JGP fellowship program from a doctoral, postdoctoral, internship or residency training program. Established investigators or faculty members are not eligible. Applicants must be affiliated with domestic organizations such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories. US citizenship is not required.

Permissible research topics include clinical or basic research on the biochemical, genetic, hematologic, orthopedic, psychiatric or dental aspects of the hemophilias or von Willebrand disease. Other topics include rehabilitation, therapeutic modalities, psychosocial issues, women's health issues, liver disease, or AIDS/HIV as they pertain to the hemophilias or von Willebrand disease.

It is expected that the fellow will spend at least 90% of the time on the research project for which funding is requested. The remaining 10% may be devoted to teaching or clinical work that is relevant to the research.

Funding
Support is available for up to $42,000/per year for a maximum of two years (pending continuing grant approval).

Letter of Intent
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent by 5pm EST, November 23, 2010. This should be a brief letter identifying the researcher, their mentor, institution and a description of the proposed research project. Letters of intent should include an NIH-style CV or biosketch for both candidate and mentor. Letters of intent will be evaluated by members of NHF's Research Review Committee who will collectively decide upon the candidates invited to submit a full JGP application.

Inquiries
For further information, contact:

Angelina Wang
Director of Research and Medical Information
116 West 32nd Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 328-3727 or (800) 42-HANDI ext. 3727
Fax: (212) 328-3799
E-mail: awang@hemophilia.org

Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society/Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation/DePuy Career Development Grant in Women’s Musculoskeletal Health

Applications due September 15, 2010

With support from DePuy Orthopaedics, this Award will help train and develop female orthopaedic surgeons to improve knowledge in the area of women’s musculoskeletal health, and enhance the understanding of gender and diversity differences in the outcomes of orthopaedic procedures. The candidate must be a female orthopaedic surgeon who is a member of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society. PhDs and DVMs are eligible to apply if affiliated with an orthopaedic department and working with an orthopaedic surgeon who is the principal investigator. The amount of the award is $45,000 for one year.

For more information please contact:

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

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
6300 N. River Road Suite 700
Rosemont, IL 60018-4261

Tel: (847) 698-9980 Fax: (847) 698-7806
Email: communications@oref.org

Ursula Gielen Book Award

This award is presented to the author(s) or editor(s) of a recent book that makes the greatest contribution to psychology as an international discipline and profession, or more specifically, the degree to which the book adds to our understanding of global phenomena and problems from a psychological point of view.

Deadline: October 1, 2010

Sponsor: Division 52 of the American Psychological Association

Ursula Gielen (1916-1997, Germany) was vitally interested in the well-being of indigenous, persecuted, and poor people around the world, with a special emphasis on women and children. Her legacy and commitment to international concerns and human welfare continues through her children: Ute Seibold, a former foreign language secretary in Switzerland; Uwe Gielen, an international psychologist in the United States; Odina Diephaus, a former interpreter with the European Parliament in Belgium and France; and Anka Gielen, a counseling psychologist in Germany.

Examples include psychological interventions at the micro- and macro- levels, multinational organizations, questions of mental health, pedagogy, peace and war, gender roles, contributions of indigenous psychologies to global psychology, textbooks that integrate theory, research and practice from around the globe, edited volumes integrating contributions from scholars around the world, and overviews of international and global psychology.

Winners will be announced by December 15, presented with a certificate, and invited to give an address at the APA Convention. They will receive full payment of the convention fee and a stipend of $500 to help fund their attendance at the convention.

All nominations, accompanied by the 2-page letter, and three copies of the book, must be sent to:

Renée Goodstein, Ph.D.
Chair, Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award
Psychology Department
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
USA

(718) 489-5437
e-mail: rgoodstein@stfranciscollege.edu

Hemophilia Foundation Nursing Excellence Fellowships

Letter of intent submission deadline February 1, 2011

All grant and fellowship applications are subjected to a rigorous peer review process. Applications are critiqued on scientific merit and relevance to NHF research priorities. Applications are reviewed and scored in terms of significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment. A volunteer group of scientific and lay leaders reviews applications received. The NHF Medical and Scientific Advisory Council (MASAC) and the NHF Board of Directors grant final funding approval.

Eligibility
The purpose of the National Hemophilia Foundation Nursing Fellowship is to provide support for a registered nurse currently employed or interested in hemophilia care to conduct nursing research or clinical projects. Endorsement by a federally funded hemophilia treatment center is recommended. Only registered nurses from an accredited nursing school enrolled in a graduate nursing program or practicing hemophilia nursing care may apply.

Collaboration with multidisciplinary care providers and/or between 2 or more hemophilia centers is accepted and encouraged. Collaboration efforts may include, for example, social work, physical therapy and genetics. It thus may be possible for a hemophilia center team to apply jointly for two or more of the nursing, social work and physical therapy excellence fellowships as a cooperative project or research endeavor. Additionally, regional applications will be considered.

Current topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the development of clinical pathways, measurable outcomes in bleeding disorders care, service utilization, epidemiology and patient and community education tools. Other topics include rehabilitation, therapeutic modalities, psychosocial issues, women's health in bleeding disorders, liver disease in clients with bleeding disorders and HIV/AIDS. The objectives of the fellowship are to improve the delivery of care and expand the knowledge of nursing science surrounding bleeding disorders.

Funding
Each year one new research fellowship of up to $13,500 will be awarded.

Deadlines

A letter of intent should be submitted to NHF. This should be a brief letter identifying the applying researcher and organization and the intended area of research.

Multidisciplinary applications are welcomed. If a multidisciplinary project is sought, you are encouraged to indicate in the letter of intent and in the application how the project would proceed if only one Fellowship is awarded.

Inquiries
For inquiries regarding applications, policy and procedures and programmatic information, contact:

Morgan Johnson, CAE, Manager of Healthcare Provider Programs
National Hemophilia Foundation
116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(800) 424-2634 ext. 3745 or (212) 328-3745
Fax: (212) 328-3799
E-mail: mjohnson@hemophilia.org

Direct inquiries regarding fiscal matters to:

Department of Finance and Administration
National Hemophilia Foundation
116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(800) 424-2634 ext. 3726 or (212) 328-3726
Fax 212-328-3766

ASCO Cancer Foundation Improving Cancer Care Grant

The ASCO Cancer Foundation® Improving Cancer Care Grant, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, will provide extramural research funding to address important issues regarding access to healthcare, quality of care, and delivery of care, with general applicability to breast cancer. The goal of this program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research that will have a major impact on cancer care, with general applicability in the breast cancer arena. This grant opportunity is part of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure/ASCO Cancer Foundation Research Initiative.

Funding Available

Susan G. Komen for the Cure and The ASCO Cancer Foundation expect to award one research grants, totaling 1.35 million dollars. This money will be distributed as $450,000 total costs per year over three years.

Timeline

* July 1, 2010 – Online application opens
* September 1, 2010 – Letter of Intent Due
* December 21, 2010 – Full Application Due
* July 1, 2011 – Grant Term Begins

For further information, please contact grants@asco.org.

The ASCO Cancer Foundation
2318 Mill Road, Suite 800
Alexandria, VA 22314
571.483.1700
Foundation@asco.org
 

Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology Competitive Grant Program

Eligibility: Non-profit organizations.
Purpose: To promote advocacy, improved care, and educational programs in the fields of Female Urology and Urodynamics. Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to, male and female urinary incontinence, pelvic prolapse, urethral reconstruction, neurourology, and male voiding dysfunction.

More Information: Applications are received throughout the year. The deadline for the yearly grant(s) is August 1st. The grant(s) will be given out in August of each year. Any applications received after August 1 st will be reviewed the following year. Applications will be reviewed by committee members of the Executive Committee of SUFU based on the merit of the application. A total of $5000 is available for the award to be given in August of each year. It is expected that a summary of the grant outcomes will be submitted within one year from the date of issue of the grant.

Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology 1100 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 520 Schaumburg IL 60173

Tel: (847) 517-7225 Fax: (847) 517-7229

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

Sigma Theta Tau International/Rosemary Berkel Crisp Research Award

Purpose
To support nursing research in the critical areas of women's health, oncology, and pediatrics.

Research Funding
The allocation of funds is based upon a research project that is ready for implementation in the area of women's health, oncology, or pediatrics; the quality of the proposed research, future potential of the application, appropriateness of the research budget, and feasibility of time frame. Funds provided by interest from a gift from The Harry L. Crisp, II and Rosemary Berkel Crisp Foundation to the honor society's Research Endowment.

Funds for this grant do not cover expenses incurred prior to the funding date.

Eligibility Criteria
Registered nurse with current license
Member of Sigma Theta Tau International
Have a master's or doctoral degree or be enrolled in a doctoral program
Submit a completed research application package and signed research agreement
Ready to implement research project when funding is received
Complete project within one (1) year of funding.
Submit to STTI a final report; submit completed abstract to STTI's Virginia Henderson International Nursing Research Library.
Note: Some preference will be given to applicants residing in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Grants available: 1 per year
Funding: US$5,000 (max)
Deadline: 1 December 2010
Funding date: 1 June 2011

Contact Information
Research Services
Sigma Theta Tau International
Phone: 888.634.7575 (US/Canada) or +1.317.634.8171(international)
Fax: +1.317.634.8188

How to Apply: All applications must be submitted via the online submission system. A link to the online submission system will be available in August 2010.