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James Ewing Foundation of the Society of Surgical Oncology and Susan G. Komen for the Cure 2013 Fall Clinical Investigator Award in Breast Cancer Research

Application deadline: Monday, July 8, 2013

Purpose: To promote patient-oriented research conducted by surgical oncologists in clinical and translational science.

Eligibility

Applicants must be surgical oncologists within 10 years of completion of training

Be full SSO members for at least 6 months prior to application submission to be eligible for the award

Applicants must commit to at least 25% effort for this award

Terms of the Award

The award will be funded for two years at $100,000 ($50,000 per year) beginning October 1, 2013.  The Award concludes September 30, 2015.

The award is given to the sponsoring institution and may be used for partial support of applicant’s salary, research fellows or staff support, tuition, travel(no more than $2,000 per year) and/or supplies. No additional funds are available for paying indirect costs.

A brief year-one progress report with a financial update will be required by September 30, 2014. The JEF reserves the right to withhold the second year of support in the event of unsatisfactory progress.

A final report (not to exceed 4 pages) will be required before September 30, 2015. This should include a summary of the project, abstracts and publications acknowledged as supported by this award, and a financial report. Any unexpended funds from the scholarship are to be reimbursed back to JEF.

A brief (up to 10 minutes) presentation of results will be required at the March 2-5, 2016, SSO Annual Cancer Symposium in Boston, MA. 

The James Ewing Foundation of the Society of Surgical Oncology requests a proposal in which the applicant plays a central role in the conduct of a specific clinical research project. This might include for example a leadership role in a clinical trial, in a prospective cancer outcomes study, or a translational research project related to a prospective clinical trial. The clinical research focus must be hypothesis-driven and must have a direct patient-oriented focus.

Clinical trials may be investigator-initiated, industry-driven or organized by a cooperative group. While the applicant need not be the principal investigator of the trial, nor the lead institutional investigator, the extent to which the applicant is involved in study design and conduct must be clearly articulated. Ideal applicants will be early to mid-career investigators with a track record of peer-reviewed research funding who are seeking additional extramural support to further clinical cancer research. Of note, this award is not intended to serve as a career development award for new investigators seeking to initiate their research careers. The track record of the applicant, scientific merit of the application, novelty and clinical impact of the anticipated results, and resources available to ensure completion of the study will comprise the review criteria.

Questions?

Contact the James Ewing Foundation of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Email:  jef@surgonc.org, or phone 847-427-1400, ext. 111, M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (CT).Address:9525 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 870 Rosemont, Illinois  60018.  Web: www.surgonc.org

Call for Applications: HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation Community Grants Program

HERA provides support for local ovarian cancer groups via program development and through the HERA Community Grants program.

Grants are available for ovarian cancer support and awareness programs.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation is now accepting applications for its Community Grants Program.

Applications are due June 3, 2013.

These $1,000 grants will be awarded to 501(c)(3) organizations for programs that improve the quality-of-life for women with ovarian cancer or raise awareness about the disease in novel and unusual ways.

The grant application deadline is June 1st of each year.  Organizations can receive support for up to 3 years in a row.

Interested grassroots and community organizations are encouraged to apply.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation gives five seed grants annually of $1,000 to help organizations start programs or support existing programs.

How to apply:

Download the printable Community Grant Application  from the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation website

Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization

There is one grant cycle and grant applications must be received by June 3.

Please include the cover page with your application.  An electronic copy in a single PDF file can be emailed to:
Meg Steitz, Executive Director:  meg@herafoundation.org

Call for Applications: HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation Sean Patrick Multidisciplinary Collaborative Grant

Applications are due June 3, 2013.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation provides funds for a project focused on the cause, early detection, treatment, and/or understanding of ovarian cancer. This annual award provides $50,000 for a cross-disciplinary project that is collaborative in nature.  The application must identify two (or more) scientists with different yet complementary skills and explain how these skills will be synergistic in addressing the ovarian cancer problem.  Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 award.

Sean Patrick, for whom this grant was named, was a champion for innovative ovarian cancer research.  She was frustrated by the disproportionate amount of government funds that went to other cancers and that the traditional chemotherapies had not changed the prognosis of ovarian cancer in decades.  To change this convention, she founded the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation whose mission is to stop the loss of women from ovarian cancer by promoting Health, Empowerment, Research, and Awareness.  Sean believed that the therapies with the most potential would be formulated by combining great ideas from different labs and possibly different fields. This grant is in honor of her vision and aims to give scientists the opportunity to put their heads together and test ideas that may not be fundable by other agencies.

Eligibility:

Scientists and clinicians of non-profit research, medical service, and educational institutions located in the U.S. are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Applications and questions should be directed to Meg Steitz, HERA’s Executive Director, meg@herafoundation.org, or (970) 948-7360.

American Urogynecologic Society Foundation Research Grant Program

Research funds are made available to qualified ob/gyn and urology fellows and junior faculty to pursue their research question. Goals of this research grant program are to support the completion of research projects which will lead to publication and presentation at future AUGS Annual Scientific Meetings and to support the development of junior researchers in the field who will go on to obtain additional funding for future research on pelvic floor disorders.

The AUGS Foundation serves the medical profession by supporting promising, innovative research regarding the causes, prevention, cure and treatment of pelvic floor disorders. In 2006, the Foundation created a research grants program to provide a funding resource, specifically focused on Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, to the research-focused AUGS members. In 2013, the Foundation offered the following research grants:

AUGS Foundation Fellow Research Award, a 2-year grant awarded to a fellow with aclinical/patient-oriented, educational, or lab-based/basic science research;

Thomas Benson Award in Neuromodulation Grant, a maximum of three 2-year grants awarded to fellows or junior faculty to support research or advanced training related to the clinical use of neuromodulation.

AUGS Foundation Faculty Research Awards, two 2-year grants awarded to junior faculty for clinical/patient-oriented, educational, or lab-based/basic science research.

AUGS Foundation and ICA IC/PBS Research Grant, a 1-year grant awarded to a fellow or a junior faculty member of AUGS and ICA for research related to interstitial cystitis.

AUGS Foundation Surgical Research Award, a 1-year grant awarded to a fellow or a junior faculty for research related to prolapse or urinary incontinence surgery.

Jahnigen Career Development Award Program /GEMSSTAR, the program provides support for early stage clinician-scientists to establish a track record in aging research

The AUGS Foundation together with the June Allyson Foundation has awarded over $1,000,000 in grants to AUGS members since 1998.

The AUGS Foundation Research Grants Program is made possible through the generous support from:

Astellas

Medtronic, Inc.

American Medical Systems

Individual donors

Please note: the information below is subject to change.

2014 Grants Process Timeline:

Application Open: October 2013

Application Deadline Closes: December 2013

Grant Notification: February 2014

Funding Begins: March 1,  2014

American Urogynecologic Society
2025 M Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

P: 202.367.1167
F: 202.367.2167
info@augs.org

Call for Nominations: Society for Medical Anthropology Eileen Basker Memorial Prize

Deadline: July 1, awarded every year.

The Eileen Basker Memorial Prize was founded by Virginia R. Dominguez in collaboration with the AAA’s Society for Medical Anthropology in 1987 following the death of Israeli-American critical medical anthropologist and feminist, Eileen Basker, in October 1986.

The SMA welcomes nominations for the Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, awarded annually for a significant contribution to scholarship on gender and health by scholars from any discipline or nation, for a specific book, article, film, or exceptional PhD thesis produced within the preceding three years. The Prize is awarded to the work judged to be the most courageous, significant, and potentially influential contribution to scholarship in the area of gender and health. Winners receive a $1000 cash award and are recognized at the SMA business meeting during the AAA.

Nominations are invited from one or more individuals in the form of a letter indicating the impact of the particular work on the field. Self-nomination is not permitted. Publishers of nominated books are expected to supply three copies of the relevant work to the Prize Committee.

The deadline for receipt of materials is yearly on July 1.  Enquiries and nominations for the award should be sent to the chair of the Basker Prize Committee:

Sarah Willen – sarah.willen@uconn.edu
Department of Anthropology
University of Connecticut
Beach Hall 438
Storrs, CT  06269-1176

Lesbian Health Fund Research Grant Program

Application Receipt Deadlines: May 15 and October 15

The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, was established in 1992 to define, study, and educate lesbians and their health care providers about lesbian health issues. LHF's mission is to improve the health of lesbians, other sexual minority women (SMW) and their families through research.

Research areas include:

Understanding social, family, and interpersonal influences as sources of stress or support

Eliminating inequalities in health care, including barriers to care, and improving quality of care and utilization rates

Development and testing of interventions to address mental and physical health needs of lesbians and other SMW, including but not limited to depression, identity related issues, eating disorders, substance abuse, obesity, cancer risks, cardiovascular disease and sexually transmitted infections

Sexual and reproductive health, including family & parenting issues

The deadlines for receipt of applications are May 15 and October 15.

Applications will be evaluated using the following 100 point scale:

Research design - 35 Points

Feasibility of accomplishing the project - 20 Points

Investigators' qualifications - 15 Points

Significance of the project to the lesbian community - 15 Points

Probability for Significat Future Funding - 15 points

In general, investigators are notified by mail approximately two months from the application deadline of its approval for funding. Grants range from $500 to $10,000. Grant award checks will be made to the primary institution identified on the application cover page. You may not begin your proposed research until you have received funding from LHF. Grant money is NOT awarded for completed research or for projects in progress.

Interim and final reports are to be submitted by the principal investigator. Upon completion of the project the investigator will be expected to present the results at either the annual Women in Medicine conference or the Annual Conference of GLMA. Within six months of project completion, the investigator is expected to submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. A copy of the manuscript is to be sent simultaneously to the LHF Program Manager.

Grant Application Format

1. Cover Page

2. Abstract of the Project in 500 words or less (This should be a word document.)

3. Detailed Plan of Project:

maximum of six double spaced typed pages

includes hypotheses, goals and specific objectives of the project, a brief discussion of relevant background information, the relationship of the proposed project to other work already accomplished in the field, methods, sample size calculation with power analysis, and the significance of the project to the lesbian community

4. Itemized Budget:

supplies and expenses with justification (budget $750 for presentation at a conference)

support from other resources for this project for this fiscal year

total amount requested for the project from Lesbian Health Fund. The Lesbian Health Fund does not cover personnel costs (salary and benefits) for the Investigators or indirect institution costs.

5. Study protocol as approved or submitted to the Institutional Review Board of the investigator's institution if animals or humans are involved in the project

6. Curriculum Vitae of Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Investigator, and Faculty Supervisor if the PI is a student, and of any other project member mentioned by name in the application. If a faculty supervisor is involved, submit letter of support from that faculty member for supervising the project. Current LHF grantees may not participate in a new grant as PI or Co-Investigator until LHF receives their written Final Report.

7. Signed statement by the Investigator and, if applicable, by the Co-Investigator that:

all publications resulting from the research conducted from the award will acknowledge that the project was funded by the Lesbian Health Fund of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

the abstract of the grant will be publicized with the names of the Principal and Co-Investigator if the grant is funded

8. Evidence of the primary institution's tax exempt status

9. OPTIONAL: Articles or publications of direct relation to the proposed project.

Please number all pages and send 1 copy of each item as a email attachment to:

Amy Fielder, LHF Program Coordinator at lhf@glma.org

Questions? Email lhf@glma.org or call 202-600-8037 ext 303.

Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship

The Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Fellowship, is named in honor of Norman F. Gant, M.D., a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and a former executive director of ABOG. The fellowship is designed to provide an exceptional learning and career development opportunity to obstetricians and gynecologists early in their careers.

The IOM brings together the most eminent researchers, policy experts, and clinicians from across the country to work together to provide nonpartisan, scientific, and evidence-based advice to national, state, and local policymakers; academic leaders; health care administrators; and the public. Select early career faculty and future leaders in Obstetrics and Gynecology will find their work at the IOM to be an exceptional learning experience.

Each Fellowship will be awarded for a two-year period. During this time, Fellows are expected to continue their work at their main academic posts, while being assigned to one of the following IOM boards:

Health Sciences Policy
Health Care Services
Food and Nutrition
Health of Select Populations
Global Health
Population Health and Public Health Practice
Children, Youth, and Families

The Fellowship requires a 10-to-20 percent commitment of time for two years, and includes attendance at a one-week orientation to health policy, the Fall IOM Annual Meeting, and the meetings of the assigned board. Additionally, Fellows will participate actively in the work of an appropriate expert study committee or roundtable, including contributing to its reports or other products.

This experience will introduce Fellows to a variety of experts and perspectives, including legislators, government officials, industry leaders, executives of voluntary health organizations, scientists, and other health professionals.

Each Fellow will be assigned to an IOM member who will serve as a senior mentor during the two years of the Fellowship.

A flexible research stipend of $25,000 will be awarded to each Fellow. The stipend will be administered through the appropriate department in the Fellow’s home institution. Stipends are not intended for use as salary offsets.

Eligibility Criteria

Nominees for the IOM Fellowship must meet the following requirements:

Nomination by a member of the Institute of Medicine or the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society or a Director of the ABOG

Diplomate or Active Candidate for certification by ABOG

Non-tenured member of an academic faculty

Able to dedicate 10 percent to 20 percent of time to the Fellowship for two years

Within the first five years of an initial faculty appointment

Sponsorship by academic department head

Endorsement by the Dean

U.S. citizen or permanent residency status at the time of the nomination

The Institute of Medicine especially welcomes under-represented minority candidates.

Selection Criteria

Professional accomplishments including research and publications

Potential for leadership in health policy

Quality of letters of recommendations

Expertise in an area of relevance to the Institute of Medicine

Application Packet

Nomination letter from a member of the Institute of Medicine or the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society or a Director of the ABOG

Letters of Recommendation and endorsement from:

Department Chair

Academic Dean

An up-to-date curriculum vita

A brief one page bio

All materials should be sent to Marie Michnich at mmichnich@nas.edu or to:

Marie Michnich
IOM/HPEPF
Keck WS 702
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Application packet due: June 2013