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Research Funding Opportunities – deadlines in April 2012 Chris Bonner, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Sponsor: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Amount Available: $100,000 over 2 years Grant Program: John J. Bonica Trainee Fellowship The John J. Bonica Trainee Fellowship was established in 1998 in memory of the founder of IASP to support training in all aspects of pain research. During the fellowship the trainee will pursue either clinical research or basic science research under the guidance of a mentor at the institution of his or her choice. The fellowship is not intended to supplement or extend current training. The IASP Committee on Research will evaluate applications according to (1) the qualifications of the applicant and mentor; and (2) the usefulness of the training to the applicant's research career. The committee will give due regard to a balance between clinical research and basic science research. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=66882&if=search Sponsor: Lupus Research Institute (LRI) Amount Available: $300,000 over 3 years Grant Program: Novel Research Grant Program – New Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) invites applications for financial support for idea-driven, novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. The Novel Research Grant program will run in parallel with the LRI's new global Distinguished Innovator Award program. Research applications will be judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success. Creativity will be valued. Rationale for the hypotheses proposed rather than amount of preliminary data will be emphasized. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=91131&if=search Amount Available: $150,000 over 2 or 3 years Grant Program: Junior Faculty Scholar Award The ASH Scholar Awards are designed to support hematologists who have chosen a career in research by providing partial salary or other support during that critical period required for completion of training and achievement of status as an independent investigator. Junior Faculty Scholar Awards will be available in the following award categories: Basic Research Junior Faculty and Clinical/Translational Research Junior Faculty. Basic Research: ASH considers basic research to include a broad spectrum of studies on genes, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, biochemical and signaling pathways, receptors, cells and animals, as well as samples obtained from humans, all of which are designed to further our understanding of the blood, bone marrow, and related organs or the pathogenesis of blood disorders. The emphasis for grants in this category should be on the discovery of new knowledge in a traditional laboratory setting. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=15280&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: American Society of Hematology (ASH), ASH Scholar Awards Amount Available: $100,000 over 2-3 years Grant Program: Fellow Scholar Award The ASH Scholar Awards are designed to support hematologists who have chosen a career in research by providing partial salary or other support during that critical period required for completion of training and achievement of status as an independent investigator. Fellow Scholar Awards will be available in the following award categories: Basic Research Fellow and Clinical/Translational Research Fellow. Basic Research: ASH considers basic research to include a broad spectrum of studies on genes, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, biochemical and signaling pathways, receptors, cells and animals, as well as samples obtained from humans, all of which are designed to further our understanding of the blood, bone marrow, and related organs or the pathogenesis of blood disorders. The emphasis for grants in this category should be on the discovery of new knowledge in a traditional laboratory setting. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=15281&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) Amount Available: $174,750 over three years Grant Program: Research Fellowship Awards Research Fellowship Awards are offered to encourage the development of individuals with research potential to help them prepare for a career of independent basic and/or clinical investigation in the area of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The proposal must be relevant to inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis). The awardee must devote a minimum of 90 percent of his or her time directly to the project. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=12662&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) Amount Available: $270,000 over three years Grant Program: Career Development Awards Career Development Awards are offered to encourage the development of individuals with research potential to help them prepare for an career of independent basic and/or clinical investigation in the area of inflammatory bowel disease. The proposal must be relevant to inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis). The awardee must devote a minimum of 80 percent of his or her time directly to the project. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=12664&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) Amount Available: $386,100 over three years Grant Program: Senior Research Awards The objective of these awards is to provide established researchers with funds to generate sufficient preliminary data to become competitive for funds from other sources, such as the National Institute of Health (NIH). Proposals must be relevant to inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis). COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=12660&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation, (NNPDF) Amount Available: $100,000 over 2 years Grant Program: Peter G. Pentchev Research Fellowship The National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation has established two-year postdoctoral fellowships for the purpose of funding outstanding candidates working on state-of-the-art projects that directly investigate Niemann-Pick disease Type C (NPC). COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=117848&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Amount Available: $25,000 Grant Program: Jacob P. Waletzky Award Nominees must be active in research at the time the award is given. Nominees must have received a Ph.D. or M.D. (or equivalent) within the past 15 years. Time taken off for child-rearing does not count in these totals. Part-time work and other special circumstances are evaluated at the discretion of the committee. Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member. Nominees do not have to be SfN members. Self-nomination is not permitted. No person may nominate more than one candidate. Current SfN officers and councilors are ineligible for nomination.
Readers should check SfN website, below, for detail. Deadlines in May, 2012. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=99727&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) Amount Available: $550.00 Grant Program: Career Transition Fellowship The National MS Society's National Board of Directors has determined that ending the devastating effects of MS will require a cadre of well-trained scientists engaged in MS-related research. The society's Career Transition Fellowship addresses this need by fostering the development and productivity of young scientists who have potential to make significant contributions to MS research and help ensure the future and stability of MS research. This fellowship targets current postdoctoral trainees who demonstrate both commitment and exceptional potential to conduct MS-related research. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=71246&if=search _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF) Amount Available: $100,000 over 2 years Grant Program: Translational Research re: Fragile X-associated Disorders (FXD) The NFXF supports a broad range of research endeavors that will lead to better understanding, recognition, treatment and an eventual cure of children and adults with a FXD, including fragile X syndrome (FXS), fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), and fragile X-associated ovarian insufficiency (FXPOI). Translational research projects focus on bringing discoveries made about the nature, causes, and consequences of Fragile X-associated Disorders into the realm of therapeutics and interventions designed to treat the symptoms or underlying deficits of those disorders. Examples of appropriate projects include investigations of the effects of drugs on people with the disorders or in animal models, studies of educational or psychosocial interventions focused on reducing symptoms or optimizing outcomes of affected people, and studies refining or developing measures that can be used to evaluate the outcomes of therapeutics and interventions. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=83367&if=search
Sponsor: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Amount Available: $900,000 Grant Program: Program Project Development Grant Launched in 2004, this bold research program provides funds for ovarian cancer research projects that involve several investigators within one institution or collaborations between groups in multiple institutions. The grant is for investigators seeking to develop program project grant applications for submission to peer-review funding agencies (e.g. NCI, RO1, SPORE, DOD). Support of $300,000 annually for three years will be awarded to the institution(s) in which the recipients will conduct the research. COS: none _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Amount Available: $450,000 Launched in December 2000, the Liz Tilberis Scholar's Program is directed toward junior faculty with a strong commitment to an investigative career in the field of ovarian cancer research. the intent of these awards is to support a substantial time commitment to research and academic endeavors in ovarian cancer. Each scholar will receive a three-year grant of $150,000 per year. The program honors OCRF’s late president, Liz Tilberis, whose tremendous efforts brought OCRF to new heights of excellence. COS: none _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Amount Available: $75,000 Grant Program: Program of Excellence The Ann Schreiber Research Training Programs of Excellence provides funding for trainees who are working under the supervision of a mentor who is a recognized leader in the field of ovarian cancer research. Applicants must be clinical fellows (Gynecologic Oncology, Medical Oncology), or post-doctoral fellows. Candidates for this program must have an MD or a PhD degree. The award provides a total of $75,000 to be used over one or two years. OCRF believes that these awards will advance the overall scientific objectives of the cancer center, and encourage the recipient’s research career in the field of ovarian cancer. This grant is named in honor of Ann Schreiber, in whose memory OCRF was founded. COS: none _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Amount Available: $250,000 seed grants and $2 million transition grant Grant Program: Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development (Round II) United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and UK's UK Department of International Development (DFID) have joined together to launch the second wave of Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development. Together, the sponsors are calling for groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, rural communities around the time of childbirth. Of the estimated 3.2 million stillbirths, 3.6 million neonatal deaths, and 360,000 maternal deaths that occur globally each year, a major gap for intervention exists around childbirth and in the early postnatal period - a time when mothers and babies are most vulnerable and global progress in reducing mortality has been particularly poor. This gap in interventions is particularly acute in poor, rural communities that are the most difficult to reach and among women who are disadvantaged. COS: http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=128865&_ksTicket=74186d4ff9cd666597346ae800800299&_ksExpires=2012031600:00:00 _____________________________________________________________
Sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Amount Available: $100,000 Grant Program: Grand Challenges Explorations An initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions is now accepting grant proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization including colleges, and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies. COS: none _____________________________________________________________
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