Psychosocial Research (PSR) Grants For the purpose of this funding initiative, the Neilsen Foundation defines psychosocial research as 1) research pertaining to the influence of psychological or social factors on an individual¹s health, functioning or quality of life, or 2) research addressing the interrelation of psychological (e.g., behavioral, emotional, cognitive)…
Biomarkers Across Neurodegenerative Disease The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson¹s Research (MJFF), the Alzheimer¹s Association (ALZ),and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation announce a collaborative Request for Applications (RFA) to stimulate collaborative analyses across the Alzheimer¹s disease (AD) and Parkinson¹s disease (PD) research enterprises to engage in further data analysis…
As The Children¹s Heart Foundation continues to grow, it will strive to fulfill its mission: To support research toward discovering the cause and improving the methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing congenital heart defects. Beginning with new grants made in 2002, CHF funding will be limited to two years (consecutive…
Medical Research Grants The Progeria Research Foundation awards grants to applicants who seek to conduct research to find the cause, treatment, or cure for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria, or HGPS). Innovator Awards: 2-year awards of up to $75,000 per year. The aim of the Innovator Award is to…
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: PA-14-002 AHRQ’s Patient Safety (PS) Portfolio is addressing patient safety and medication research by focusing on the safe usage of medications. This perspective centers on how medications move through the health care system and how this systemic process can be improved so that patients are…
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: PAR-13-055 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, evaluate and refine effective and efficient methods, systems, infrastructures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions, evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and management,…
NIH now reports that 640 fewer competitive research project grants were awarded due to the sequester. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2013/nih-03.htm…
The UF Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has issued a call for applications for the UF Postdoc Mentoring Award. Up to three faculty members will receive awards of $2,000 each and will serve on a Postdoc Mentoring Committee for two years to provide guidance and advice to the Office of Postdoctoral…
The UF Office of Research has announced the 2014 Research Opportunity Seed Fund competition. This program targets interdisciplinary, collaborative research initiatives that have potential for extramural support. Opportunity Fund awards are intended to support new projects (not a supplement to current research). Proposals must involve faculty from…
Information for the NIH Extramural Grantee Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding Notice Number: NOT-OD-13-126 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Issued by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Purpose The Government Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 ended on September 30, 2013 at midnight EST and an Appropriation Act…
