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Post-Docs, Faculty & Researchers
Grants and Awards for
Post-Docs, Faculty, and Researchers in Social Sciences,
Healthcare, and Political Science
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ)
2101 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20852, 301-594-1449
http://www.ahrq.gov
- AHRQ, through its Small Conference Grant Program,
seeks to support conferences that help to further
its mission to enhance the quality, appropriateness,
and effectiveness of health services, and access to
such services. The grant is available to public and
private non-profit organizations. See the website
for details.
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
1111 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, 800-326-AAUW(2289)
http://www.aauw.org
- Career Development Grants support women currently
holding a bachelor's degree who are preparing to advance
their careers, change careers, or re-enter the workforce.
Approximately 60 grants are available in two categories:
Academic Grants and Professional Development Institute
Grants.
- American Society on Aging (ASA)
Awards Committee, American Society on Aging, 833 Market
Street, Suite 511, San Francisco, CA 94103-1824, 415-974-9642
http://www.asaging.org
- The Gloria Cavanaugh Award for Excellence in Training
and Education. Presented annually to a member who
has demonstrated continued excellence in training
and education in the field of aging.
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- Aspen Institute
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, One Dupont Circle,
NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, 202-736-5838
http://www.nonprofitresearch.org,
search: MARI
- The Model Applied Research Initiative supports research
on the nonprofit sector. Research projects should
have the potential to contribute to efficient, effective,
and accountable nonprofit practices and organizations.
Awards are up to $50,000 to support research by any
eligible applicant.
- Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 240, Washington, DC 20005-1503,
202-289-9806
http://www.aghe.org
- Twelve subgrants per year to colleagues and universities
to develop and implement intergenerational service-learning
projects within a gerontology course.
- Brookdale Foundation
126 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022-3668
http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/brookdalefellows.htm
- To foster the development of a new generation of
leaders in geriatrics and gerontology by supporting
investigators in the developmental stages of their
careers and by aiding established researchers who
are shifting the focus of their work to the field
of aging. It is an invitational competition among
selected institutions with centers of geriatric and
gerontological study. For further details, refer to
website.
- Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health
Care Research
Brown University, Box G-B222, Providence, RI 02912,
401-863-1560
http://www.chcr.brown.edu/postdocFrameset.htm
- Postdoctoral fellows in health services research
or clinical epidemiology will have the opportunity
to participate in on-going research in one or more
substantive areas, including breast cancer, health
promotion and prevention, long-term care, and community-based
systems of care, health care organizations and methodological
approaches to health services research.
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- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
75 Alta Road, Stanford, CA 94305, 650-321-2052
http://www.casbs.org/programs/fellowships/
- Invites nominations for nine- to 12-month Residential
Postdoctoral Fellowships that provide scholars of
exceptional achievement or promise free time to devote
to their own study and to associate with colleagues
in the same discipline or related field. Stipend based
on Fellow's salary for preceding academic year. Normally
selection for the fellowship begins with nomination.
The Center awards up to 50 fellowships each year.
- Center for Retirement Research (CRR)
Boston College, Fulton Hall 550, 140 Commonwealth
Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808, 617-552-1762
http://www.bc.edu
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- Steven H. Sandell Grant Program. To promote
research on retirement issues by junior scholars
in a wide variety of disciplines. Each grant awarded
will be up to $25,000. Must have a PhD and be a
non-tenured or junior scholar, or be a senior scholar
working in a new area.
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- Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. Fellows
with focus on research, either on their own or in
collaboration with one or more of the Center's research
associates. Fellows receive a one-year stipend of
$30,000 plus benefits and will be provided with
office space and computer support.
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- Visiting Scholar Program. Scholars focus
on research, either their own or in collaboration
with one or more of the Center's research associates.
Scholars receive a one-year stipend of $45,000 plus
benefits and are provided with office space and
computer and secretarial support.
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
1004 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003,
800-784-2577
http://www.cbcfinc.org/Leadership%20Education/Fellowships/index.html
- To provide talented women and men with the opportunity
to learn about all aspects of the legislative process
while working as congressional staff. Applicants must
have an understanding of, and a commitment to, black
political empowerment. Compensation is up to $20,000.
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- Employee Benefit Research Institute
Suite 600 2121 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1896,
202-659-0670
http://www.ebri.org
- Enables researchers in the employee benefits field
to undertake projects on health, retirement, and other
economic security issues.
- Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for
Minorities
Fellowship Programs Office/FP, TJ 2041, National Research
Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC
20418, 202-334-2860
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpost.html
- Approximately 30 one-year fellowships will be awarded
to enable fellows to engage in a year of postdoctoral
research and scholarship in an environment free from
the interference of their normal professional duties.
The stipend amount is $35,000, $3,000 for travel and
relocation allowance, $2,000 for cost-of-research
allowance, and $2,500 for employing institution allowance.
- Grantmakers in Health, (GIH)
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1200, Washington,
DC 20036, 202-452-8331
http://www.gih.org
- GIH generates and disseminates information about
health issues and grantmaking strategies that work
in health by offering issue-focused forums, workshops,
and large annual meetings; publications; continuing
education and training; technical assistance; consultation
on programmatic and operational issues; and by conducting
studies of health philanthropy.
- Harry S. Truman Library Institute
500 West US Highway 24, Independence, MO, 64050-1798,
816-833-0425
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants.htm#ress
- Research grants to enable postdoctoral scholars
to come to the Library for one to three weeks to use
its archival facilities. Awards are up to $2,500 for
travel and living expenses.
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- International Foundation of Employee Benefit
Plans
18700 West Bluemound Road, P.O. Box 69, Brookfield,
WI 53008-0069, 414-786-6710 x8440
http://www.ifebp.org/regrants
- The Grants for Research Program encourages research
on employee benefits in the United States and Canada.
Grants are awarded for original research on employee
benefit topics, including health care benefits, retirement
and income security, and other aspects of employee
benefits systems. Awards do not exceed $10,000 for
postdoctoral grants.
- John A. Hartford Foundation
55 East 59th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1178,
212-832-7788
http://www.jhartfound.org/program/index.asp
- To increase the nation's capacity to provide effective
and affordable care to its rapidly increasing elderly
population. In order to maximize the Foundation's
impact on the health and well-being of the nation's
elders, grants are made in two priority areas (refer
to website for details): 1) Academic Geriatrics and
Training. Supports efforts, on an invitational basis,
in selected academic medical centers and other appropriate
health setting to strengthen the geriatric training
of America's physicians, nurses, and social workers;
2) Integrating and Improving Health-Related Services.
Supports a limited number of projects offering considerable
potential for national impact in demonstrating integrated
financing and care delivery for comprehensive geriatric
services.
- John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program
3200 Dominion Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 412-497-5775
http://www.heinzfamily.org/programs/senatefellowship.html
- Designed to identify and train new leaders in issues
affecting seniors. For mid-level professionals, provides
first-hand knowledge in the development and advancement
of public policy and legislation that will improve
the quality of life for older Americans.
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, 212-687-4470
http://www.gf.org
- Provides fellowships for advanced professionals
in all fields to allow them to engage in research
in any field of knowledge. Awarded to men and women
who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity
for productive scholarship. The amounts of the grants
will be adjusted to the needs of the Fellows, considering
their other resources and the purpose and scope of
their plans.
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- Manhattan Institute of Policy Research
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017,
212-599-7000
http://www.manhattan-institute.org
- Fellowships offered to rising academics for original
research in an array of policy areas, including welfare,
education, crime, tax policy, regulation, tort reform,
affirmative action, privatization, and environment.
The stipend amount is up to $10,000.
- Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute at Radcliffe
College
34 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, 617-495-8212
http://www.radcliffe.edu/bunting/apply
- The Bunting Fellowship is to support women of exceptional
promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to
pursue independent work in academic and professional
fields and in the creative arts. Residence in the
Boston area and participation in the institute community
are required during the fellowship year. The stipend
amount is up to $40,000.
- Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Modeling
Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Washington University Campus Box 1122, One Brookings
Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-935-5190
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~szwicker/mellonpostdoc/introduction.htm
- To broaden and enrich the training of a select group
of newly qualified Ph.D.'s by placing them in an environment
with highly developed expectations of transdisciplinary
research and teaching. The fellows will receive a
two-year appointment with stipends beginning at $35,000
per year.
- Michigan Society of Fellows at the University
of Michigan
3030 Rackham Building 915 E. Washington Street, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1070, 313-763-1259
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/faculty_staff/sof
- To give fellows an opportunity to interact across
disciplines and to expand their horizons and knowledge
and also enrich the University of Michigan through
teaching during their residency an bringing new insights
to other faculty members. The annual stipend is $40,000.
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- Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University
of Virginia
PO Box 400406, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4406, 804-924-7236
http://millercenter.org/academic/gage/fellowship
- The Fellowships in Public Affairs Invites promote
and disseminate scholarships in contemporary politics,
public policy and political history. The Miller Center
funds up to ten fellowships for PhD candidates and
other scholars who are completing dissertations or
books on Twentieth-century politics and governance
in the United States. The Miller Center welcomes applicants
from a broad range of disciplines. The fellowships
provide a stipend of up to $15,000 to support one
year of research and writing.
- National Center on Adult Learning
518-587-2100, fax: 518-587-4382
- Accepts proposals for research fellowships on adult
learning and higher education to improve the theory,
research and effective practice of adult learning.
Several research fellowships with stipends up to $5,000
will be provided.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD 20892
http://www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining/
- NIH provides support for scientific meetings, conferences,
and workshops that are relevant to its scientific
mission and to public health. A U.S. institution or
organization, including an established scientific
or professional society, is eligible to apply. See
website for further opportunities and details.
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- International Clinical, Operational and Health
Services Research and Training Award (ICOHRTA).
Supports training to facilitate collaborative, multidisciplinary,
international clinical, operational, health services
and prevention science research between US institutions
and those in developing countries.
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- Planning Grants for HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Treatment Intervention in Middle-Aged and Older
Populations. Invites qualified researchers to
submit applications for planning grants to assist
in the design, testing and preliminary evaluation
of prevention and treatment interventions for HIV/AIDS
among the middle-aged and older populations.
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Building 31, Room 5C27, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-1752
http://www.nih.gov/nia/funding
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- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
(K01). With support from the American Geriatric
Society, the award serves two distinct purposes:
"career-change" for an investigator who wishes to
redirect his or her career, and/or "career enhancement"
for a relatively junior investigator for an additional
period of supervised research experience.
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- Independent Scientist Award (K02). For
"time off teaching" or "time off clinical duties"-intended
to enable an investigator to concentrate on building
her or his research career.
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- Academic Career Award (K07). For "development"
or "leadership"-to allow a senior individual the
resources needed to enhance the institution.
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- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
(K08). An award for "aspiring clinician-scientists."
It allows individuals who have received clinical
training a sufficient length of time to acquire
training and experience in research.
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- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program
Award (K12). An institutional K08 (see above).
Each appointee receives the equivalent of a K08,
i.e., salary and research expenses, to train as
a research scientist.
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- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development
Award (K23). Designed to increase human resources
for patient-oriented research by training aspiring
clinician-scientists to become independent researcher.
NIH has set a limit of $25,000, but the announcement
allows up to $50,000 in exceptional cases.
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- Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development
Award (K25). Early to mid-assistant professor
level quantitatively trained scientists. The award
allows these individuals three to five years of
salary support and research development expenses
to work with a mentor or mentors in the biomedical
or behavioral sciences. See website for examples
of relevant specialties.
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- Behavioral and Social Research Program (BSRP).
Supports the basic social and behavioral research
and research training on the aging process and the
place of older people in society. Additional information
can be obtained online: http://www.nih.gov/nia/research/extramural/behavior/programs
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- National Research Council (NRC)
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418,
202-334-2760
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/
- Postdoctoral Research Associateships are offered
at more than 120 research laboratories throughout
the U.S. representing nearly all federal agencies
with research facilities. The Associateship Program
provides an opportunity for recent PhD graduates to
do advanced research in association with selected
members of the permanent, professional laboratory
staff. Award period is three months to one year. Annual
stipends range from $34,000 to $55,000 depending on
experience, with some relocation reimbursement and
professional travel provided.
- Novartis Foundation for Gerontological Research
(NFGR)
59 Route 10, East Hanover, NJ 07936,973-781-5567
web search: "Novartis Gerontological Research"
- Research Program to support development of new approaches
to maximize the function and independence of older
persons in the U.S. and Canada. Investigators must
be affiliated with educational, not-for-profit organization.
Value: One year grants will be awarded to a maximum
of $50,000 each.
- Open Society Institute (OSI)
Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, New
York, NY 10019, 212-548-1334
http://www.soros.org/grants
- Invites Letters of Inquiry for Individual Project
Fellowships, awarded to individuals pursuing research,
writing or other efforts on issues of importance to
promoting an open society either in the U.S. or internationally.
Awards range from $15,000 to $100,000.
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- Project on Death in America (PDIA). To
identify outstanding faculty and clinicians, and
to support them in disseminating existing models
of good care, developing new models for improving
the care of the dying, and developing new approaches
to the education of healthcare professionals about
the care of dying patients and their families. Two-year
awards of up to $70,000 per year will be made to
institutions on behalf of the scholars.
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-495-8601
http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowship_program.aspx
- Three awards-Studying Diverse Lives, Adolescent
and Youth Research, and Mother/Child Interaction in
Low Income Families Research-offer small grants of
up to $5,000 to postdoctoral investigators for research
drawing on the center's data resources.
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- RAND with the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development and the National Institute on
Aging
M-16b, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138,
310-393-0411 x7173
http://www.rand.org
- Enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic
and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills,
learn to communicate research results effectively,
and advance their research agenda. Must have completed
a PhD in a relevant discipline. Open to new scholars
in the field of demographic and aging research, as
well as individuals who have some research experience.
- Retirement Research Foundation
8765 West Higgins Road, Suite 430, Chicago, IL 60631-4170,
773-714-8080
http://www.rrf.org
- Supports programs that improve the quality of life
for older Americans. Funding interest should include
programs that: improve the availability and quality
of community-based and institutional long-term care;
provide new and expanded opportunities for older adults
to engage in meaningful roles in society; seek causes
and solutions to significant problems of older adults
through support of selected basic, applied, and policy
research for which federal funding is not available;
and increase the number of adequately trained professionals
and paraprofessionals to serve the elderly through
support of selected education and training initiatives.
Awards range from $5,000 to $408,000. Activity restricted
to: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Missouri, and Wisconsin.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PO Box 2316, College Road East and Route 1, Princeton,
NJ 08543
http://www.rwjf.org
- Scholars in Health Policy Research. Two-year
fellowships for recent PhDs and junior faculty to
foster creative thinking in health policy research
for those coming from economics, political science,
and sociology.
- Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018-2702, 212-852-8407
http://www.rockfound.org
- The Warren Weaver Fellows Program offers a one-year
residency at the Rockefeller Foundation offices in
New York. This program provides a small group of individuals
with a firsthand experience in the field of philanthropy.
The professional background of applicants may be in
any field. The stipend range is $50,000 to $65,000.
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- University of California
510-987-9503
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/
- The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
for Diversity offers approximately 20-25 postdoctoral
fellowships every year to qualified persons who intend
to pursue academic careers and to enhance their prospects
for appointments to faculty positions at the university
and other institutions of higher education. The annual
stipend is approximately $30,800, depending on the
discipline and experience, as well as health benefits
and up to $4,000 for research related expenses.
- University of Pennsylvania
Penn Humanities Forum, School of Arts and Sciences,
3619 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6213, 215-898-8220
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/mellonapp
- Invites applications for the Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellowships in the Humanities. Five fellowships are
available for untenured scholars to conduct research
in all areas of humanistic study, except educational
curriculum-building and the performing arts. Fellows
will have the opportunity to pursue their own research
and study, to meet regularly with other Mellon fellows
and university faculty, and to take part in all aspects
of the intellectual life of the Penn community. Fellows
also will teach one course per semester (fall and
spring terms) in an appropriate department, participate
in the weekly Seminar Series of the Penn Humanities
Forum, and present their research at one of those
seminars. The stipend amount is up to $34,000.
- Wills Foundation
713-965-9043, email: willsfnd@aol.com
- Postdoctoral Fellowships in neurobiology are offered,
with special consideration given to work relevant
to Huntington's Disease. Applicants must have a confirmed
position in an established laboratory at the time
preliminary application is made. Award is up to $40,000
per year.
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Grants and Awards for
Post-Docs, Faculty, and Researchers in Clinical Medicine,
Bio-Medical Sciences, Pharmacology, and Nursing
- American Cancer Society
800-227-2345
http://www.cancer.org/research
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- Research Scholar Grants for Beginning Investigators.
Provides awards to support basic, preclinical, clinical,
or epidemiologic research projects initiated by
investigartors in the first eight years of their
independent research careers. Initial awards are
made for up to four years and up to $250,000 per
year, including 25% indirect costs. These grants
may be renewed once for a four-year period.
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- Research Scholar Grants in Psychosocial &
Behavioral Research. Provides awards to support
research projects centered on the psychosocial and
behavioral aspects of cancer. These awards are for
independent investigators at any stage in their
career. Applications are encouraged in which an
individual at an early career stage is co-principal
investigator with an establiched researcher. Initial
awards are made for up to five years and up to $500,000
per year, including 25% indirect costs. These grants
may be renewed once for a five-year period.
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- Research Scholar Grants for Health Service
and Health Policy and Outcomes Research. Provides
awards to support research projects centered on
health services and health policy and outcomes research
that are initiated by investigators at any stage
of their careers. Initial awards are made for up
to four years and upt to $250,000 per year, including
25% indirect costs. These grants may be renewed
once for a four-year period.
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
2041 Broadway, Suite 320, Nashville, TN 37203, 615-322-2075
http://www.acnp.org/programs/awards.aspx
- The Postdoctoral Travel Fellowship for Minorities
seeks to encourage the development of young scientists
of ethnic and racial minorities with demonstrated
professional and scientific interest in neuropsychopharmacology
by providing them the opportunity to attend its annual
scientific meeting as a guest of the college. The
ACNP is especially interested in young scientists
and clinicians who are committed to teaching and research
in neuropsychopharmacology relevant to the understanding
and or treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Up
to five awards will be made, including air fare, meeting
registration, lodging, meals, and other expenses to
attend and present a poster at the annual meeting.
- American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
1414 Avenue of the Americas, 18th floor, New York,
NY 10019, 212-752-2327
http://www.afar.org
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- AFAR Research Grants. Provides up to $50,000
for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (MD's
and PhD's) to do research that will serve as the
basis for longer term research efforts, studying
a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics.
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- The AFAR/Pfizer Research Grants in Hormones
and Aging. Created to address specific areas
of research that specifically focus on hormones
and aging. Projects may involve basic, clinical,
or epidemiological research.
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- Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging
Research Program. Aimed at bolstering the current
and severe shortage of academic geriatricians. $450,000
for three years to allow junior faculty to devote
their time to research and training activities related
to aging and care of the elderly.
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- Merck/AFAR Junior Investigator Award in Geriatric
Clinical Pharmacology. Addressing the critical
need of developing more physicians with a command
of geriatric clinical pharmacology. Each Fellow
receives $120,000 over two years. Deadline November
1, 2000.
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- ISOA/AFAR Program for Drug Discovery in Cognitive
Decline and Alzheimer's Disease. Created to
promote transnational research and drug discovery
for new agents in the treatment of cognitive decline
and dementia. Deadline February 19, 2001.
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- John A. Hartford/AFAR Academic Geriatrics Fellowship
Program. Designed to foster the development
of a new generation of academic physicians competention
and committed to geriatrics or geriatric psychiatry.
Up to 25 Fellowships of $50,000 each will be awarded
in 2001. Deadline February 19, 2001.
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- John A. Hartford Foundation/AFAR Medical Student
Geriatric Scholars Program. To encourage medical
students particularly budding researchers to consider
geriatrics as a career, the Program awards short-term
scholarships through a national competition, providing
an opportunity for these students to train at an
acclaimed center of excellence in geriatrics. Deadline
February 7, 2001. See website for details.
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- The Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in
the Biology of Aging. Designed to attract potential
scientists and clinicians to aging research-provides
Ph. D. and MD students the opportunity to conduct
a three-month research project. Each scholarship
carries an award of $5,000. Deadline February 26,
2001.
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- Merck/AFAR Research Scholarships for Medical
and Pharmacy Students in Geriatric Pharmacology.
To develop a corps of physicians and pharmacists
with an understanding of medication use in the elderly.
Medical and Pharm. D. students will have the opportunity
to undertake a two- to three-month full-time research
project in geriatric pharmacology. Up to nine $4,000
scholarships will be awarded in 2001.
- American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite
801, New York, NY 10118, 212-308-1414
http://www.americangeriatrics.org
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- Geriatrics Recognition Award. As a way
of encouraging participation in geriatrics continuing
education programs, the GRA recognizes physicians
and nurses who are committed to increasing theirknowledge
of geriatrics, through continuing education programs.
It provides individual recognition of special learning
in geriatrics, currently sought by many health care
programs and organizations.
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- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
(MRSDAA). Need research or health professional
doctorate. $60,000/year for 3 years, then $50,000/year
for 2 years (plus fringe benefits). Research development
support: $20,000/year for tuition/fees/books, supplies,
equipment, technical personnel, travel to meetings,
or statistical services.
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- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development
Award (K23). For clinically trained professionals
(with little to some research experience) committed
to career in patient-oriented research and have
potential to develop into independent (clinician)
researchers. Salary: $75,000/year for 5 years (plus
fringe benefits). Research development support:
$25,000/year for tuition/fees/books, supplies, equipment,
technical personnel, travel to meetings, or statistical
services.
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- American Psychological Association (APA)
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, 202-336-6027
http://www.apa.org/students/student5.html
- With support from the National Institute for Mental
Health, the APA invites applications for the Minority
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Neuroscience to
increase representation of African Americans, Alaskan
Natives, American Indians, Mexican Americans, Pacific
Islanders, and Puerto Ricans in neuroscience. A postdoctoral
fellow is obligated to conduct payback service for
the first year of support; if, however, the fellow
engages in a second year of training, research, or
teaching, then the second year is considered payback.
- Brookdale Foundation
126 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022-3668
http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/brookdalefellows.htm
- To foster the development of a new generation of
leaders in geriatrics and gerontology by supporting
investigators in the developmental stages of their
careers and by aiding established researchers who
are shifting the focus of their work to the field
of aging. It is an invitational competition among
selected institutions with centers of geriatric and
gerontological study. For further details, refer to
website.
- Ellison Medical Foundation
4710 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 204, Bethesda, MD 20814,
301-657-1830
http://www.ellison-med-fn.org
- To support new investigators of outstanding promise
in the basic biological and clinical sciences relevant
to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases
and disabilities. Successful candidates will receive
$50,000 per year for a four year period. Applications
are solicited by invitation only, see website for
details.
- Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
450 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10021-7928, 212-751-8228
http://www.hhwf.org/HTMLSrc/ResearchFellowships.html
- The postdoctoral research fellowships encourage
postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical
sciences and to help further the careers of young
men and women engaged in biological or medical research.
Fellowships are for three years. Stipends will range
from $33,000 to $37,000, including funds for travel
and an annual research allowance of $2,000 for the
fellow's laboratory.
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- Institute for the Study of Aging
767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10153,
212-572-4086
http://www.aging-institute.org
- Numerous grants are available in various fields
including early detection of Alzheimer's Disease,
drug discovery, drug development, and clinical research.
For details, see website.
- International Psychogeriatric Association
550 Frontage Road, Ste. 2820, Northfield, IL 60093,
847-784-1701
http://www.ipa-online.org
- This association awards the Alois Alzheimer Award
for outstanding achievements in research on AD. The
award totals $20,000 and is supported by Novartis.
- John A. Hartford Foundation
55 East 59th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1178,
212-832-7788
http://www.jhartfound.org/program/index.asp
- To increase the nation's capacity to provide effective
and affordable care to its rapidly increasing elderly
population. Grants are made in order to maximize the
Foundation's impact on the health and well-being of
the nation's elders.
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- Integrating and Improving Health-Related Services.
Supports a limited number of projects offering considerable
potential for national impact in demonstrating integrated
financing and care delivery for comprehensive geriatric
services.
- Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF)
Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University, Washington
Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, 609-258-3551
http://www.lsrf.org/geninfo.htm
- The postdoctoral research fellowships are administered
across the spectrum of the life sciences: biochemistry;
cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural,
organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology;
immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology;
and virology. Three-year fellowships are awarded for
$40,000/year and are intended as mini-grants.
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- National Institute for General Medical Sciences
Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, Room 1040, MSC-7710, Bethesda, MD 20892-7710,
301-594-0828
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/
- Postdoctoral fellowships are offered to individuals
with doctoral training in both traditional quantitative
disciplines (such as mathematics, physics, engineering,
and computer science) and biology who are seeking
additional training in biological areas congruent
to the mission of NIGMS. Postdoctoral (F32) fellowship
mechanisms will be used. Stipends range from $26,916
to $42,300, depending on the number of years of relevant
experience subsequent to the award of the doctoral
degree.
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Building 31, Room 5C27, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-1752
http://www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining/
- Research Career Awards:
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- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
(K01). With support from the American Geriatric
Society, the award serves two distinct purposes:
"career-change" for an investigator who wishes to
redirect his or her career, and/or "career enhancement"
for a relatively junior investigator for an additional
period of supervised research experience.
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- Independent Scientist Award (K02). For
"time off teaching" or "time off clinical duties"-intended
to enable an investigator to concentrate on building
her or his research career.
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- Academic Career Award (K07). For "development"
or "leadership"-to allow a senior individual the
resources needed to enhance the institution.
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- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
(K08). An award for "aspiring clinician-scientists."
It allows individuals who have received clinical
training a sufficient length of time to acquire
training and experience in research.
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- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program
Award (K12). An institutional K08 (see above).
Each appointee receives the equivalent of a K08,
i.e., salary and research expenses, to train as
a research scientist.
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- Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development
Award (K23). Designed to increase human resources
for patient-oriented research by training aspiring
clinician-scientists to become independent researcher.
NIH has set a limit of $25,000, but the announcement
allows up to $50,000 in exceptional cases.
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- Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development
Award (K25). Early to mid-assistant professor
level quantitatively trained scientists. The award
allows these individuals three to five years of
salary support and research development expenses
to work with a mentor or mentors in the biomedical
or behavioral sciences. See website for examples
of relevant specialties.
- The NIA additionally administers a plentitude
of other opportunities for funding and training:
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- Biology of Aging
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- Geriatrics
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- Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD 20892
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
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- Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Research and Training
Program: Mentored Clinical Scientist Development
Awards in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
To support the development of outstanding academic
physician scientists. Provides support for a period
of supervised research and study for either clinically
trained professionals with little research experience
but who have the commitment and the potential to
develop into productive, independent investigators,
or for clinically trained professionals with substantial
research experience who wish to redirect their career
to concentrate on Alzheimer's research.
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- International Clinical, Operational and Health
Services Research and Training Award (ICOHRTA).
Supports training to facilitate collaborative, multidisciplinary,
international clinical, operational, health services
and prevention science research between US institutions
and those in developing countries.
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
1232 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, 202-223-2226
http://www.nof.org/grants
- Scholar's, Foundation, and Mazess Research Grants
support clinical or basic research related to the
epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
of osteoporosis. Five one-year grants of $57,000.
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- National Research Council (NRC)
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418,
202-334-2760
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/
- Postdoctoral Research Associateships are offered
at more than 120 research laboratories throughout
the U.S. representing nearly all federal agencies
with research facilities. The Associateship Program
provides an opportunity for recent PhD graduates to
do advanced research in association with selected
members of the permanent, professional laboratory
staff. Award period is three months to one year. Annual
stipends range from $34,000 to $55,000 depending on
experience, with some relocation reimbursement and
professional travel provided.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral
Research Fellowships for Physicians. For physicians
who wish to undertake three years of postdoctoral
training in fundamental research on basic biological
processes or disease mechanisms. By the start of
the fellowship, applicants must have completed at
least two years of postgraduate clinical training
and may have completed no more than two years of
postdoctoral research. (http://www.nationalacademies.org/osep/fo/nsf)
- The Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in
Aging Research Program
Alliance for Aging Research, 2021 K Street, NW, Suite
305, Washington, DC 20006, 202-293-2856
http://www.beeson.org
- Provides a grant to individual physician-scientists
to draw outstanding professionals them into teaching
and research in the field of aging.
- Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173,
847-843-2020
http://fightforsight.com/
- Fight for Sight Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
are awarded for one year to persons interested in
academic careers involving basic or clinical research
in ophthalmology, vision, or its related sciences.
Clinical research fellows are required to spend at
least 50 percent of their time on the research project,
while basic researchers are expected to devote full
time. Stipends are for $14,000 per year.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PO Box 2316, College Road East and Route 1, Princeton,
NJ 08543
http://www.rwjf.org
- Clinical Scholars Program. Allows young physicians
to acquire new skills and training in the non-biological
sciences important to medical care systems. Two years
of graduate study and research as part of a university-based
post-residency training program.
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- Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Department of Biological Sciences, 106 Central Street,
Wellesley, MA 02481-8203
http://www.sfn.org/fellowships/mnfp
- The Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program (MNFP)
is offered to increase the pool of underrepresented
minority groups pursuing careers in mental health-related
neuroscience research and teaching programs. This
fellowship program is designed to recruit and train
outstanding individuals of traditionally underrepresented
racial and ethnic minorities to work in preeminent
neuroscience research laboratories. This program provides
training stipends for eight pre-doctoral and three
postdoctoral fellowship positions. The ordinary tenure
is three years for the pre-doctoral fellowship and
two years for the postdoctoral fellowship.
- United Negro College Fund (UNCF) & Merck
Research Laboratories
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, PO Box 10444, Fairfax,
VA 22031-4511
http://www.uncf.org/Merck/programs/post
- The UNCF-Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships
are a component of the UNCF-Merck Science Initiative,
the goal of which is to significantly increase the
pool of well-qualified African American research scientists
in the biomedical sciences and related scientific
disciplines. Award is up to a maximum of $70,000,
and consists of a fellowship stipend of up to $55,000
for the award recipient and a grant of up to $15,000
to the host department. Awardee must be appointed
as a postdoctoral fellow at an academic or non-academic
research institution in the U.S. during the calendar
year.
- World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/employment/global_leadership_fellows
- The Global Health Leadership Fellowships are intended
to enable professionals to contribute to the work
of the organization, and to benefit from their interaction
with WHO, for a period of approximately one year.
The Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Cluster
(HTP) invites applications for the award of a GHL
Fellowship tenable in the department of Essential
Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM). EDM is interested
in appointing one fellow for the Policy, Access, and
Rational Use (PAR) team in the following areas of
the team's work: access to essential drugs for tuberculosis,
impact of globalization and international trade agreements
on access to drugs, and pharmacoeconomics and drugs
financing. The stipend amounts ranges from $36,000
to $58,500.
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July 8, 2008
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