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Scholarships up to $10,000 are available for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in teaching. Baylor's Center for Educational Outreach offers an innovative alternative teacher certification program, called OPTIONS, for science and math professionals. The OPTIONS program features online course work and flexible field training -- which means you can continue in your current position until you are ready to enter the classroom as a paid teacher. Participants are selected on a competitive basis and may be awarded NOYCE Scholarships, up to $10,000, to support their training. Call now for more information or visit our website at http://www.ccitonline.org/options/
Colleen M. Krockenberger
Research Associate
Center for Educational Outreach
Baylor College of Medicine
Phone: 713-798-7673 |
The High Q Foundation, Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation that was established in 2002 with the mission of bringing together academia, industry, governmental agencies, and other funding organizations in the search for Huntington disease (HD) treatments. The Foundation supports numerous projects related to HD, including basic research, a drug-discovery program, and clinical studies.
High Q supports directly research on target identification and validation, and biomarker development.
High Q's drug discovery program is conducted through CHDI, Inc., a not-for-profit organization pursuing a biotech strategy.
High Q supports HD clinical research through the Huntington Project.
For more information about High Q's HD research support, please contact:
* Ethan Signer (ethan.signer@highqfoundation.org)
* Allan Tobin (allan.tobin@highqfoundation.org)
MRSSI, Inc. was established in 2002 to provide administrative, management and grant-making services to non-profit organizations dedicated to researching HD.
The application procedure for submitting research proposals for funding consideration by High Q / CHDI, Inc. is a two-step process. First, a "letter of intent" setting forth a basic description of your proposed research project must be submitted for an initial evaluation. If your letter of intent is accepted, you will be asked to submit a full "proposal" detailing your proposed research project for further review and evaluation. There are no deadlines for submission.
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NIH ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO FOSTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF NEW INVESTIGATORS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News Office of the Director (OD) http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
Office of Extramural Research (OER) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 27, 2006
CONTACT: NIH Press Office, 301-496-5787
National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. announced today the NIH Pathway to Independence Award program. The program features a new opportunity for promising postdoctoral scientists to receive both mentored and independent research support from the same award.
"Encouraging independent inquiry by promising new investigators is a major goal for NIH," Dr. Zerhouni said. "We must invest in the future of our new scientists today if we expect to meet the nation's health challenges of tomorrow. New investigators who successfully cross the bridge from research dependence to research independence bring fresh ideas and innovative perspectives to the research enterprise, which are critical to sustaining our ability to push forward the frontiers of medical research."
The program is also responsive to the major recommendations of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report issued in 2005 entitled, "Bridges to Independence." The NAS report called for new ways to mentor and support early career scientific investigators from their post-doctoral studies to running their own research programs.
NIH will issue between 150 and 200 awards for this program in its initial year, beginning in Fall 2006. The agency expects to issue the same number of awards each of the following five years. During this time, the NIH will provide almost $400 million in support of the
program. This award is a major piece of a larger, ongoing NIH effort to support new scientists as they transition to research independence. All NIH Institutes and Centers are participating in this award program.
The award will work as follows: The initial 1-2 year mentored phase will allow investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results, and search for an independent research position. The second, independent phase, years 3-5, will allow awardees who secure an assistant professorship, or equivalent position, to establish their own research program and successfully apply for an NIH
Investigator-Initiated (R01) grant. The R01 is the major means by which NIH supports individual scientists in the field.
"This award program is a major step toward fostering the early independence of new investigators, a key to innovation and creativity,"
Dr. Zerhouni continued. "We must take action now to maintain the tremendous momentum that we've experienced in science. Talented people with new ideas are at the core of our success -- we must support them all the way. Nothing is more important, especially in times of tight budgets."
For more information about the NIH Pathway to Independence program visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm.
A Backgrounder is available at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/backgrounder.htm.
A list of Questions and Answers is available at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/QsandAs.htm |
Scholarships for African-American students
The College Fund/UNCF and The Merck Company Foundation have established scholarship awards for outstanding African American students pursuing studies and careers in the field of biomedical research.
At least 37 awards will be given annually--15 at the undergraduate level, 12 at the graduate level, and 10 at the postdoctoral level.
The program also provides for institutional support through grants to the science departments of award recipients.
The UNCF•Merck Science Initiative is dedicated to expanding the pool of world-class African American biomedical scientists to achieve the complementary goals of national economic competitiveness and social diversity.
Additional information and requests for applications can be found at http://www.uncf.org/merck/.
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Effective Jan 1, 2005, the Sponsored Programs Office is requiring the new NIH forms (revised 09/04) be used when submitting applications, progress reports, etc. The new instructions and forms are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. The forms continue to be available two formats PDF and MS Word.
The new NIH forms include:
1. PHS 398 Application for a DHHS Public Health Service Grant
2. PHS 2590 Non-Competing Grant Progress Report
3. PHS 2271 Statement of Appointment
4. PHS 374 Official Statement Relinquishing Interest and Rights in a PHS Research Grant
5. HHS 568 Final Invention Statement and Certification
For additional information, the NIH notice can be found here. |
Research Proposals on Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases (PIDD)
The US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) is requesting Concept Research Proposals focused on primary immune deficiency diseases. USIDNET will award up to two-year research subcontracts that may range from $50,000 to $150,000 annually including indirect costs.USIDNET will consider Concept Proposals from U.S. and non U.S. citizens.
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Whitehall Foundation, Inc.
The Grants-in-Aid program is designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity. Grants-in-Aid are awarded for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000.
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Article from Science's Next Wave containing many links to funding agencies (from February 2002)
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•The Office of Research at Baylor College of Medicine
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•Government funding:
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| http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html |
| http://www.nsf.gov |
| http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding |
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•Non-government funding: |
| http://www.alz.org/Researchers/RGP/overview.htm |
| http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_0.asp |
| http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200050 |
| http://www.lungusa.org/research |
| http://www.arthritis.org/research/ProposalCentral.asp |
| http://www.bwfund.org |
| http://www.dana.org/grants/ |
| http://www.packfound.org/index.htm |
| http://www.whitaker.org |
| http://www.sloan.org/grant/index.shtml |
| http://www.rwjf.org/applying/index.jhtml |
| http://www.dajf.org.uk/grants |
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•Other funding information: |
| http://www.grantsnet.org |
| http://www7.nationalacademies.org/postdoc/For_Funding_Organizations.html |
| http://tram.east.asu.edu |
| http://fundingopps2.cos.com |
| http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/index.html |
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•NRSA stipend levels (2006): |
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2006
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-026.html
Release Date: January 9, 2006
Notice Number: NOT-OD-06-026
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/
Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) http://www.hrsa.gov/
The stipend levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Kirschstein-NRSA awards for undergraduate, predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and fellows are shown below. The Training Related Expenses for trainees and the Institutional Allowance for individual fellows for FY 2005 are also shown below.
The Budgetary Categories Described in this Notice Are Effective Only for Kirschstein-NRSA Awards Made with FY 2006 Funds.
Retroactive adjustments or supplementation of stipends or other budgetary categories with Kirschstein-NRSA funds for an award made prior to October 1, 2005 is not permitted. Budgetary adjustments for training grant and fellowship awards, therefore, will be made only at the time of the FY 2006 award.
STIPENDS: Effective with all Kirschstein-NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 2005 , the following annual stipend levels apply to all individuals receiving support through institutional research training grants or individual fellowships, including the Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) and Career Opportunities in Research (COR) programs. These awards are made under the authority of Section 487 of the Public Health Service Act (as amended).
The stipend levels are as follows:
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Postdoctoral Stipend
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0
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$ 36,996
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$ 38,976
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2
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$ 41,796
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$ 43,428
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$ 45,048
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$ 46,992
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$ 48,852
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$ 51,036
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