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ARRA OS Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Comparative Effectiveness Delivery System Evaluation Grants (R01) RFA-HS-10-012

Deadline Date:  03/18/2010

This AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to AHRQ under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5, invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications from investigators seeking to conduct rigorous comparative evaluations of alternative system designs, change strategies, and interventions that have already been implemented in healthcare and are likely to improve quality and other outcomes.

Funding: $300,000 - $400,000 per year (for up to three years)

Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

 
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Program to Enhance NIH-supported Global Health Research Involving Human Subjects (S07) RFA-OD-10-006

Deadline Date:  03/22/2010

This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions for one year of support for resources and activities that will strengthen oversight of NIH supported human subjects research conducted collaboratively with institutions in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC).

Funding: $50,000

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Please note: this is a limited submission

 
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Signature Innovations Initiative (R24) RFA-OD-10-007

Deadline Date:  03/22/2010

This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions and their partners to enhance the infrastructure and opportunities at the participating institutions for training postdoctoral investigators to carry out innovative, multidisciplinary research in Global Health.

Funding: $400,000

Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Please note: this is a limited submission.

 
Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Comparative Effectiveness Delivery System Demonstration Grants (R18) RFA-HS-10-013

Deadline Date:  03/23/2010

This AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to AHRQ under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (R18) applications from organizations to conduct demonstrations of (1) broad strategies and/or specific interventions for improving care by redesigning care delivery, or (2) strategies and interventions for improving care by redesigning payment. The demonstrations will aim to achieve major improvements in care quality (including clinical outcomes and other dimensions), improve access to care, reduce disparities, or improve population-based measures of health outcomes. The demonstration will address issues related to HHS priorities, including those of Medicare and Medicaid.


 
Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Concept Award W81XWH-10-MSRP-CA

Deadline Date:  03/25/2010

The MSRP challenges the scientific community to design pioneering concepts and high-impact research relevant to the etiology, pathogenesis, assessment, and treatment of MS.

Funding: $75,000 for one year

Sponsor: Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

 
Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Enhanced State Data for Analysis and Tracking of Comparative Effectiveness Impact: Improved Clinical Content and Race-Ethnicity Data (R01) RFA-HS-10-010

Deadline Date:  03/29/2010

This AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to AHRQ under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites infrastructure development research grant (R01) applications from organizations seeking to either (1) enhance the clinical content of statewide, all-payer, hospital-based encounter-level data to support comparative effectiveness research, or (2) improve the reliability and validity of information in hospital-based encounter-level data related to race and ethnicity.

 
Polio Research Committee Call for Research Proposals

Deadline Date:  03/30/2010

The Polio Research Committee (PRC) is continuing research to accelerate the eradication of polio and to inform long-term policy on poliovirus in the post-eradication era. We identify unmet research needs, direct research, and assist in identifying investigators and designing studies to answer unanswered research questions in the fight to end polio.

Funding: Unspecified

Sponsor: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 
Grant for a Master’s Degree Program in University Research Administration

Deadline Date:  03/31/2010

NCURA has a strategic goal of advancing the professionalism of the field of research administration by providing a pathway for its members and others in the research community to obtain a Master’s Degree in Research Management.

Funding: 40,000

Sponsor: The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)

 
The Role of Healthcare and Insurance in Improving Outcomes in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment

Deadline Date:  04/01/2010

The purpose of this RFA is to investigate the impact of healthcare costs, healthcare system and capacity, insurance status, social factors and delivery of health care services, on outcomes in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment.

Funding: $200,000 per year (direct costs) for up to four years

Sponsor: The American Cancer Society

 
RFA for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium

Deadline Date:  04/01/2010

The American Cancer Society announces this revised Request for Applications for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium.

Funding: Various

Sponsor: American Cancer Society, Inc


 
Future Internet Architectures (FIA) NSF 10-528

Deadline Date:  04/22/2010

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) invites research teams to submit innovative and creative proposals that describe projects to conceive, design, and evaluate trustworthy Future Internet architectures.

Funding: Up to $9 Million for three years

Sponsor: Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
National Science Foundation (NSF)

 
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) NSF 10-531

Deadline Date:  04/26/2010

The goal of the Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) program is to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing graduate studies in all areas of biological research supported by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Support will be provided to academic institutions to establish innovative programs to engage undergraduates in a year-round research and mentoring activity.

Funding: $1,000,000 (for up to 5 years)

Sponsor: Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Please note: this is a limited submission

 
Special BSF Call for Proposals in Transformative Science

Deadline Date:  05/11/2010

The U.S. – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) is pleased to announce the opening of the first round of applications in its new program devoted to Transformative Science grants.

Funding: $100,000 per year (for up to three years)

Sponsor: The U.S. – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)

 
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) NSF 10-544

Deadline Date:  05/26/2010

The Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students.

Funding: Various

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

 
National STEM Education Distributed Learning (NSDL) NSF 10-545

Deadline Date:  05/26/2010

This program aims to establish a national network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels.

Funding: Various

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

 
Grants for Education

Deadline Date:  06/01/2010

Grant applications in the field of education will be considered generally for (1) educational endowments to fund scholarships based solely on educational achievements, leadership, and academic ability of the student; (2) endowments to support fellowships and teaching chairs for educators who confine their activities primarily to classroom instruction in the liberal arts, mathematics and the sciences during the academic year; and (3) erection or endowment of buildings, wings, or additions thereto of buildings, and equipment for educational purposes.

Funding: From 50,000 to 100,000

Sponsor: Gladys Brooks Foundation

 
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) NSF 09-598

Deadline Date:  06/04/2010

The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the NSF. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.

Funding: Unspecified

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)


 
Replication, Fine-Mapping and Sequencing: Follow-Up on Genome-Wide Association Studies for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01)

Deadline Date:  06/29/2011

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, encourages applications that propose to perform replication, fine-mapping, and sequencing studies of human genomic regions that are putatively associated with phenotypes relevant to the NIAMS mission.

Funding: $250,000 per year (for up to two years)

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Health Information Technology Extension Program: Regional Centers EP-HIT-09-003

Deadline Date:  08/03/2010

The purpose of the Regional Centers is to furnish assistance, defined as education, outreach, and technical assistance, to help providers in their geographic service areas select, successfully implement, and meaningfully use certified EHR technology to improve the quality and value of health care.

Please note: The August 3, 2010 due date is for the third and final full application cycle. See full funding opportunity announcement for the three cycle's preliminary application and full application due dates.

 
Career Catalyst Award in Cancer Disparity Research

Deadline Date:  09/30/2010

This award is to support a researcher interested in cancer health disparities and research that is community-based, epidemiological, translational or clinical in nature.

Funding: $10,000 for one year

Sponsor: Center for Equal Health-Research Training and Education Core

 
Post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Disparity Research

Deadline Date:  09/30/2010

It is intended that one award will be awarded to one qualified researcher each year.

Funding: Unspecified

Sponsor: Center for Equal Health-Research Training and Education Core

 
Cancer Disparity Graduate/Post-Doctoral Travel Awards

Deadline Date:  09/30/2010

The program seeks to provide funds for qualified minority graduate or post-doctoral students to attend relevant critical education sessions and workshops in an effort to strengthen specific research skills, including but not limited to laboratory techniques, research methods and grant-writing.

Funding: $1,500 each

Sponsor: Center for Equal Health-Research Training and Education Core

 



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