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Funding and Grants
In the United States:
NIGMS has renewed a Request for Applications for Short Courses in
Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology (R25) (RFA-GM-08-010). The
application receipt date is February 26, 2008. For details, visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-010.html
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for Education
Projects to develop and deliver short courses that will provide students
with a 2-3 week intensive research education and training in the area of
Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology. These courses will
introduce students to the knowledge and skills needed for studies of
integrative organ system and whole organism biological responses to
drugs and other physiological perturbations. The research education and
training should foster ability of scientists at various career levels in
academic, industry, and government to assume leadership roles in all
three sectors. The goal of these Education Projects will be to
strengthen the research personnel base in the United States by
broadening the exposure of students to training in integrative and organ
systems sciences.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research funds highly qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of the most challenging health ploicy issues facing America. Approximately 10 grants of up to $335,000 each will be awarded to investigators from a variety of disciplines to support projects that combine creative and conceptual thinking with innovative policy-relevant approaches.
Applications are welcomed from investigators in the health, social and behavioral sciences and well as other fields. We seek a diverse group of applicants including minorities and individuals from nonacademic settings such as research firms and policy organizations. Applicants must be affiliated either with educational institutions or with 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located in the United States or its territories. Past awardees are not eligible to apply.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund's (BWF) new institutional training program–Institutional Program Unifying Population and Laboratory Based Sciences–in the house that you will help us develop a new cadre of scientists work at the connections between population approaches to human health and basic biomedical research.
The awards will provide $500,000 a year for five years in order to stimulate institutional training
programs that partner researchers working in school of medicine and schools (or academic divisions) of
public health.
Apply for an NIH Director's Pioneer Award. If you're a new investigator,
you're also eligible for an NIH Director's New Innovator Award.
Both programs are part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and
support exceptionally creative scientists who propose highly
innovative-and often unconventional-approaches to major challenges in
biomedical or behavioral research.
Women and members of groups that are underrepresented in NIH research
areas are especially encouraged to apply.
Pioneer Award
$2.5 million in direct costs over 5 years
5–10 awards expected in September 2008
Open to Scientists Who:
- Are at an institution in the United States
- Are at any career level, including the early to middle stages
- Will commit at least 51% of their research effort to the project
Streamlined Application
Electronic application includes 3– to 5-page essay and 3 letters of reference
Applications accepted December 16, 2007–January 16, 2008
More Information
See Overview Information and NIH Director's Pioneer Award
E-mail questions to pioneer@nih.gov
New Innovator Award
$1.5 million in direct costs over 5 years
Up to 24 awards expected in September 2008
Open to New Investigators Who:
- Have not yet obtained an NIH R01 or similar grant
- Hold an independent research position at an institution in the United States
- Received a doctoral degree or completed medical internship and residency within the past 10 year
- Will commit at least 25% of their research effort to the project
Streamlined Application
Electronic application allows preliminary data but does not require it.
Applications accepted March 3–31, 2008
More Information
See Overview Information and NIH Director's New Innovator Award
E-mail questions to newinnovator@nih.gov
Get Pioneer Award, New Innovator Award, and Other NIH Roadmap News Register for the NIH Roadmap LISTSERV
NIH is inviting health professionals engaged in biomedical and
behavioral research to apply online for a loan repayment award. The loan
repayment programs (LRPs) are a vital component of our nation's efforts
to recruit and retain highly qualified professionals to careers in
research.
NIH annually awards loan repayment contracts to approximately 1,600
health professionals with an average award of $52,000. More than 50% of
the awards are made to individuals less than 5 years out of school.
Approximately 40% of all new applicants are funded and 70% of renewals
are funded.
NIH will repay up to $35,000 annually of qualified educational debt for health
professionals pursuing careers in one of the five Loan Repayment
Programs (LRPs). The programs also provide coverage for Federal and
state tax liabilities.
To qualify, applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree, devote an
average of 20 hours per week or more to research funded by a non-profit
organization, university, or government entity (NIH grant support is not
required). Applicants must also have outstanding educational loan debt
equal to at least 20% of their institutional base salary and be U.S.
citizen or permanent resident.
All applications for 2008 awards must be submitted online by 8:00 p.m.
EST, December 1, 2007.
To access the online application or for program information, please
visit the LRP Web site at www.lrp.nih.gov. For assistance call the Helpline at (866) 849-4047 or send email inquiries to lrp@nih.gov.
L'ORÉAL USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2008
Now Accepting Post-Doc Fellowship Applications for L'ORÉAL USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2008
Five $40,000 Fellowship grants are awarded to female postdoctoral researchers who are American born, naturalized citizens or permanent residents and affiliated with a U.S. based academic or research institution. Applicants must be involved in the life and physical/material sciences, engineering & technology, computer science or mathematics Applications close October 31, 2007
Web site: www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience
Manganese Health Research Program
The Manganese Health Research Program (MHRP) is funded by the United States Department of Defense. The MHRP Steering Committee is made up of independent scientists, occupational health experts from Mn producer and end-user companies and is chaired by the Secretary General of the International Manganese Institute. Dr. Michael Aschner of Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the Principal Investigator (PI) and the overall administrative oversight is carried out by his university.
Request for Proposals for Phase III
The Manganese Health Research Program (MHRP) invites preliminary research applications to investigate the relationship between manganese exposure and human health concerns, and to explore mechanisms by which manganese contributes to the development, progression, or exacerbation of human disease. The major purposes of this initiative are to:
1. support innovative, multidisciplinary research in humans and animal models on the specific cellular, molecular and physiologic mechanisms by which manganese mediates adverse effects;
2.
identify and investigate factors, such as age, pre-existing disease, and genetics that make individuals more susceptible to the effects of manganese.
- The United Nations Environment Programme Metals Team is currently working
to build up a roster of individual experts that may be interested in
possible consultancy opportunities with UNEP. They are particularly
looking for support in building up a broader base of consultants, i.e.
more local consultants to work in countries and a more equitable gender
balance. If you are interested in possibly doing some very important
global environmental work, please send to me, via email, your name,
contact information, and a short summary of area of the expertise related
to environmental issues and toxics (such as inventory development;
awareness raising/communications; economic incentives; waste management;
toxicology; specific sectors such as mining, coal combustion, health
care, sustainable production and consumption etc.). UNEP would follow-up
to seek more information from those who seem to be a good match for
certain projects. Of course, there are no promises from UNEP in this
exercise.
Chen H. Wen
Pollution Prevention Division
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wen.Chen@epamail.epa.gov
- The Health
Effects Institute (HEI): Fall 2006 Research
Agenda—
www.healtheffects.org
- The Robert Wood Johnson
Health & Society Scholars Program—
www.healthandsocietyscholars.org
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RDFunding—For all health-related research funding. A search
page sponsored by the UK government. They include SOT awards.
- Avon Foundation-AACR International Scholar
Awards in Breast Cancer Research—For junior faculty
from countries where opportunities for scientific advancement are limited—such
as those in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa,
and portions of the Middle East. The awards place scholars in U.S. institutions
for two years and provide $50,000 in salary support per year, in addition
to support for research expenses, income taxes, medical and other benefits,
professional development opportunities, travel grants and more. Deadline:
To be announced.
- Burroughs Welcome Fund—Career
Awards in the Biomedical Sciences
- Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
of NIH has made available general information about grant submission
and the peer review process, including a video, "Inside
the NIH Grant Review Process" for new applicants and reviewers.
- Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) grants and fellowship information
- Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Office of Acquisition Management
- GrantsNet from AAAS
- In Vitro
Studies of Perfluorinated Chemicals—The National Toxicology
Program (NTP)
- The Mickey Leland National
Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC) is soliciting research
applications under its Request for Application (RFA 2006-01) for hypothesis-driven,
short-term research studies that examine, among individuals in a defined
subpopulation of the National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey
(NHANES) population, potential associations between personal exposures
to selected air toxics and individual characteristics or activities.
- National
Science Foundation (NSF) grants and awards
- NIH
FY 2007 Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards
- NIH Seeks Your Input on Shorter Applications
- NIH—Inside
the Grant Review Process A video on peer review and other information
about preparing NIH grants. Office
of Extramural Grants home page contains guidelines and a list to
grant opportunities.
- NIH Loan Repayment Application–Researchers
with a doctoral degree can apply for NIH repayment of educational
debt of scientists in biomedical research.
- Searchable funding opportunities within the Community of Science
Web Site (COS)
In Other Countries:
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Regulatory Information
- California Proposition 65 Information
- US EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS)
The Series 870 - Health Effects Test Guidelines can be found as either
Public Drafts or Final Guidelines
- Federal Register (US EPA)-
Search the Federal Register for rules, regulations, and notices since
1994.
- FDA Guidance Documents
- Guidance documents represent the Agency's current thinking on a particular
subject.
- ICH Guidelines International Conference
on Harmonization files are posted on the Web site of the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations. Also provides
technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human
use.
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Endocrine Disrupter Links
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Science Policy Information
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Laboratory Animal Resources
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Reference Databases for Toxicology
Researchers
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Trade Associations
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Bioterrorism/Chemicals—General
Information
Bioterrorism/Chemicals—Other Medical Training
Bioterrorism/Chemicals—Military Sites
Bioterrorism/Chemicals—Government Sites
Bioterrorism/Chemicals—Homeland Defense
Bioterrorism/Chemicals—Health Links
- 1Up Health provides information
and news on diseases, symptoms. tests, surgery, injuries, nutrition,
medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community health.
- Achoo
- Internet Health Care Directory
- CDC's
Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Health Care Facilities,
good medical info and useful contacts (FBI and State Health Departments)
(PDF Format)
- Integrated Medical
Curriculum (IMC) is the first integrated medical curriculum that
links together the study of anatomy, physiology, histology, pharmacology,
immunology and medical ethics via the Internet.
- InteliHealth
is a joint venture of Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University
and Health System. Established in 1996, InteliHealth has become one
of the leading health information companies in the world.
- MEDSCAPE-
hosted by WebMD
- Mayo Clinic:
Biological, Chemical Weapons-Overview of agents commonly used in
bioterrorism
- Virtual Navy Hospital
- World Health Organization
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