Funding Opportunities

The following is a list of funding opportunities that may be of interest to Department of Medicine faculty. To learn more about each grant, please click on the title.

Funding opportunities will be added and updated on a regular basis, so be sure to check back often.

American College of Cardiology

Career Development Awards for Research & Travel in 2009

  The ACCF will award almost  $1 million to support the training and development of young  cardiovascular investigators. ACCF research awards include:    
  *    ACCF/Merck Research  Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome-supporting research into the  relationship between diabetes or the metabolic syndrome and  cardiovascular disease, as well as research into pathophysiology,  molecular genetics, metabolic abnormalities leading to cardiovascular  disease, hypertension or hyperlipidemia, inflammatory mechanisms, and  new pathways for drug discovery.    
  *    ACCF/Guidant Foundation  Fellowship and Career Development Awards in Women's Cardiovascular  Health-supporting research on issues related specifically to  improving the health status of women as it relates to cardiovascular  risk or treatment.    
  *    ACCF/GE Medical  Cardiovascular Disease Career Development Awards-supporting research in the  field of imaging technology and targeted imaging agents.    
  *    Young Investigators Awards Competition-supporting research in the  areas of 1) clinical investigations, congenital heart disease and  cardiac surgery; 2) physiology, pharmacology and pathology; and 3)  molecular and cellular cardiology.     
 

The ACCF is also offering  travel awards to encourage 60 young investigators to attend the ACC 58th  Annual Scientific Session in Orlando and a limited number of Fellows in Training to attend the 2008 New York Cardiovascular Symposium.

Deadline for all awards: October 6, 2008

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

AFSP research grants support studies that aim to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Investigators from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply, and both basic science and applied research projects will be considered, providing the study has an essential focus on suicide or suicide prevention

Distinguished Investigator Grants

Awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide.

Amount: up to $100,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Standard Research Grants

Awarded to individual investigators at any level.

Amount: up to $75,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Young Investigator Grants

Awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. These grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator.

Amount: up to $75,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Amount: up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding three years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of

$6,000 per year.

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Pilot Grants

Awarded to investigators at any level. These grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations.

Amount: up to $30,000 over one or two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually.

American Heart Association

Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grant

The Council on Clinical Cardiology places a great value on the development of young linical investigators.  To further this effort, the council has a limited number of seed grants for young investigators for meritorious research projects based on the data gathered from Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). GWTG is a hospital-based quality

improvement program designed to close the treatment gap in cardiovascular disease and stroke. 

Amount: $8,000 - $24,000

Deadline: September 30 and February 28 (twice a year)

Association of Subspecialty Professors

T. Franklin Williams Scholars

To investigators interested in a geriatric aspect of their subspecialty. ASP partners with

10 subspecialty societies to offer the award in nine internal medicine subspecialties. Amount: $50,000 to $75,000 per yea for two- to four-year awards

Deadline: depends on subspecialty award - see web site for more details

Atlanta VAMC Research Awards

The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center research program is largely conducted by VA based physician-scientist faculty members of Emory University School of Medicine.
Available research awards include mentored Research Career Development Awards

including PI salary granted on both a national and regional basis, and mentored Merit Review Entry Program awards, both of which focus on junior faculty members with research training but with a limited publication record and no independent national funding.

For more detailed information including eligibility requirements and application forms please contact the VA Science Information Officer, Michelle Katherine Harper, room 5A117, phone (404) 728-4827, email Katherine.Harper@VA.Gov.

Canadian Studies Grant Opportunites

The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. Our grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges, student mobility, and collaboration between American and Canadian researchers. We also seek to build stronger ties between American and Canadian universities and colleges.

Research Grant Program

This program assists individual scholars or teams of scholars in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality with a focus on Canada or Canada-U.S. relations.

Amount: $15,000-20,000

Deadline: September 30, 2008

Faculty Enrichment (Course Development) Program

This program provides faculty members an opportunity to develop or update a course with substantial Canadian content that will be offered as part of their regular teaching load.

Amount: $6,000

Deadline: October 31, 2008

Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 2008

The Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense Appropriation Act (Public Law 110-116) provides research funding for the following programs managed by the Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP):

1.  Breast Cancer Research Program $138 Million

2.  Prostate Cancer Research Program $80 Million

3. Ovarian Cancer Research Program $10 Million

4. Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program $10 Million

5.  Neurofibromatosis Research Program $8 Million

6.  Autism Research Program $6.4 Million

7.  Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program $4 Million

8.  Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program $50 MillionProgram Announcements are anticipated to be released in early 2008 with detailed descriptions of funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and deadlines. Each Program Announcement will be available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov) and the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil) upon its release.

Requests for e-mail notification of the Program Announcement release may be sent to prequest@constellagroup.com.

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD) grant program

The goal of FDA's OPD grant program is to support the clinical development of products  for use in rare diseases or conditions where no current therapy exists or where the product will improve the existing therapy. FDA provides grants for clinical studies on safety and/or effectiveness that will either result in, or substantially contribute to, market approval of these products.

Amount: Up to $200,000 or up to $400,000 in total (direct plus indirect) costs per year for up to four years

Deadline: February 4, 2009

The protocol in the grant application should be submitted to the IND/IDE no later than January 5, 2009, for FY 2010.

Emory Medical Care Foundation

EMCF Research Grants

The EMCF provides grants up to $25,000 to support research by Emory faculty who are based at Grady Health System for at least 50% of their time. These grants are intended to support the research careers of junior investigators and more senior investigators interested in pursuing research. The grant program is designed to provide financial support for clinical studies that are related to the health care needs of the patients erved by the Grady Health System or basic science projects that have clinical significance. The small grant program is meant to help individuals collect pilot data to be used for submissions to external grant agencies, as well as to encourage clinicians and educators to engage in clinical and basic science research.

Amount: $25,000

Deadline:, November 1, 2008 and March 1, 2009

NOTE: For information on application procedures, please contact  William Payne in the

SOM Dean's Office at 404/727-4569 or william.payne@emory.edu or visit the School of Medicine web site at http://www.med.emory.edu/research/information/funding_internal_emcf.cfm

Lymphatic Research Foundation

Lymphatic Biology in Health and Disease Grant

The purpose of this grant is to stimulate research on the biology of the lymphatic system at all biologic levels: molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and whole body levels. Further, it includes research on innovations for identifying and intervening in lymphatic diseases across all age groups and disease states.

Amount: amount will vary

Deadline: August 17, 2009

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

The goal of all these programs is to increase the numbers and capabilities of scientists engaged in biomedical and behavioral research and to offer scientists the opportunity to receive full-time training in areas that reflect a national need. The programs also provide postdoctoral individuals and new independent researchers the opportunity to establish their research careers.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/newintro.htm

Society of General Internal Medicine

The purpose of this site is to inform junior faculty and fellows about research career development awards that are potentially relevant to general internal medicine

http://www.sgim.org/careerdevelopment.cfm

The University Research Committee

Fall 2008 Funding  

The University Research Committee is now accepting applications for Fall 2008.  

Amount: $30,000/each
Deadline: October 15, by 8 PM EST. All proposals must be submitted electronically.

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