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Funding News and Grant Tips
DSHS Releases Dallas National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Reports
The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System is an ongoing effort to collect cross-sectional data among populations at high risk for acquiring HIV. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) released reports on three of those high risk populations in Dallas: high-risk heterosexuals residing in areas with high rates of heterosexually acquired HIV and poverty (2007), men who have sex with men (2008), and active injection drug users (2009).
To view or download the reports, visit the HIV/STD Program reports page at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/reports/default.shtm#dallasnhbss.
From DSHS HIV/STD Program HIV-STD Insider e-mail, 9/12/12
Registration Opens for 2012 Texas Viral Hepatitis Summit
Registration for the 2012 Texas Viral Hepatitis Summit (Summit) is now open. This conference will take place immediately before the 2012 Texas HIV/STD Conference on the afternoon of Saturday, October 27 and on Sunday morning, October 28. There is no cost to attend the Summit and participants can register for one or both sessions. Participation is limited to the first 150 registrants and deadline for registration is October 12. The Summit will be held at the same location as the 2012 Texas HIV/STD Conference: Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas.
The dates and times for the Summit are Saturday, October 27 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 28 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
The Texas Viral Hepatitis Summit is designed to bring together community members and representatives of organizations from around the State of Texas to address viral hepatitis in our communities. Speakers will include Dr. William Lee, M.D., who will provide hepatitis C treatment updates, Dr. Dawn Sears, who share information on her study to link hepatitis C screening with colonoscopies and Alan Franciscus will share his personal story of responding to hepatitis C. On Saturday, October 27, the Summit will have workshops and discussion forums and will conclude with an interactive planning session.
Persons who have viral hepatitis, physicians, medical students, public health professionals, clinical staff and employees, and anyone with an interest or who work with individuals at risk for viral hepatitis should consider attending the Summit.
To view the agenda and to register, please visit the Summit webpage at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/conference/2012/2012-Texas-Viral-Hepatitis-Summit.doc . For questions, e-mail Larry Cuellar at larry.cuellar@dshs.state.tx.us or call him at (512) 533-3124.
From DSHS HIV/STD Program HIV-STD Insider e-mail, 9/10/12
Public Funding Opportunities
Advancing Clinical Research in Primary Glomerular Diseases (UM1): RFA-DK-12-014
SOURCE: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 1/27/13. Application: 2/27/13.
$ AVAILABLE: NIDDK intends to commit approximately $3 million in FY 2013 to fund the Consortium in response to this ANNOUNCEMENT. NIDDK anticipates four PCC awards and one DCC award.
ELIGIBILITY: Public/state/private controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), small businesses, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), state governments, U.S. territories or possessions, Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized), Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions, regional organizations, eligible agencies of the federal government, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support translational and clinical research that promotes therapeutic development for primary glomerular diseases. The emphasis of this FOA is specifically on chronic forms of minimal change disease (MCD), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IGAN), and idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN).
CFDA: 93.847
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-12-014.html
From NIH Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) medical research
AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00): RFA-HS-13-002
SOURCE: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 11/19/12. Application: 12/17/12.
$ AVAILABLE: Approximately $1.5 million will be available to support the K99 phase of the award and $3 million for the R00 phase. It is anticipated that AHRQ will make approximately 10 awards.
ELIGIBILITY: Public or nonprofit private institution, such as a university, college, or a faith-based or community-based organization; units of local or state government; Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized); and Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations.
PURPOSE: The primary purpose of the AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented AHRQ-supported independent investigators trained in comparative effectiveness methods to conduct patient care outcomes research. The program is designed to facilitate a timely transition from a junior non-tenure track faculty or a postdoctoral research position (or their equivalents) to a stable independent research career. The program targets investigators early in their careers to support their development in new sophisticated methodological comparative effectiveness research skills, interdisciplinary perspectives, and capabilities in PCOR.
CFDA: 93.226
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-13-002.html
From AHRQ Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) health professions training, medical research
Basic Social and Behavioral Research on Culture, Health, and Wellbeing (R24): RFA-LM-12-002
SOURCE: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 11/16/12. Application: 12/17/12.
$ AVAILABLE: $1,425,000 in FY 2013 for five to seven awards.
ELIGIBILITY: Public/state/private controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), small businesses, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), state governments, U.S. territories or possessions, Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized), Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions, regional organizations, eligible agencies of the federal government, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
PURPOSE: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued on behalf of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet), will provide grants for infrastructure support to develop, strengthen, and evaluate transdisciplinary approaches and methods for basic behavioral and/or social research on the relationships among cultural practices/beliefs, health, and wellbeing.
CFDA: 93.113, 93.121, 93.142, 93.143, 93.172, 93.173, 93.213, 93.233, 93.242, 93.273, 93.279, 93.286, 93.307, 93.361, 93.350, 93.393, 93.394, 93.395, 93.396, 93.399, 93.837, 93.838, 93.846, 93.847, 93.853, 93.855, 93.856, 93.859, 93.865, 93.866, 93.867, 93.879, 93.989.
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-LM-12-002.html
From NIH Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) medical research
Novel Interventions to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality of Hemodialysis Patients – Safety and Other Early Phase Studies (U01): RFA-DK-12-010
SOURCE: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 10/19/12. Application: 11/21/12.
$ AVAILABLE: NIDDK intends to commit approximately $1.5 million in FY 2013 to fund three to four awards to the consortium.
ELIGIBILITY: Public/state/private controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), small businesses, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), state governments, U.S. territories or possessions, Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized), Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions, regional organizations, eligible agencies of the federal government, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to initiate and implement a network of participating clinical centers and a data coordinating center to perform pilot and feasibility studies of novel therapies and procedures, including anti-inflammatory therapies, device or procedural interventions, anti-depressive therapies and other psychosocial interventions, and/or combination therapies, in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing chronic maintenance hemodialysis (HD). CFDA: 93.847
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-12-010.html
From NIH Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) medical research
Prevention of HIV Transmission/Acquisition through a Better Understanding of Reproductive Health (R01): RFA-HD-13-008
SOURCE: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 10/29/12. Application: 11/29/12.
$ AVAILABLE: NICHD intends to commit an estimated total of $2 million in FY 2013 to fund four to six applications.
ELIGIBILITY: Public/state/private controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), small businesses, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), state governments, U.S. territories or possessions, Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized), Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions, regional organizations, eligible agencies of the federal government, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
PURPOSE: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications to further our understanding of HIV acquisition/transmission by increasing our knowledge regarding the intersection between reproductive health and HIV prevention. The emphasis of the FOA is to encourage comprehensive behavioral-biomedical approaches that can lead to new insights in HIV prevention research. This FOA is not intended to fund drug discovery or large scale clinical trials.
CFDA: 93.865, 93.855, 93.856
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-13-008.html
From NIH Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) medical research, HIV/AIDS research
Prevention of HIV Transmission/Acquisition through a Better Understanding of Reproductive Health (R03): RFA-HD-13-009
SOURCE: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 10/29/12. Application: 11/29/12.
$ AVAILABLE: NICHD intends to commit an estimated total of $600,000 in FY 2013 to fund four to six applications.
ELIGIBILITY: Public/state/private controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), small businesses, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), state governments, U.S. territories or possessions, Indian/Native American tribal government (federally recognized and other than federally recognized), Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions, regional organizations, eligible agencies of the federal government, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
PURPOSE: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications to further our understanding of HIV acquisition/transmission by increasing our knowledge regarding the intersection between reproductive health and HIV prevention. The emphasis of the FOA is to encourage comprehensive behavioral-biomedical approaches that can lead to new insights in HIV prevention research. This FOA is not intended to fund drug discovery or large scale clinical trials.
CFDA: 93.865
CONTACT: Please see URL for multiple contacts. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-13-009.html
From NIH Web site, accessed 9/13/12
Subject(s) medical research, HIV/AIDS research
Private Funding Opportunities
HEROES Service-Learning Grants to Combat Childhood Obesity
SOURCE: Youth Service America, UnitedHealthcare
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10/15/12.
$ AVAILABLE: Grants of $1,000 each.
ELIGIBILITY: Schools and other community-based nonprofit organizations.
PURPOSE: Grants are available for youth-led service-learning projects that aim to combat childhood obesity through walking, running, or hiking. Project proposals must include an activity element where young people can count their steps, as well as a service component that provides direct service, enables advocacy on behalf of a cause, or features youth philanthropy.
Service-learning projects are projects that engage young people in performing meaningful service to the community as they gain new knowledge about the issue they are addressing (childhood obesity), and acquire important college, career, and workforce readiness skills in the process.
Each UnitedHealth HEROES project will begin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 21, 2013) and end on Global Youth Service Day (April 26-28, 2013).
CONTACT: E-mail questions to HealthHEROES@ysa.org. For more information see http://www.ysa.org/HEROES
From The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin, 9/7/12
Subject(s) children's health, obesity
Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Research
SOURCE: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 11/1/12.
$ AVAILABLE: The five-year awards of $500,000 are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of inquiry and higher-risk research projects that hold potential for significantly advancing the biochemical, pharmacological, immunological, and molecular biological understanding of how microbes and the human body interact.
ELIGIBILITY: Generally speaking, candidates will have an M.D., D.V.M., or Ph.D. degree. The fund particularly encourages human health-relevant applications from veterinary scientists. Candidates must have an established record of independent research and hold a tenure-track position as an assistant professor or equivalent (at the time of application) at a degree-granting institution. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada at the time of application. Candidates must be nominated by accredited, degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada.
PURPOSE: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Awards are designed to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level studying infectious disease pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and pathogen biology. The program is intended to shed light on the overarching issues of how human hosts handle infectious challenge.
CONTACT: Please see URL for contact information. For more information see http://www.bwfund.org/pages/105/Investigators-in-the-Pathogenesis-of-Infectious-Disease/
From The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin, 9/7/12
Subject(s) health professions training, medical research
Preterm Birth Research by Interdisciplinary Teams
SOURCE: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12/3/12.
$ AVAILABLE: The fund has committed $3 million for the initiative and anticipates making five grants of up to $600,000 over a four-year period ($150,000 per year).
ELIGIBILITY: The principal investigator must have a faculty appointment at a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada. Researchers working at research institutes, national laboratories, within the federal government, or outside of North America may be partners or collaborators but all funding must be channeled through the U.S. or Canadian degree-granting institution of the principal investigator.
PURPOSE: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Preterm Birth Initiative was created to increase the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying parturition and spontaneous preterm birth.
The initiative is designed to bring together diverse interdisciplinary groups with expertise in genetics/genomics, immunology, microbiology, and proteomics along with the more traditional areas of parturition research such as maternal fetal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics to address scientific issues related to preterm birth.
Proposals should address the biomedical causes and mechanisms underlying (preterm) parturition including but not limited to peri-implantational events, placentation, fetal determinants, fetal-maternal immune responses, biological basis for racial-ethnic disparities, mechanisms relating preterm birth to other adverse pregnancy outcomes, biology of normal labor, etc. Proposals seeking to identify biomarkers predicting preterm birth are welcome.
Proposals must have an interdisciplinary approach. One member of the team must have training and expertise outside the traditional areas of reproductive science. Proposals that cross institutional boundaries (partnerships between multiple universities or collaborations within larger universities) are encouraged.
CONTACT: Please see URL for contact information. For more information see http://www.bwfund.org/pages/363/Preterm-Birth-Initiative/
From The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin, 9/7/12
Subject(s) health professions training, medical research
Events
Lunch and Learn: Give Voice to Your Vision
SPONSOR: Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (CCBNO ACC)
WHEN: September 26, 11:30 am to 1 pm.
WHERE: Austin Community College - Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Room 411.0, (Austin, TX).
DESCRIPTION: Do you have an important cause that you want more people to know about and support? As a nonprofit organization you need a game plan to get your message above the noise and chatter vying for your audience’s attention. So where do you begin? Interestingly enough the art of the start is that you begin at the end. In this training you will learn how to establish a platform that gets your message into the hearts and minds of your intended audience and moves them to action.
As a participant you will:
* Learn how apply the four ways of being to give voice to your vision.
* Gain greater clarity to communicate your cause more effectively.
* Develop an action plan for establishing a strong and compelling platform.
COST: $20.
CONTACT: Lisa Dent, (512) 223-7051, e-mail: lisa.dent@austincc.edu.
From Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College Web site, accessed 9/12/12
Protecting Goals: The Science of Personal Achievement
SPONSOR: Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (CCBNO ACC)
WHEN: Thursdays, September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25; 11:30 am to 1 pm.
WHERE: Austin Community College - Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Room TBD, (Austin, TX).
DESCRIPTION: Protecting Goals: The Science of Personal Achievement moves the art of self-determination into the 21st Century. Goal Achievement is a science – a process that can be mastered by those who learn the fundamentals.
Protecting Goals teaches the fundamentals of goal achievement in easy-to-understand, bite-sized segments. Utilizing the proven learning technique of spaced repetition, this program will helps participants to determine where they want to go and how they will get there. Content for each of the program’s four modules is communicated via audio and text files that are delivered weekly in a facilitated workshop.
COST: $300 for the five-week course.
CONTACT: Lisa Dent, (512) 223-7051, e-mail: lisa.dent@austincc.edu.
From Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College Web site, accessed 9/12/12
Improving Your Team Leadership Skills for Business Results
SPONSOR: Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (CCBNO ACC)
WHEN: September 28, 9 am to 4 pm.
WHERE: Austin Community College - Highland Business Center, 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Room 407.0, (Austin, TX).
DESCRIPTION: How to improve your critical team leadership skills, better manage key customer relationships, and manage expectations of your management and team members,
* Why some teams work efficiently and others don’t in government, business, and nonprofit teams.
* What are some of the standard pitfalls to avoid.
* And hands-on, tactile tools that will help you lead better today.
You will be able to take the output of this class directly back to your teams and make a difference right away, to build teams that achieve the results your organization demands.
This class is much more than a primer on soft “people” skills. Taught by Doug Russell, a veteran of 30 years in demanding business, engineering, and manufacturing leadership roles for outstanding companies like Motorola, Freescale, and Intel, the class presents a real-world viewpoint sorely lacking in many classes of this type.
COST: $79 TANO members / $99 TANO non-members.
CONTACT: Lisa Dent, (512) 223-7051, e-mail: lisa.dent@austincc.edu.
From Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College Web site, accessed 9/12/12
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