Implications of the Economic Downturn for Health, Wealth and Work at Older Ages
This funding opportunity announcement invites research on how exogenous shocks (like the recent financial crisis) affect decision making and behavior throughout the life cycle. Potential areas of research include but are not limited to: Savings Consumption Wealth...
Topical Methods to Prevent Yeast Infections
This InnoCentive Challenge offers $10,000 for topical treatments or materials that prevent the overgrowth of Candida on human skin. Proposals are due December 18, 2012. For more information, see the link below: https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9932995
Grants to Help Immigrants in Innovative Ways
The Ray Solem Foundation offers a $10,000 grant to fund creative methods of helping immigrants improve their English language skills or assist them in other ways. The activity must have been in place for at least a year and will be judged on its creativity,...
Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics
These National Library of Medicine (NLM) grants support projects that can advance the science of biomedical informatics in health care and health administration, public health, basic biomedical research, bioinformatics and biological modeling, translational research...
Examination of Survivorship Care Planning Efficacy and Impact
This joint National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute program stimulates research that evaluates the effect of care planning on cancer survivors' health and psychosocial outcomes. Research should specifically: Develop and test metrics for evaluating...
Translational Research to Improve Obesity and Diabetes Outcomes
This joint National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases initiative provides grants for research into methods of treating type 1 & 2 diabetes and obesity. Suggested approaches must be able to reach a large number...
Biomechanics for a Dismounted Warrior
This U.S. Army Research Laboratory Program provides a $75,000 base stipend (plus $3,000 for travel) for research on the biomechanical effect of equipment on soldier performance. The program specifically focuses on how to reduce the negative effects of dismounted...
Autism Speaks Trailblazer Award
Autism Speaks is offering $100,000 over one year for highly innovative autism research that provides new insight into the causes, diagnosis, subtyping, prevention, treatments and cures of autism. Trailblazer projects must be extremely novel and high risk/high reward....
Secondary Datasest Analyses in Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases and Sleep Disorders
This funding opportunity attempts to stimulate new research hypotheses in cardiovascular research, blood diseases and transfusion medicine and lung disease from previously collected human datasets. Awards can last for up to two years and cannot exceed more than...
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award in Metabolomics
This award provides up to 4 years of salary and research support for postdoctoral fellows or investigators pursuing intensive research in metabolomics. NIH will contribute up to $75,000 per year in salary and $50,000 per year in research development. Eligible...