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- Federal and Grants.gov
- Tennessee State Funding
- Gerontology
- Early Career Awards
- Private Organizations
- Veterans Administration
- Intramural
- Student Funding
Federal & Grants.gov
Search Grant Opportunities at Grants.gov
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide 2009 - National Science Foundation
HRSA: Loan Repayment (National Health Service Corps)
The Health Resources and Services Administration is now accepting new applications to support loan repayment for bonafide educational debt for primary care medical, dental and certain behavioral/mental health clinicians who want to work at National Health Service Corps (NHSC) sites. In exchange for the loan repayment assistance, clinicians serve for two years with the Corps. The new funds, totaling almost $200 million, are expected to support about 3,300 clinicians that will serve in health centers, rural health clinics and other health outpatient/ambulatory care sites that care for uninsured and underserved people.
HRSA is encouraging fully trained primary health care clinicians who are dedicated to working with the underserved and have qualifying educational loans to apply for this opportunity. In addition to an initial award of up to $50,000 for loan repayment, each clinician receives a competitive salary and a chance to have a significant impact on a community. Primary health care clinicians interested in applying for the NHSC loan repayment program should visit http://nhsc.hrsa.gov.
Tennessee State Funding
Tennessee Department of Health Funding Opportunities
State of Tennessee RFPs, Solications, & Professional Svc. Procurement Notices
- Preparation of the Tennessee DOH 2009 Healthy Index Document
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity-State Plan Facilitation
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity-Taskforce Training
- Evaluation of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Program
UPDATE:
Please notice that Amendments to the following RFPs have been posted:
34352-91009 Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Program - State Plan Facilitation
34352-91109Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Program - Taskforce Training
34352-91209 Evaluation of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Program
These amendments can be found at the following web link:
http://www.tennessee.gov/finance/rds/ocr/rfp.html
Judy Dengler
Administrative Services Assistant 3
Nutrition and Wellness
Tennessee Department of Health
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 Fifth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 532-3755
FAX: (615) 532-7189
EMail: judy.dengler@state.tn.us
Gerontology
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC)
In 2000, and in partnership with the American Academy of Nursing, the JAHF launched a multi-million dollar Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Scholars Award Program to produce expert researchers, academicians and practitioners who will lead the field of gerontology nursing and ultimately improve the care of the elderly.
Early Career Awards
New and Early Stage Investigator Policies (US Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Includes "Pathway to Independence Awards" and "NIH Director's New Innovator Award" information. Also has "New and Early Stage Investigator Policies Archives and Resources."
Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)
If you are a Master's prepared nurse seeking funding with a longstanding fellowship program, look no further. The MFP continues to be a leader in providing fellowship opportunities for eligible nurses who are interested in a career that focuses on the prevention and treatment of mental illness and substance abuse.
Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program
The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center at Vanderbilt University offers a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked,NIH-funded research centers in developing countries.
March of Dimes Public Policy Research
The Foundation seeks to fund the research of individuals or organizations/entities (“Researchers”) for projects related to public policy issues affecting health care for pregnant women, infants and children. Researchers with relevant research proposals may apply for funding. Priority will be given to new Researchers who, in the two years prior to application, have completed an advanced degree in public health, public policy, economics, or other fields, or are in the process of completing such a degree.
National Hemophilia Foundation Nursing Excellence Fellowships
The purpose of the National Hemophilia Foundation Nursing Fellowship is to provide support for a registered nurse currently employed or interested in hemophilia care to conduct nursing research or clinical projects. Endorsement by a federally funded hemophilia treatment center is recommended. Only registered nurses from an accredited nursing school enrolled in a graduate nursing program or practicing hemophilia nursing care may apply.
Private Organizations
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
IOM/ANF/AAN Scholar in Residence Program
This Scholar-in-Residence program provides a yearlong leadership opportunity in health policy at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM). It is designed as an immersion experience to facilitate nurse leaders engaging in a prominent role in health policy development at the national level and their interaction with other health fellows and scholars.
JNE's Top Teaching Tools Awards
These awards will be given to the best teaching-learning resources of the previous year, developed for and/or written by faculty in higher education like you, in topic areas relevant to aspects of nursing education related to undergraduate and graduate nursing education. Please note, only those resources published between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009, will be considered for the awards. If you have authored a resource you feel may be eligible for the award, I encourage you to submit it by August 31, 2009. The winners will be published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Nursing Education and on the Journal's Web site. The guidelines for participation and the entry form can be accessed on the Journal's Web site, at:
http://www.journalofnursingeducation.com/pdfs/JNEawardSubmission.pdf.
Sigma Theta Tau International/ATI Educational Assessment Nursing Research Grant
The purpose of this grant, co-sponsored by Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI), with the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International will support research that encourages the appropriate use of a standardized assessment program in a nursing education curriculum.
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation Scholarships and Awards
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is excited to offer new scholarships and awards. These are available to graduate students and practicing nurse practitioners.
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Complex patient needs, new advances in technology, and economic pressures are driving the need for more education. Nurses need innovative continuing education programs to maintain competency and to ensure safe and high-quality patient care. The AORN Foundation is committed to provide continuing education grant funds to meet these needs.
The Kresge Foundation’s long-standing interest in the fields of health and the environment has led to the formation, in June 2008, of two major, comprehensive programs: the Health Program and the Environment Program. Both the Health and Environment Programs address health and environment-related social issues, particularly those affecting minority, low-income and other underserved communities.
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems)
BRIDGES aims to fund translational research* projects in diabetes prevention and treatment to provide the opportunity to ‘translate’ lessons learned from clinical research to those who can benefit most: people affected by diabetes. The BRIDGES project seeks to solicit proposals that support cost effective and sustainable interventions that can be adopted in real world settings, for the prevention and control of diabetes. Projects should be based on interventions already proven to be effective in trials to prevent and treat diabetes, to improve care of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and delay its complications.
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Pre-doc Fellowship Announcement
Veterans Administration Post-doc Fellowship Announcement
Veterans Administration PrePost Fellowship Instructions/Information
Intramural
The CTSI is soliciting applications from pre-doctoral students for awards that will provide a stipend and tuition costs for up to three pre-doctoral trainees beginning in the program in the 2009-2010 academic year. Trainees will pursue an advanced degree that emphasizes translational research. Choices of appropriate translational degree programs include the Masters in Epidemiology, Masters in Health Outcomes and Policy Research, the IPBS Program and other similar degrees offered at UTHSC or the University of Memphis. Applications should note the new Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) tracks that are being created within many of these existing degree programs. Full updated descriptions and information on application forms for the program can be found on the CTSI website https://ctsi.utmem.edu/education.php. Deadline for submission of applications is June 26, 2009; award funds will be available as early as August 1, 2009. Students or their mentors interested in the T32 award program should contact Dr. Robert Wyatt (rwyatt@utmem.edu) prior to the submission date. We look forward to partnering with you in the training of our next generation of translational scientists.
Student Funding Resources
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation Scholarships and Awards
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is excited to offer new scholarships and awards. These are available to graduate students and practicing nurse practitioners.
Mental Health Dissertaion Research Grant to Increase Diversity (R36)
NIH Loan Repayment Programs - through institutions
NIH Loan Repayment Programs - for individuals
You do the research. NIH will repay your student loans. That is the idea behind the National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs).NIH wants to encourage outstanding health professionals to pursue careers in biomedical, behavioral, social, and clinical research. If you commit at least two years to conducting qualified research funded by a domestic nonprofit organization or U.S. federal, state, or local government entity, NIH may repay up to $35,000 of your qualified student loan debt per year, including most undergraduate, graduate, and medical school loans.
HRSA: Loan Repayment (National Health Service Corps)
The Health Resources and Services Administration is now accepting new applications to support loan repayment for bonafide educational debt for primary care medical, dental and certain behavioral/mental health clinicians who want to work at National Health Service Corps (NHSC) sites. In exchange for the loan repayment assistance, clinicians serve for two years with the Corps. The new funds, totaling almost $200 million, are expected to support about 3,300 clinicians that will serve in health centers, rural health clinics and other health outpatient/ambulatory care sites that care for uninsured and underserved people.
HRSA is encouraging fully trained primary health care clinicians who are dedicated to working with the underserved and have qualifying educational loans to apply for this opportunity. In addition to an initial award of up to $50,000 for loan repayment, each clinician receives a competitive salary and a chance to have a significant impact on a community. Primary health care clinicians interested in applying for the NHSC loan repayment program should visit http://nhsc.hrsa.gov.
Page updated June 11,, 2009
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