Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 17:43:32 -0400 From: "David Radune" Subject: Funding Opportunities (07/31/96) July 31, 1996 NEW/UPDATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES The Clearinghouse's Funding Databases describe more than 950 current and archival funding opportunities. These descriptions primarily are intended to serve as a starting point for individuals and organizations seeking support for HIV/AIDS education, prevention, service provision, behavioral research, and information dissemination. The funding agency should be contacted for further information and application procedures. The Clearinghouse makes these databases available to the public through its electronic bulletin board service, NAC ONLINE. Information and assistance about the Clearinghouse and NAC ONLINE can be obtained by calling a Reference Specialist at (800) 458-5231 or (800) 243-7012 (deaf access/TDD). If you know of opportunities that are not contained in our databases, please contact us at aidsinfo@cdcnac.aspensys.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Notice of Program Cancellation -- Health Resources and Services Administration: Project Grants for Renovation or Construction of Non-Acute Health Care Facilities. 2) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Population Research Centers. 3) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Scholars in Health Policy Research Program ----------------------------------------------------------------- ***************FUND INFORMATION*************** NOTICE OF CANCELLATION In the July 30 (Volume 61, Number 147) edition of the Federal Register, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced that funds for Project Grants for Renovation or Construction of Non-Acute Health Care Facilities have been cancelled. The original notice of availability of funds was published in the June 13 edition of the Federal Register and was distributed via the AIDSNews Listserv on July 3. ***************FUND INFORMATION*************** FUND TITLE Population Research Centers DESCRIPTION (FUND) The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Population Research (CPR), announces the availability of funds for two population research centers. This Request for Applications is specifically designed to stimulate the research community to organize or to maintain population research centers of high quality that will serve as a national research network that fosters communication, innovation, and high quality research. Examples of desired population research topics are listed below, and centers may concentrate on any combination of these topics: 1) fertility and family planning; 2) social acceptability of measures for the biological regulation of human fertility; 3) sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and contraception; 4) family and household dynamics; 5) age at marriage and first birth, child spacing, family size, and fertility, with special emphasis on implications for the U.S.; 7) relation of economic development to population growth and decline; 8) antecedents and consequences of stability or change in the size of the U.S. population; 9) population modeling for the projection and/or prediction of human population change in the U.S.; 10) migration of human population groups; 11) population redistribution; 12) population composition and structure; 13) mortality of human population groups; 14) population and physical environment; 15) status of children; and 16) demographic aspects of health, morbidity, and disability in pre-retirement populations. TARGET AUDIENCE General Public, Consumers, Families, Married People SUBJECT AREAS Epidemiological research AMOUNT AVAILABLE - TOTAL $1,360,000 FUND DURATION 1 year budget period within a 5 year project period. INTENDED AWARD DATE July 1, 1997. APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN: Location unrestricted, United States. ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS Educational Organization, Institution, Federal, For Profit, Hospital, Non Profit, Public Health, Social Services Department, Research Institution TYPE OF SUPPORT Project grants. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Prospective applicants are asked to submit, by August 15th, 1996, a letter that includes a descriptive title of the proposed center, the name, addresses, and telephone number of the principal investigator; the identities of key personnel and participating institutions; and the number and title of the RFA in response to which the application may be submitted. The letter of intent is to be sent to: V. Jeffery Evans, Ph.D., J.D., Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Executive Building, Room 8B13, 6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7510, Bethesda MD, 20892-7510. Submit a signed, typewritten original of application Form PHS 398 (rev 5/95), including the checklist and three signed photocopies in one package to: Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040 - MSC 7710, Bethesda MD, 20892-7710. At the time of submission, two additional copies of the application must be sent to: Susan Streufert, Ph.D., Division of Scientific Review, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5E01, Bethesda, MD 20892. OTHER LIMITATIONS Applications may be submitted by domestic for-profit and non-profit organizations, public and private, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state or local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. APPLICATION DEADLINE August 15,1996 (Letter of intent) APPLICATION DEADLINE October 16, 1996 (Application) APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON Grants Information Officer Grants Information Office Office of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7910 Bethesda, MD 20892-2089 (301) 435-0714 OTHER CONTACT V. Jeffery Evans (301) 496-1174 FUNDER NAME US Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development FUNDER'S DESCRIPTION The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, social and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and populations. ***************FUND INFORMATION*************** FUND TITLE Scholars in Health Policy Research Program DESCRIPTION (FUND) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds for the Scholars in Health Policy Research Program. This program is intended to foster the development of a new generation of creative thinkers and problem solvers in health policy. Recent graduates of doctoral programs in economics, political science, and sociology are invited to apply. The scholars selected for this program will work with distinguished faculty from one of three outstanding universities -- the University of California at Berkeley (in collaboration with the University of California at San Francisco), The University of Michigan, and Yale University. RWJF hopes that scholars will become well versed in the conceptual frameworks and methodological perspectives of multiple disciplines and will make important contributions to future health policy in the United States. TARGET AUDIENCE General Public, Consumers SUBJECT AREAS Research, Training FUND TOTAL NOTE Each recipient will receive a $52,500 stipend per year. FUND DURATION 2 year post-doctoral training. INTENDED AWARD DATE Notification: 02/97; program starts: 08/97. APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN: Location unrestricted, United States. ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS Individual TYPE OF SUPPORT Scholarship. Stipend. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The social science disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology each have made important contributions to health policy research over the years, providing useful and insightful frameworks for understanding and analyzing the health care sector and its problems. In the current environment marked by managed care, integrated delivery systems, and intense competition among private health plans, social scientists are needed who will apply their disciplinary perspectives to analyzing and solving complex policy questions. For example, economists may help by examining the merits of market-based competition versus regulatory approaches, by analyzing the effects of organizational changes on the cost of care and on the willingness of competing organizations to serve diverse population groups, and by assessing the effects of continued growth in health spending on federal and state budgets as well as on other sectors of the nation's economy. Political scientists may furnish new insight into the politics of health care: how special interest groups influence health policy decisions, how legislative battles are strategically framed and fought, how public opinion shapes policy formulation, and how the balance of power among major players is likely to shift as a result of changing policies. Sociologists may contribute in important ways: by increasing our understanding of the structure and organization of the health care delivery system, by assessing the impact of changing roles and functions of health care providers, and by expanding our knowledge of the relationship between culture and access to care for different populations. In addition, the interplay among all three disciplines, when brought to bear on any single issue, results in a rich multidisciplinary perspective that enhances problem definition and resolutions. OTHER LIMITATIONS Applicants must have a doctoral degree in economics, political science, or sociology and need not have engaged in previous work in health policy or produced a health-oriented dissertation. Applicants must have received a doctoral degree after January 1994, but no later than July 1997. For those expecting to receive degrees in 1997, all degree requirements must be completed by July 15, 1997. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. APPLICATION DEADLINE November 1, 1996 APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON Katherine Raskin Scholars in Health Policy Research Program Boston University School of Management 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 334 Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-9220 FAX: (617) 353-9227 FUNDER NAME Robert Wood Johnson Foundation FUNDER'S DESCRIPTION The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. Its grantmaking is concentrated in four areas: assuring access to basic health services, improving the way services are organized and provided for people with chronic health conditions, reducing the harm caused by substance abuse, and helping the nation address the problem of rising health care costs. Since 1988, the Foundation has invested substantial funds to stimulate innovative responses to the AIDS epidemic, including two large national grant programs: AIDS Health Services Program and Building Health Care Systems for People with Chronic Illnesses. In addition, the Foundation has funded a number of smaller programs that provide nutritious meals, legal assistance, dental care, and other services to people with AIDS.