NIH Director's Transformative Research Projects Program As part of the NIH Roadmap for Biomedical Research, the National Institutes of Health invites transformative Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, high risk, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms or challenge existing ones. Provides up to $25 million total costs per year for a single project. Deadline January 22, 2010, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-022.html; email questions to T_R01@mail.nih.gov

The NIH is offering the Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1) As part of the Recovery Act, the NIH invites, through this limited competition, NIH Challenge Grant (RC1) applications from domestic (United States) institutions/organizations proposing novel research in areas that address specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly advance the area in significant ways. Recommended to applicants who have already received their first R01. Apply online at http://www.grants.gov/apply/; guidelines can be found at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-003.html.

NIH Director's New Innovator Award will support research by new investigators who propose highly innovative projects with the potential for exceptionally great impact on biomedical or behavioral science, and have not yet obtained an NIH R01 or similar grant. NIH expects to make up to 33 awards in September 2010 of up to $1.5 million in direct costs over 5 years. Apply online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-011.html. E-mail questions to newinnovator@nih.gov or call 301-594-4469.

NIH Director's Pioneer Award. A key component of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, the NIH Director's Pioneer Award supports exceptionally creative scientists who propose pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. In September 2010, NIH expects to make as many as 7 awards of $2.5 million each in direct costs over 5 years. Apply online at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer/. E-mail questions to pioneer@nih.gov.

T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program offers two-year awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of internal medicine. Eligible candidates for the award will incorporate geriatrics into their specialty of internal medicine. Each two-year grant will provide between $50,000 and $75,000 per year, to support the research of the scholar. For more information contact Erika D. Tarver at the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP), (202) 861-9351 or etarver@im.org

The American Geriatrics Society lists several awards on their website. Notably, the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards offers two-year career development awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, and urology. Each grant will provide two-year support of $75,000 per year. Also offered is the Geriatrics for Specialty Residents program. This initiative provides important opportunities for residency program directors to enrich their curricula through collaborations with geriatricians from their own instititutions. Successful applicants will receive $16,000 funding/year for each of the two years. Contact the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for more information on both of these programs (212) 308-1414 www.americangeriatrics.org

Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Program in Aging is designed to support established investigators working at institutions in the U.S., to conduct research in the basic biological and clinical sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. For more information contact Richard Sprott, Ph.D. of The Ellison Medical Foundation at (301) 657-1830 www.ellisonfoundation.org

Buck Institute for Age Rersearch hosts a summer training course each summer, rotating between the Institute's home in Novato, California, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. This course is fully funded by the NIH, and provides intense exposure to current concepts in experimental aging research for 15-20 research scientists. It is designed primarily for junior faculty and advanced fellows with at least two years postdoctoral experience in cellular or molecular biology or a related field. Senior scientists who wish to learn about current aging research are also welcome. More information can be found at: http://www.buckinstitute.org/TheScience/training/

The Brookdale Foundation Group offers The Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program. The two year award provides $125,000 per year to junior academics to focus on a project that will help establish them in an area of aging research. For more information and an application go to http://bf.ianet.org/bf/. Email questions to Cara Kenien at the Foundation Office cjk@brookdalefoundation.org or call 212-308-7355.

Health and Aging Policy Fellows is a national program to provide professionals in health and aging with the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The program is open to physicians, nurses and social workers, as well as other professionals with clinical backgrounds, who have a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues and a desire to be involved in health policy at the federal, state or local level. For more information visit the website www.healthandaging.org or contact Phuong Huynh with questions at huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu or 212-543-6213.

The National Sleep Foundation supports and encourages sleep research by offering the Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellowship to persons interested in pursuing basic, clinical and applied research. NSF Pickwick Postdoctoral fellows receive funding of $40,000 for two years; the second year contingent upon satisfactory progress. For more information go to http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2417407/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth request applications for the 2009 Health Policy Fellowship. This program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data systems. In addition, the program offers a variety of collaborative opportunities with both AcademyHealth and NCHS. For further information and a copy of the Call for Applications, which describes the application requirements, visit www.academyhealth.org/nchs or email AcademyHealth at nchs@academyhealth.org

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation offers grants through the Family and Informal Caregiver Support Program. For more information go to www.hjweinbergfoundation.org or email CaregivingRFP@theweinbergfoundation.org.

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation offers several funding opportunties. For more information on their grant programs go to: http://www.alzdiscovery.org/researchers/prospective.html

Summer Training in Aging Research Topics-Mental Health (START-MH) Program offers awards to medical, graduate and undergraduate students to conduct a 10 week project in aging and mental health. For more information contact Geraldine Trinidad at startmh@ucsd.edu

National Medical Fellowships provides important core funding to underrepresented students in the form of need-based scholarships to first and second-year medical students.

National Science Foundation offers a variety of funding opportunities in the sciences, www.nsf.gov

Pfizer Inc, through its Medical and Academic Partnerships (MAP) grants, is proud to provide financial support of cutting-edge research and education in a wide range of therapeutic areas and public health. Visit www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants for more information.

Many more funding opportunities can be found at www.grantsnet.org which is a collaborative project between the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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