Request for Information (RFI): NINDS/NICHD Workshop on Cerebral Palsy Research
Notice NOT-NS-22-105 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 6, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Helps Small Businesses Change the World
Did you know that the NIH’s small business programs (SBIR and STTR) invest over 1 billion dollars into life science and healthcare companies each year? The newly-created Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) office provides grantees with many of the valuable entrepreneurship and commercialization services we have discussed in previous blogs to help them thrive. As our small business program has grown, we have seen early ideas transform into improved patient access to technologies. To celebrate these successes, the NIH has launched a new interactive mapping tool thatfeatures many of the amazi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 13, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike SBIR small business Source Type: funding

Validation of Pediatric Patient Reported Outcomes in Chronic Diseases (PEPR) Consortium (U19)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AR-15-014 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.846Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) s...
Source: Grants.gov - March 6, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Validation of Pediatric Patient Reported Outcomes in Chronic Diseases (PEPR) Consortium (U19)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AR-15-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for the Validation of Pediatric Patient Reported Outcomes in Chronic Diseases (PEPR) Consortium. The NIAMS, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health, intends to capitalize on recent advances in the science of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to measure the patient experience in clinical care and research in children with a variety of chronic diseases and conditions (e.g., asthma, juvenile arthritis, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, obesity and overweight, chronic kidney disease, inflammato...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 6, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Tommy Wilson Memorial Grant
Dr. George T. Wilson and his wife, Irene, established the Tommy Wilson Memorial Award in honor of their youngest son, Tommy, who was born with cerebral palsy and passed away in 1974 at the age of 16.  Because of Tommy, Dr. Wilson became involved in recreation for developmentally disabled individuals.  Dr. Wilson is remembered as a great leader and inspiration in the field of leisure and recreation. His legacy carries on through the Tommy Wilson Memorial Grant.  The grant supports recreational programs for individuals with disabilities. Grants are awarded for up to $1,500 total per year. Applicants m...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 26, 2014 Category: Research Authors: SHAPE America Source Type: funding

Call for Proposals: Preterm Birth Initiative
Application deadline: Dec 1, 2014 by 4:00pm EST The Preterm Birth Initiative was created to increase the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying parturition and spontaneous preterm birth and will provide up to $600,000 over a four-year period ($150,000 per year).  The initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach the problem of preterm birth using creative basic and translation science methods.  Postdoctoral fellows nearing their transition to independent investigator status through senior established investigators are encou...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 19, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Source Type: funding

Enhancing Public Health Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities through the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DD15-1501 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.998Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Oct 10, 2014Award Ceiling: $475,000Expected Number of Awards: 14Creation Date: Aug 06, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this FOA is to enhance the capacity of surveillance programs to implement or enhance a population-based, multiple-source su...
Source: Grants.gov - August 7, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Pedal-with-Pete Research Grant
Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 A key mission of the Academy is to promote excellence in research for the benefit of persons with cerebral palsy and other childhood-onset disabilities. One way in which the Academy promotes research is through the annual research grants. The American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) research grants provide seed funding to develop a high quality clinical research project/program. The award is expected to produce a competitive interdisciplinary, multi-investigator/center grant proposal for submission to larger agencies/funders of research in any...
Source: ScanGrants feed - July 22, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Source Type: funding

Scott and Paul Pearsall Scholarship
$10,000 to support work that seeks to increase the public’s understanding of the psychological pain and stigma experienced by adults who live with physical disabilities. Deadline: October 1, 2014 Sponsor: American Psychological Foundation The Scott and Paul Pearsall Scholarship supports graduate work that seeks to increase the public’s understanding of the psychological pain and stigma experienced by adults living with physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy. Program Goals Encourage talented students to orient their careers to understanding the psychological effect of stigma on pe...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 30, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychological Foundation Source Type: funding

Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants
Kessler Foundation awards Signature Employment Grants yearly to support  non-traditional solutions and/or social ventures that increase employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Our success is in stimulating ideas from the field that spark new models that are adaptable to replication and scalability. Kessler Foundation’s flexible funding dollars encourage organizations to pursue promising approaches and concepts beyond what they might have done without our support. What We Fund Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects o...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 23, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Kessler Foundation Source Type: funding

Ethel & Jack Hausman Clinical Research Scholars Award
The objective of the Ethel & Jack Hausman Clinical Research Scholars Award is to assist institutions in the United States (only) to foster promising clinician-investigators early in their careers and to help in their establishment as independent researchers in areas of direct relevance to cerebral palsy. The emphasis of this award is as much on research training as it is on the research itself. Candidates for the Award must either be citizens of the United States or have permanent residency status. The Award is in the amount of $75,000 a year for each of three years. The funds can be used at the discretion of the ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 5, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation Source Type: funding

Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation Research Grant Program
The Foundation provides funding for pilot studies on research important to the prevention, cure, and treatment of cerebral palsy, including improvement in the quality of life of persons with disabilities due to cerebral palsy. This broad research agenda includes basic, clinical and applied research in the biomedical and bioengineering sciences. Research grant applications are reviewed for scientific merit by independent referees, the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Council, and finally, by the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis taking into account scientific merit, ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 5, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Transformative Practice Award
The AACPDM is pleased to announce the introduction of a new award designed to facilitate sharing of expertise among members of the Academy.  The Transformative Practice Award will provide financial support for collaboration among members for the purpose of implementing an evidence-based management strategy in clinical practice. One award of up to $4000.00 will be available for 2014. The application deadline is February 28, 2014. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The intent of the Transformative Practice Award is to facilitate the translation of evidence based clinical management strategies into practice. Funding is avai...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 21, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Source Type: funding

OrthoPediatrics Travel Scholarships to the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 67th Annual Meeting
The OrthoPediatrics Travel Scholarships to the AACPDM 67th Annual Meeting are designed to allow six residents/fellows in training or medical professionals early in their career to attend our Annual Meeting who would not otherwise be able to attend.  The scholarship is open to: Residents/Fellows in training, Physicians in their first year of practice, and Allied Health Professionals (nurses, physical, occupational, speech, and recreational therapists). Scholarship winners receive Complimentary basic registration to the Annual Meeting Complimentary Instructional Courses Valuable networking opportuni...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 4, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Source Type: funding

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Transformative Practice Award
The AACPDM is pleased to announce the introduction of a new award designed to facilitate sharing of expertise among members of the Academy.  The Transformative Practice Award will provide financial support for collaboration among members for the purpose of implementing an evidence-based management strategy in clinical practice. One award of up to $4000.00 will be available for 2013. The application deadline is June 28, 2013 and the recipient will be announced at the 2013 Annual Meeting. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The intent of the Transformative Practice Award is to facilitate the translation of evidence based cl...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 4, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Source Type: funding