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NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices

• Prevention of Trauma Related Adjustment and Mental Disorders in High-Risk Occupations (R34) (RFA-MH-08-011)
  National Institute of Mental Health
  Application Receipt Date(s): August 23, 2007; March 24, 2008; November 21, 2008
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-08-011.html
• Bioengineering and Obesity (R01) (PA-07-354)
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Cancer Institute; National Institute on Aging
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-354.html
• Improving Heart Failure Disease Management (R01) (PA-07-355)
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute on Aging; National Institute of Nursing Research
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-355.html
• Preapplication for Cheminformatics Research Centers (X02) (PAR-07-353)
  NIH Roadmap Initiatives
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): June 28, 2007
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-353.html

DF/HCC Request for Proposals: New Faculty Recruitment Award

The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center is requesting proposals from any Department within the Cancer Center interested in recruiting new underrepresented investigators or investigators interested in cancer disparities research. DF/HCC will provide $100,000 to supplement the recruitment package for one new investigator who meets the specific requirements stipulated below. The $100K award is intended as a leveraging mechanism for attracting the most competitive candidates in faculty searches. The anticipated award date is July 1, 2007.

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DF/HCC Request for Proposals: Pilot Project Developmental Funds to Support Interprogrammatic Research - "New Nodal Award"
The deadline for submission is June 1, 2007, 4:30pm. The anticipated award date is July 1, 2007.

A key goal of the DF/HCC is to encourage and support the development of collaborations between Center members that promote new translational cancer research as well as research that address issues relevant to the unequal burden of cancer and cancer outcomes in diverse populations. Therefore, the DF/HCC requests proposals for Pilot Projects that enhance or create new "nodal point" interactions between disease-based and discipline-based programs. These interactions provide an opportunity to link disparate research efforts within the Center and have the potential of giving rise to significant human application. The Center also seeks proposals for projects that further enhance the research in the area of "Eliminating Cancer Disparities". These inter-programmatic research efforts are the "nodal points" that are being targeted for support in this RFP.

For full details visit: http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/news/announcements/article/375/334

NIH Loan Repayment Programs

NIH Loan Repayment Programs are a vital component of our nation's efforts to attract health professionals to careers in clinical, pediatric, health disparities, or contraception and infertility research.

In exchange for a two or three-year (for Intramural General Research) commitment to your research career, NIH will repay up to $35,000 per year of your qualified educational debt. In addition, the NIH will make corresponding Federal tax payments for credit to your Internal Revenue Service tax account at the rate of 39% of each loan repayment to cover your increased Federal taxes. The NIH may also reimburse any increased state or local taxes and/or additional increased Federal taxes (where the Federal tax payments were not sufficient to fully cover your increased Federal taxes) that you incur as a result of your LRP benefits

For more information please go to: http://www.lrp.nih.gov/

Other funding opportunities:

• The NIH offers funding for minority individuals at various levels of training through the Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities Program (PA-01-079) This funding is requested as supplements to existing research grants. MGH principal investigators and grants that are eligible for NIH minority supplements can be identified through CRISP, a comprehensive NIH website which uses a basic query form to search by a number of variables, including principal investigator and institution.
  
  
• The NIH Office of Extramural Research offers various training opportunities, grants and awards in the applicant’s institution, and loan repayment to researchers. More NIH funding opportunities can be found on the Postbaccalaureate Opportunities page.
  
  
• MGH Research Administration Website includes a section on “funding
  information” which features a “spin” search engine to locate funding sources.
  
  
• For clinical researchers, CRnet is a database of clinical research programs at various Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals.
  
  
• The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy offers a one year paid fellowship in minority health policy.
  
  
• The Center of Excellence in Minority Health Policy and Health Disparities offers paid fellowship and grant opportunities for fellows and junior faculty pursuing research in health disparities.