Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships

Below is a listing of announcements for awards, fellowships and scholarships that we believe would be of interest to our members and other stakeholders. Announcements are listed by deadline and are updated every two weeks. Recent announcements are indicated with a .

AcademyHealth Impact Award - Deadline: July 30, 2008 - Has your research made an impact? AcademyHealth requests nominations of health services research that has made a positive impact on health policy and/or practice. The lead researcher of the winning impact will receive $2,000, and the research will be disseminated widely as part of AcademyHealth's ongoing efforts to promote the field of health services research and communicate its value for health care decision-making. The award will be announced at the 2009 National Health Policy Conference on February 2-3, and the winner will receive $2,000, complimentary registration, travel, and lodging to the conference. The deadline for nominations is July 30, 2008. For more information on eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and application details, visit our Web site at http://www.academyhealth.org/awards/hsrimpactsnominations.htm.

Fulbright Scholar Program - Deadline: August 1, 2008 - The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 39 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in public/global health during the 2009-2010 academic year. U.S. Fulbright Scholars in over 130 countries around the world enjoy an experience of a lifetime, gaining a broad cultural perspective on their academic disciplines and connecting with colleagues at institutions around the globe. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Faculty and professionals in public/global health apply for awards specifically in their field or for one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to any field. Grants are awarded to faculty of all academic ranks, including adjunct and emeritus. In most countries lecturing is in English, though awards in Latin America, Francophone Africa, and the Middle East may require proficiency in another language. Visit http://www.cies.org for more information.

Australian-American Health Policy Fellowships Program - Deadline: August 15, 2008 - The program offers an opportunity for outstanding mid-career U.S. health policy researchers and practitioners to spend up to ten months in Australia conducting original research and working with leading Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013063/commonwealthfund

American Cancer Society's Awards for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control - Deadline: August 15, 2008 - The American Cancer Society created the Luther L. Terry Awards for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control to honor exemplary individual and organizational achievements in the field of tobacco control and prevention throughout the world. The awards will be presented during the 14th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health on March 11, 2009, as part of a gala celebration in Mumbai, India. Award winners will be guests of honor at the gala. Nominations of individuals, organizations, and government ministries in low- and middle-income countries are especially encouraged. Nominations may be made by colleagues, co-workers, governments, or NGOs. For complete award descriptions and to download the nomination form, visit the award program's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013327/lutherterry

2009-2010 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice - Deadline: September 5, 2008 - The Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowships provide an opportunity for mid-career professionals (i.e. academic researchers, clinicians, managers, government policymakers and journalists) from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States conducting a policy-oriented research study, working with leading U.S. health policy experts and gaining an in-depth knowledge of the participating countries' health care systems. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/fellowships

American Dental Association Dental Assistant and Dental Laboratory Technology Scholarships - Deadline: September 5, 2008 - The maximum annual award for the Dental Assisting Scholarship is $1,000. The maximum annual award for the Dental Laboratory Technology Scholarship is $1,000. The ADA Foundation's Dental Laboratory Technology Scholarship Program is funded in part by Handler Manufacturing, Inc. http://www.adafoundation.org/ada/adaf/grants/scholarships.asp

Annual Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research- Deadline: September 30, 2008- The National Foundation for Cancer Research is accepting nominations for a prize to honor its co-founder, Nobel-Laureate Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi. The 4th Annual Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research provides a $25,000 cash prize to a distinguished individual who has demonstrated significant advancement in the field of cancer research, specifically through basic cancer research. The prestigious award honors outstanding scientific achievement in the war against cancer while celebrating and recognizing leading researchers who are making extraordinary contributions in the field of cancer research. It is also intended to promote public awareness of the importance of cancer research and encourage increased investment in the resources needed to accelerate progress in cancer research. Nominations for the prize may be submitted by any scientist, business executive, or member of the academic community or institution uniquely familiar with the individual and/or the work for which they are nominating the individual. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Recipients will have made discoveries resulting in, or leading toward, notable contributions to cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. For additional information and/or to download an application, visit the prize program's Web site. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014156/asgprize

Social Science Research Council's Fellowship Program - Deadline: October 3, 2008 -The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions. The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council and is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The program is organized around distinct "research fields" -- subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research. Each year, an SSRC Field Selection Committee selects five fields proposed by pairs of research directors who are tenured professors at different doctoral degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Research directors receive a stipend of $10,000. Detailed information on eligibility, selection criteria, and the application/award timeline, as well as materials from previous DPDF cycles, are available on the SSRC Web site. (Information for potential 2009 DPDF student applicants will be available in the fall of 2008.) RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013502/programsssrc

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program - Deadline: October 3, 2008-The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program is designed to help build the nation's capacity for research, leadership, and policy change in regard to the multiple determinants of population health. The program's goal is to improve health by training scholars to: investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health. To be eligible, scholars must have completed doctoral training by the time of entry into the two-year program (August or September 2009) in one of a variety of fields, have significant research experience; clearly connect their research interests to substantive population health concerns; and be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its territories. Up to eighteen scholars will be selected to begin training in August or September 2009 at various sites across the nation. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $86,000 in year one and $89,000 in year two of the program. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012801/rwjfdn

Healthy Sprouts Awards to Support Awareness of Nutrition and Hunger - Deadline: October 15, 2008-As a way to encourage the growth of health-focused youth gardens, the National Gardening Association recognizes outstanding programs via the Healthy Sprouts Awards. The awards support school and youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States. In this year's program, twenty schools or organizations will each be selected to receive gift certificates toward the purchase of gardening materials from Gardener's Supply Company (the top five will each receive a certificate valued at $500; fifteen more will each receive a $200 gift certificate); NGA's Eat a Rainbow Kit, containing a series of engaging taste education and nutrition lessons; twenty-five packets of seeds; a literature package from NGA; and NGA Supporter benefits for one year. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012269/kidsgardening

Biennial Margaret J. Barr Student Research Award Competition - Deadline: November 1, 2008 - The Network: Addressing Collegiate Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, also known as "The Network," is pleased to announce its 2008 Biennial Margaret J. Barr Student Research Award Competition. The Network, developed by the U.S. Department of Education in 1987, serves as a liaison between the Department and member institutions as well as other higher education professional organizations. This competition is open to any undergraduate or graduate student at a member institution of The Network (search the online "Members" database at http://www.thenetwork.ws to ascertain institutional membership and/or to seek free membership). The Network will provide one award of up to $5,000 for original student research that is consistent with our organization's mission to address alcohol/other drug abuse and violence prevention in higher education. Additional information on the student research award and application forms can be found on-line at http://www.thenetwork.ws . For more information, contact Annann Hong, PhD, MPH at: ahong@uicalumni.org.

Sophie Prize for Individuals and Organizations Working for Sustainable Development- Deadline: November 1, 2008 - Administered by the Oslo-based Sophie Foundation the Sophie Prize is an international award of $100,000 presented annually in the field of environment and sustainable development. Voluntary organizations, independent research institutions, and individuals worldwide with knowledge or interest in environment and/or sustainable development or other closely related topics can nominate candidates for the prize. The prize is awarded to one or several persons or an organization who/which has created awareness of alternatives to modern-day development and/or initiated such alternatives in a pioneering or particularly inventive manner. Complete prize information and the nomination form are available at the Sophie Prize Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013192/sofieprisen

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-Education & Research Trust (ERT) Minority Scholarship Program for Graduate Training in School Psychology - Deadline: November 3, 2008 - The NASP-ERT Minority Scholarship Program was established to ease the financial burdens associated with an extended academic career, and ultimately infuse the profession with a needed presence of diversity and cultural awareness. The NASP-ERT MSP is pleased to annually award $5,000 to at least one qualified and select minority graduate student of school psychology.

Child Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award - Deadline: November 15, 2008 - The Global Child Nutrition Foundation has opened the nomination process for the 2009 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition. This prestigious award is presented each March to an individual who has contributed in an exemplary way through their lifetime achievements toward helping the world's poorest children receive adequate nutrition, thrive, and reach their full potential. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013056/schoolnutrition

Nestle Very Best in Youth Program - Deadline: November 20, 2008 - The Nestle Very Best in Youth Program, sponsored by Nestle SA, honors young people (ages 13 to 18) who have excelled in school and who are making their community and the world a better place. The young people, selected from nominations from volunteers, parents, and teachers, will be featured in a special publication and honored at a black-tie ceremony in Los Angeles in July 2009. To be eligible, applicants must be legal residents of the United States or its territories and be between 13 and 18 years of age. Students will be judged based on the information provided on the entry form (i.e., strong academic record; special contribution to school, church, or community; demonstration of good citizenship or a personal obstacle the youth has overcome).
Visit the program's Web site for complete program information and application materials:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013499/nestleyouth

American Physical Therapy Association 2009 Minority Faculty Development Scholarship Award - Deadline: December 2, 2008 - The purpose of this award is to provide doctoral education support for minority faculty members, to acknowledge and reward those who demonstrate commitment to minority services and activities, and show superior achievements in the profession of physical therapy. http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=HOME&TEMPLATE
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Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation Accepting Applications for National Child Care Teacher Awards- Deadline: December 5, 2008 - The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation created the Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Awards to acknowledge the critical role of child care teachers in providing quality early care and education. Child care teachers from all fifty states and the District of Columbia are invited to apply. Fifty teachers will be selected for their commitment and dedication to the children they serve. Of the top ten recipients, one will be selected to receive the Helene Marks Award. As part of the application process, each applicant is asked to design an enhancement project for the children in their classroom illustrating the educational, social, and emotional benefits of the project. Visit the TLLCCF Web site for complete eligibility requirements and application procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013320/tllccf

John W. Gardner Leadership Award - Deadline: January 30, 2009 -The John W. Gardner Leadership Award was established in 1985 to honor outstanding Americans who exemplify the leadership and ideals of John W. Gardner (1912-2002), American statesman and founding chair of Independent Sector. Independent Sector presents the award each year to an individual whose leadership in or with the nonprofit community has been transformative and who has mobilized and unified people, institutions, or causes that improve people's lives. Accompanying this award is a prize of $10,000 and a replica of an original relief bust of John Gardner. Anyone may nominate an individual for the award. Nominations should be made without the candidate's knowledge. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013506/independentsector

Skoll Foundation's Social Entrepreneurship Awards - Deadline: Open-The Skoll Foundation's mission is "to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs." The foundation's Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional responsibility, economic and social equity, and peace and security. Within these issues, the foundation is particularly interested in applications from social entrepreneurs working in five critical sub-issue areas that threaten the survival of humanity -- climate change, nuclear proliferation, global pandemics, conflict in the Middle East, and water scarcity. For more information visit: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014147/skollfdn

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Offers Support for Patient Needs - Deadline: TBA-The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation is accepting applications from individuals with multiple sclerosis across the United States for the Brighter Tomorrow grant program. The goal of the grant is to provide individuals with MS with goods or services (valued at up to $1,000 per recipient) to improve their quality of life by enhancing safety, self-sufficiency, comfort, or well-being. Recipients of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation's Brighter Tomorrow grant have received car repairs, ramps, wheelchairs, walkers, eyeglasses, computers, appliances, televisions, furniture, therapeutic equipment, hobby supplies, retreats, and various home modifications. To qualify, a person must be 18 years of age or older and diagnosed with MS, or the parent of a minor child diagnosed with MS, and be a permanent U.S. resident. They must not have any other means of fulfilling the need they express. Applicants are asked to provide basic personal and financial nformation, and to write a brief essay of 100 words or less to describe how the grant would help them have A Brighter Tomorrow. Applications for the next program cycle will be accepted as of July 1, 2008. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014153/msfocus

Research Fellowship on Health Inequities - Deadline: Rolling-Flinders University is advertising a Research Fellow position attached to the Australian Health Inequities Program. The appointee will work directly with Prof Fran Baum on a research program on health inequities. The person appointed will be able to join existing projects and spend time on their own interests. Fran Baum is particularly interested in a candidate who would like to consider comparative studies of factors driving inequities between different countries. For more information, contact Fran Baum Professor and Head, Department of Public Health
Flinders University at Fran.Baum@flinders.edu.au.

CBPR Postdoctoral Fellowship with Montana State University and Crow Nation - Deadline: Rolling-Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship working with a well-established community-based participatory research project, Messengers for Health on the Aps'alooke Reservation. Members of the Aps'alooke (Crow) Nation and faculty and students at Montana State University (MSU) have been working together since 1996. This fellowship provides an opportunity to spend up to two years engaged in action-based research including a policy-level intervention with the Indian Health Service Crow Service Unit and a community-level intervention in women's cancer prevention. Contact Suzanne Christopher for more information at suzanne@montana.edu.

Call for Applications: Cancer Research Training Award Fellowship- Deadline: Not Specified - The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the largest institute at the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to invite applications from qualified candidates for a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) fellowship. This fellowship provides an outstanding opportunity for an individual with strong interest in tobacco control, behavioral research, public health, health education, and cancer control to gain experience working in the communications field within a program at the NCI. The CRTA appointment is a one-year full-time fellowship award with the Tobacco Control Research Branch, within the Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the NCI at its Rockville, MD office. Recruitment for this position is currently open and will end when it is filled. For more information please contact Janice O'Connor at oconnorj@mail.nih.gov.

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program – Deadline: Various – These fellowships provide opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide. http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm

Google Grants: In-Kind Advertising Services to Nonprofits – Deadline: Open – The Google Grants program supports organizations that share the company's philosophy of community service worldwide in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Designed for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, Google Grants is a unique in-kind advertising program that harnesses the power of Google's flagship advertising product, Google AdWords, to non-profits seeking to inform and engage their constituents online.
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10003588/google

Call for Public Policy Nursing Student Interns – Deadline: ongoing – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing Public Policy Internship offers student nurses the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the process of policy formation. Students are placed with various AACN staff with experience in health policy, quality/patient safety, nursing education, geriatric nursing, or end of life care. Internships are designed in collaboration with each student based on her or his goals and objectives. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Government/GAInternship.htm

Correctional Health Fellowship - Deadline: TBA - The University of Massachusetts (UM) Correctional Health Program at the UM Medical School provides health care for prisoners at all of the state Department of Correction facilities. The provision of clinical services by an academic institution creates an ideal learning environment within the correctional facilities and provides the basis for fellowship opportunities in correctional health that are strengthened through a close connection with the school's preventive medicine residency. The two-year Correctional Health Fellowship includes course work to obtain a master's of public health degree, offered through the Worcester campus of the School of Public Health at UM Amherst. Candidates for the fellowship must have completed an accredited residency training program in internal or family medicine in the U.S. and be interested in pursuing a career in correctional health. Application packets are available from Terry Perry (508.856.6163; PerryT@ummhc.org).