Funding Opportunity – Sick Kids Foundation
The Sick Kids Foundation offers research training awards for students enrolled in a Masters, a Doctoral, or a Post-doctoral training program in any discipline related to the study of pediatrics and complementary and alternative health care (CAHC), including natural health products.  The application package must be received no later than May 30, 2008.

For further details, please visit: http://www.sickkidsfoundation.ca/grants/howtoapply.asp

To view the application package, please click here.


NCCAM Announces New Funding Opportunities
Several new funding opportunities are now listed on the NCCAM web site. To learn more visit http://nccam.nih.gov/cgi-bin/grants/funding.pl


Pilot Research Funding Competition - IN-CAM
IN-CAM is pleased to announce the 2008 Pilot Research Funding Competition. The goal of this program is to support and encourage researchers interested in the development of CAM research.

Priority will be given to applications that describe research regarding CAM Health Care Delivery and Policy or Methods to Study the Safety, Efficacy, and Effectiveness of CAM. They also place a special emphasis on knowledge transfer within each area.

Students enrolled in a graduate program leading to a MSc or PhD are eligible to apply but require a co-Investigator, preferably their academic Supervisor.

Application deadline: July 15, 2008.  For further details, please visit: www.incamresearch.ca


Funding Opportunity - NIH
The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring a grant entitled, "Outcomes,
Cost-Effectiveness and the Decision Making Process to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (R01)".  A central goal of this program is to encourage observational studies evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of CAM approaches as used in the community.  The application submission deadlines are May 19, 2008, May, 19 2009, and May 19, 2010.

For further details about the grant and how to apply please visit:
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-045.html

Funding Opportunity - NIH
The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring a grant entitled, "Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health - (R01)".  A central goal of this program is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation toward understanding the processes underlying mind-body interactions and health. The application submission deadlines are  February 5, 2008, June 5, 2008 and October 5, 2008.

For further details about the grant and how to apply please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-046.html


Program Number: 89938
Title: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Managrment in Pain Research (R21)
Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
SYNOPSIS:
The sponsors offers support for to stimulate and foster a wide
range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they
relate to the missions of the sponsor ICs. This program will use the
NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

For deadlines and more information: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-542.html


Program Number:   87574
Title: Biology of Manual Therapies (R21)
Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/NIH/DHHS
SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsors offer support for studies of the basic science and mechanisms of action underlying the biomechanical, immunological, endocrinological and/or neurophysiological consequences of manual therapies, such as spinal manipulation, mobilization and massage therapy. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

For deadlines and more information: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-312.html

Notice from the NIH: Change in Standard Receipt Dates for Grant Applications
There has been a change in standard receipt dates for grant applications submitted to NIH, AHRQ and NIOSH. The new receipt dates will be effective as of January 2007 and will apply to both paper and electronic applications.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html

Last Updated May 27th, 2008