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SFP’s own grant opportunities are described in the research section of this site. But SFP members should be aware of these other funding opportunities as well:

2010 Aetna Foundation Grant Program Funding Opportunities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy
Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care
NIH Career Development Awards
Postdoctoral Research Training for Obstetricians and Gynecologists
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects
U.S. Department of HHS: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (replication programs)
U.S. Department of HHS: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (R&D)
Using Social Media to Improve Use of the Best Methods of Contraception
Other funding opportunities

• 2010 Aetna Foundation Grant Program Funding Opportunities. The Aetna Foundation is offering research grants, project grants, and policy grants in each of three focus areas: obesity (addressing the rising rate of obesity among U.S. adults and children), racial and ethnic healthcare equity (conceerning common chronic conditions and infant mortality), and Integrated health care (improving coordination and communication between healthcare professionals and patients). Grant awards can range from small sponsorship awards of $5,000–$10,000 to national grant requests of up to $250,000. There are four grant cycles each year; the next deadline is May 15.
• Grand Challenges Explorations. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations is a $100 million initiative to encourage bold and unconventional global health solutions. Anyone can apply, regardless of prior experience or institutional affiliation. Previous winners include graduate students, entrepreneurs at start-up companies, and creative thinkers from all fields of research. Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to $1 million. There are two grant cycles each year. Watch their website or this space for updates.
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS). Program designed to support physician-scientists during advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. Awards are made to degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the awardee. New program guidelines and application instructions for the 2010-2011 award series are being developed and will be available mid-June, 2010. Application deadline: October 1, 2010.
• Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites R01 research grant applications that will inform interventions addressing the cultural and structural factors that produce high rates of unintended pregnancy across the reproductive age span, especially in low-income populations in the United States. These interventions can operate at a wide range of levels, from clinical interventions to interventions that influence cultural, economic, social, structural, and/or policy factors contributing to unintended pregnancy. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to strengthen and revitalize scientific research on the prevention of unintended pregnancies in the United States. The application period began on January 5, 2009 and is scheduled to run through January 08, 2012.
• The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care. The Greenwall Foundation invites proposals for The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care. The program focuses on ethical issues affecting the lives of patients on an individual level. Priority will be given to projects practical (rather than theoretical) with anticipated outcomes applicable at the patients’ bedside. Junior investigators are encouraged to apply as well as researchers seeking support for pilot projects.  It is anticipated four to six grants will be awarded each year and multi-year initiatives will be considered.
• The Kornfeld Program in Bioethics and Patient Care is administered by The Greenwall Foundation within the parameters of Greenwall’s interdisciplinary program in bioethics, that is, with the same application procedures and deadlines and the same rigorous standards of review.
• A five-year commitment of $1,000,000 will underwrite $200,000 per year of grantmaking. All inquiries should be directed to The Greenwall Foundation. For further information, call, write or email William C. Stubing, President, 212.679.7266.
• NIH Career Development Awards. There are at least eight different awards that individuals with a research doctorate should consider. Most of these awards support individuals that have accepted or are ready for a faculty position.
  • There is the Career Transition Award (K22) that provides support during the early years of a new faculty position. This award is used differently by the NIH institutes and centers that participate and interested applicants should carefully review the relevant program announcements.
  • New faculty members that need additional supervised research experience because they have had a career hiatus or they are moving to a substantially new area of research should consider the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01).
  • Scientists who have recently received independent research support might consider the Independent Scientist Award (K02) that protects at least 75 percent of their effort so that they can focus on the development of their research program.
  • Individuals interested in Stem Cell research or Quantitative Methods or Mouse Pathobiology might consider the K18, K25, or K 26.
  • A few of the NIH Institutes offer an award called the Senior Scientist Award (K05) that provides protected time and salary support for more senior, established scientists.
  • Finally there is the Academic Award (K07) that is used to recruit research faculty into areas where there is a growing need for research and instructional capabilities.
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• Postdoctoral Research Training for Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has funds to establish programs of postdoctoral research training in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical epidemiology and clinical trial methodology for obstetricians and gynecologists. Training is expected to be in collaboration with departments of epidemiology, biostatistics or preventive medicine (or equivalent) in a school of public health or a school of medicine, and should cover skills for translational, clinical and applied research. It is expected that the research carried out by the PIs of the training program will investigate the most pressing reproductive, perinatal, pharmacologic, infectious, surgical, and gynecologic problems, including those for which racial/ethnic disparities are observed, utilizing state of the art and evolving study designs and methods. This research, which can be domestic or international, should identify new and existing subgroups at risk, identify emerging problems and design public health and/or clinical primary and secondary interventions. Letters of intent are due by June 28, 2010 and applications by July 28, 2010. The earliest anticipated start date is April 2011. Additional applications will be accepted in 2011 and 2012.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Demonstration Projects. The Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP) seeks proposals from nonprofit entities to develop, implement and evaluate innovative interventions for pregnant adolescents ages 15 -18. Applicants should propose a multi-site intervention that compares pregnant adolescents and their families receiving standard care services with those receiving a care intervention that enhances those services by increasing the involvement of parents, other family members, and the adolescent's male partner. The care services should continue to be provided to the parenting adolescent and her child until the child turns one year old. For FY2010, OAPP has $4 million for the program and intends to support 10 demonstration care projects. Program budgets can range from $400,000 to $600,000 per year, for up to five years. Applications are due by June 22, 2010. Download funding announcement.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  Teenage Pregnancy Prevention:  Replication of Evidence-based Programs, Tier 1. For FY2010, the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) has $75 million to support medically accurate and age-appropriate programs that reduce teenage pregnancy, intended to replicate evidence-based programs that have already been proven to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risks underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. The funding is available to research institutions for two broad program types: 1) curriculum-based programs that seek to educate young people about topics such as responsible behavior, relationships, and pregnancy prevention and 2) youth development programs that seek to reduce teenage pregnancy and a variety of risky behaviors through a broad range of approaches. Program budgets can range from $400,000 to $4 million per year, and project periods may be approved for up to five years. Letters of intent are due by May 3, 2010; full proposals are due either May 17 or June 1, 2010, depending on the type of program proposed. Download funding announcement, application kit, and instructions and applications.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  Teenage Pregnancy Prevention:  Research and Demonstration Programs and Personal Responsibility Education Program. For FY2010, the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) and the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) have a combined fund of up to $35 million to support innovative youth pregnancy prevention strategies which are medically accurate and age-appropriate. The two agencies will collaborate in the funding decisions and are seeking projects that focus on teenage pregnancy prevention and related risk behaviors in youth in communities with high need as demonstrated by high rates of teen birth or pregnancies or other associated sexual risk behaviors. The projects must also be designed to develop evidence-based and replicable programs. Program budgets can range from $400,000 to $1 million per year, and project periods may be approved for up to five years. Letters of intent are due by May 10, 2010; full proposals are due by June 8, 2010. Download funding announcement, application kit, and instructions and applications.
• Using Social Media to Improve Use of the Best Methods of Contraception. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is offering grants to entities who want to develop and/or test ways of publicizing long-acting reversible methods of contraception (LARCs) through innovative uses of digital and social media. The awards are intended to be in the range of $25,000 and $50,000 to each successful applicant, but exceptionally strong proposals might receive more. Letters of Intent are required, and may be submitted online through Friday, April 16, 2010. Final proposals are due by Sunday, May 2, 2010. Email Laurel Bernstein with questions or call her at 202-478-8505.


• Other funders of note:
  • Compton Foundation, Inc.—Phone: (650) 508-1181
  • Ford Foundation—Phone: (212) 573-5000
  • General Service Foundation—Phone: (970) 920-6834
  • Moriah Fund—Phone: (202)783-8488
  • Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund—Phone: (415) 345-6300
  • Robert Sterling Clark Foundation—Phone: (212) 288-8900
  • The David and Lucille Packard Foundation—Phone: (650) 948-7658
  • The Educational Foundation of America—Phone: (203) 226-6498
  • The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation—Phone: (212) 684-6577
  • The John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation—Phone: (312) 726-8000
  • The John Merck Fund—Phone: (617) 556-4120
  • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation—Phone: (650) 234-4500
  • Third Wave—Phone: (212) 228-8311
  • Wallace Global Fund—Phone: (202) 452-1530
  • West Wind Foundation—Phone: (434) 977-5762

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