Health Care Innovation Challenge

[from US DOLETA] The Health Care Innovation Challenge will award up $1 billion in grants to applicants who will implement the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, particularly those with the highest health care needs.

All proposals should include the following elements:

• Workforce Development and Deployment: Proposed models should include the development and/or deployment of health care workers in new, innovative ways. The review process will favor innovative proposals that demonstrate the ability to create the workforce of the future.

• Speed to Implementation: All proposed models must be operational or capable of rapid expansion within six months.

• Model Sustainability: All proposals are expected to define a clear pathway to sustainability, and should consider scalability and diffusion of the proposed model. Awards will range from approximately $1 million to $30 million for a three-year period. Applications are open to providers, payers, local government, public-private partnerships and multi-payer collaboratives. Each grantee project will be monitored for measurable improvements in quality of care and savings generated.

The Health Care Innovation Challenge will encourage applicants to include new models of workforce development and deployment that efficiently support their service delivery model proposal. Enhanced infrastructure to support more cost effective system-wide function is also a critical component of health care system transformation, and applicants are encouraged to include this as an element of their proposals.

Application Information All applications must be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the review criteria information provided in the "Application Review Information" section in the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), to help ensure that the proposal adequately addresses all the criteria that will be used in evaluating the proposals.

Letter of Intent: December 19, 2011

Applications are due, January 27, 2012

Anticipated Award Date: March 30, 2012

CMS Innovation Center staff will be hosting an informational webinar on the Health Care Innovation Challenge for all interested individuals and organizations on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 2:00-3:30pm ET. Staff will provide an overview of the initiative and be available to answer questions from the audience.

Please visit the webinar site at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=83452 to join. No advance registration is required.

Participants wishing to only listen to audio may dial 888-567-1602 or 201-604-5049 and request "Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Webcast" (no passcode). Reminder, participants will only be able to ask questions via chat feature online.

A recording will be available following the webinar.

To learn more about the Health Care Innovation Challenge and information about the application process please read the Funding Opportunity Announcement

To read an overview of the Health Care Innovation Challenge, including important deadlines, please read our Fact Sheet (PDF).

Healthcare Academic Research Enhancement Awards

The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions, otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose students to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-006.html

New Careers in Nursing scholarships

[from Philanthropy News Digest] The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing program is designed to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's nursing programs.

Through the program, funds to support up to four hundred scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to selected schools of nursing annually over a three-year period. A school of nursing may apply for between five and thirty scholarships a year, to be awarded to students from underrepresented groups in nursing or who are economically disadvantaged. Preference will be given to schools which can demonstrate that the availability of scholarship funds will expand enrollment in their accelerated nursing programs.

To be eligible, applicant institutions must offer an entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing program or master's nursing program for non-nursing college graduates, and be accredited by a nursing accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to programs that embrace racial, ethnic, and economic diversity. Applications should address the applicant organization's past achievements and future plans to recruit and retain a diverse student body.

Optional informational applicant Web conferences will be held on November 3 and December 1, 2011.

Visit the RWJF Web site for the complete call for applications, the application form, and Web conference registration information.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Community Health Assessment workshop

Driving Community Health Assessment:

Collecting the Right Data and Turning It Into Useful Information for Decision Making

Presented by Debra A. Thompson, President of Strategy Solutions, Inc.

Thursday October 27th from 2-4 PM EST

Worried about what the new IRS requirements for community health assessments may be and what that really means for your hospital? Attend this session and put your fears to rest! We will cover:

• Setting the Context For Your Community Health Improvement Efforts - Why Are We Here?
• Integrating Hospital Planning with Public Health/Community Planning: Ideal Model
• Options for Consideration/Our Recommendations
• Criteria for Selecting the Best Vendor

Click here to register for this FREE webinar today!

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

[from Philanthropy News Digest] Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that promotes health, broadly defined, through partnerships between communities and institutions of higher education.
The CCPH Award is designed to recognize exemplary partnerships between communities and institutions that build on each other's strengths to improve higher education, civic engagement, and the overall health of communities.
The intent of the award is to highlight the power and potential of community-campus partnerships in the social justice field. The award recognizes partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social, and economic inequalities. The award seeks nominations of partnerships that pursue multiple community-campus partnership strategies, involve a full range of partners, and achieve significant outcomes that go beyond a process or a single event.

 The call for nominations for the 2012 award will be available at the CCPH Web site. Partnerships may nominate themselves and need not be members of CCPH. Nominations in English are welcome from anywhere in the world.

Link to Complete RFP

Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education grants

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education program is inviting applications for research projects that study nursing faculty issues which are critical to achieving the recommendations outlined in the 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.

Consistent with EIN's mission, projects typically will address teaching productivity and faculty preparation in nursing education for meeting the demands of a reformed healthcare and public health system. Findings should inform strategies for addressing the nurse faculty shortage while expanding the nurse workforce and maintaining or improving student outcomes.

Eligible applicant organizations include academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and research firms. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations. Researchers working on the proposed project must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its territories.The program welcomes applications that draw on the expertise of researchers from nursing and other health sciences, the social sciences, and other relevant disciplines.

A total of up to $1.8 million in grants will be awarded in this round of funding. Grants of up to $100,000 might support case studies, scans of existing programs, or determinants of best practices. Grants of up to $300,000 might support survey research or controlled evaluations. All grants will be twenty-four months in duration or shorter.
The program will hold an optional applicant webinar on October 6, 2011. Registration is required.
The complete Call for Proposals, application materials, and applicant Webinar details are available at the RWJF Web site.

Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

[from Be Spacific] Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2011 – 2015. In developing and executing the federal health IT strategy, the government strives to

• "Put individuals and their interests first. In order to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, the government must meet the needs and protect the rights of each individual. 
• Be a worthy steward of the country’s money and trust. The government seeks to use its resources judiciously. This means relying to the extent possible on private markets to accomplish important societal objectives, and acting to correct market failures when necessary. It also means developing governmental policies through open and transparent processes.
• Support health IT benefits for all. All Americans should have equal access to quality health care. This includes the benefits conferred by health IT. The government will endeavor to assure that underserved and at-risk individuals enjoy these benefits to the same extent as all other citizens. 
• Focus on outcomes. Federal health IT policy will constantly focus on improving the outcomes of care, so as to advance the health of Americans and the performance of their health care system. 
• Build boldly on what works. The government will set ambitious goals and then work methodically to achieve them, monitoring health IT successes, and looking for ways to expand upon programs that work. It will seek to be nimble and action-oriented: evaluating existing government activities, learning from experience, and changing course if necessary. 
• Encourage innovation. The government is working to create an environment of testing, learning, and improving, thereby fostering breakthroughs that quickly and radically transform health care. The government will support innovation in health IT."

Nurses can apply for research grants

[from Philanthropy News Digest] As part of its mission to honor the work of nurses on behalf of patients and their families, the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation is accepting grant applications from nurses researching ways to improve the treatment of patients with autoimmune diseases and cancer.
The foundation's J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects program offers two types of research grants.

Evidence-based practice grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to stimulate the use of patient-focused data and/or previously generated research findings to develop, implement, and evaluate changes in nursing practice in treatment of patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Research grants of up to $5,000 are available to qualified nurses carrying out clinical research studies that directly benefit patients and/or families involving treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Grant recipients in both program areas also will have the opportunity to apply for subsequent funding of $2,000 to share their findings at professional conferences through the DAISY Foundation's Lynne Doll Grants for Dissemination of Findings program.

Visit the DAISY Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines and application procedures. To be eligible, an applicant must be a registered nurse with a current license. Research must impact patients or family members of patients with an autoimmune disease or cancer. Studies that will benefit patients both within and outside a nurse's institution will receive priority. Award checks will be made to an investigator's institution or a specified fund at the institution, not the individual investigator.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Affordable Care Act Capital Development - Building Capacity Grant Program

Description

This program will award approximately $600 million, through competitive one-time grants to existing health centers receiving grants under the Health Center Program (section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 USC 254b, as amended). This announcement details the competitive Affordable Care Act funding opportunity available for existing Health Center Program grantees to improve their capacity to provide primary and preventative health services to medically underserved populations. Grants awarded through this opportunity can include alteration/renovation, expansion, or the construction of a facility. 

Link to Full Announcement

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=10B8A7A8-245B-4957-920D-AFCC890ECB49

$100M Capital Impact Fund

[from Philanthropy News Digest] The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the launch of a three-year, $100 million Impact Capital Fund designed to help its grantees leverage funding from multiple sources and spread solutions that improve health and health care for all Americans.

As part of the launch, the foundation has partnered with NCB Capital Impact to create a ten-year, $10 million low-interest credit facility that will support the development of Green House nursing homes. Since 2002, the foundation has awarded $12 million, most of it to NCB Capital Impact, to develop, test, and evaluate the Green House model, in which residents receive nursing support and clinical care without it becoming the focus of their daily lives. The new investment will build on previous efforts while seeking to lower the cost of financing for Green House projects as a way to serve low-income individuals and low-income areas. NCB Capital Impact will serve as administrator of the credit facility and will seek investors to leverage foundation funding for any project one a four-to-one basis.
While there has been interest among donors in using program-related investments to address areas such as economic development, education, housing, and the environment, there has been little activity in the areas of health and health care. To that end, the Impact Capital Fund seeks to focus on investing in health programs. Additional investments will be announced over the next three years.

"Our goal with this initiative is to go beyond traditional grantmaking, to drive social change, achieve measurable impact, and collaborate with partners who can help us achieve our mission," said RWJF president and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey. "This commitment allows us to better leverage our funding and spread innovative models, like the Green House Project."

“Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Announce $10 Million Loan-Fund to Expand Innovative Skilled-Nursing Care to Low-Income Seniors.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Press Release 9/08/11.

Free Health Assessment Webinar

 Driving Community Health Assessment:

  Collecting the Right Data and Turning It Into Useful Information for Decision Making
  

Presented by Debra A. Thompson, President of Strategy Solutions, Inc.

      Wednesday, September 14th from 2-4 PM EST

Worried about what the new IRS requirements for community health assessments may be and what that really means for your hospital?  Attend this session and put your fears to rest!  We will cover: 

• Setting the Context For Your Community Health Improvement Efforts - Why Are We Here?
• Integrating Hospital Planning with Public Health/Community Planning: Ideal Model
• Options for Consideration/Our Recommendations
• Criteria for Selecting the Best Vendor

Click here to register for this FREE webinar today!

Partners Investing in Nursing's Future Awards

The Robert Wood Johnson and Northwest Health foundations have announced eleven new grants through the Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN) initiative to address the needs of an older, more diverse population.

Now in its sixth year, PIN helps support the capacity, involvement, and leadership of local foundations as they work to advance the nursing profession in their communities. With the latest grants, a total of sixty-one PIN projects have been created in more than three dozen states. The projects include efforts to transform nursing education, encourage racial, ethnic and gender diversity in the nursing workforce, and develop nurses as leaders in health reform.

Recipients in this funding round include the Arkansas Community Foundation, which will use its grant to improve the educational preparation of registered nurses working in geriatrics, and the Milwaukee-based Faye McBeath Foundation, which is working to create a replicable model of workforce data collection and analysis so as to better project the skills needed for future nurses, especially those working in the mental health field.

"All health care is local, and nurses are the cornerstone of our healthcare system. We need community solutions that address the challenges facing a changing healthcare system and that utilize local and regional experience," said Judith Woodruff, director of workforce development at the Northwest Health Foundation and program director for Partners Investing in Nursing's Future. "Through PIN, local philanthropic foundations act as catalysts to develop and execute strategies needed to build a highly skilled nursing workforce — enabling us to test innovative ideas locally and share them nationally."

For a complete list of this year's grantees, visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site.

“Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN) Makes 11 New Investments.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Press Release 8/30/11.

Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry in Biomedical Research

The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity and re-entry in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences research workforce. The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups, to improve the quality of the educational and training environment, to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities, to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols, and to improve the Nations capacity to address and eliminate health disparities. There is a need to ensure a pathway for re-entry into academics for these individuals who, because of these interruptions, may have unique perspectives on problem solving, adaptability to new situations, and ability to bring innovative insights into the academic research environment that can make a significant contribution to the scientific workforce.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-030.html

Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

Description

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health invites Research Education (R25) applications to promote diversity in undergraduate and health professional student populations by providing short-term research education support to stimulate career development in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders research. The overall goal of the program is to provide research opportunities for individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical science, including individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups , and individuals with disabilities that will significantly contribute to a diverse research workforce in the future. The research opportunities should be of sufficient depth to enable the participants, upon completion of the program, to have a thorough exposure to the principles underlying the conduct of research, and help prepare students interested in research to pursue competitive fellowships.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-031.html

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-12-031

Health & Society Scholars

[from Philanthropy News Digest]

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to help build the nation's capacity for research that addresses the multiple determinants of population health and contributes to policy change.

The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends on multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve public health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge, interventions, and policies that integrate and act on these determinants.

To be eligible, scholars must have completed doctoral training by the time they enter the program (August or September 2012) in one of a variety of fields, including but not limited to the behavioral and social sciences, the biological and natural sciences, health professions, public policy, public health, history, demography, environmental sciences, urban planning, engineering, and ethics; have significant research experience; connect their research interests to substantive population health concerns; and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories.

Up to twelve scholars will be selected for two-year appointments beginning in the fall of 2012. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $80,000.

For complete program information, selection criteria, and application procedures, visit the RWJF Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Executive Nurse Fellows announced

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the 2011 cohort of its Executive Nurse Fellows Program.

As part of the three-year fellowship program, twenty-one nurses — selected from a pool of more than 130 applicants — will continue in their current roles at a wide range of health and healthcare organizations nationwide, while they also work to develop, plan, and implement new initiatives to improve healthcare delivery in their respective communities. Since its launch in 1998, more than two hundred nurses have participated in the program.

Located at the Center for Creative Leadership, the nurse fellows program advances the mission called for in a 2010 Institute of Medicine report, which argued that nurses should contribute as essential partners in the redesign of the country's health care system. To that end, the program provides coaching, education, and other support services to strengthen the fellows' ability to lead teams and organizations in improving health and health care.

The 2011 fellows include Debra Barksdale, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing; Ruth Carrico, assistant professor at the University of Louisville's School of Public Health and Information Sciences; Janie Gawrys, vice president of Clinical Operations at ACCESS Community Health Network; Jean Giddens, executive dean and professor of the University of Mexico Health Sciences Center's College of Nursing; Pamela Jeffries, associate dean of academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; and Kim Moore, interim chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at the Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

"The RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program is building and enhancing the leadership skills of extraordinary nurses around the country," said co-director Linda Cronenwett. "Our alumni are a virtual 'who's who' of accomplished nurses, and we know that the 2011 cohort will join them in doing great things. This program supports nurse leaders with potential to develop innovative ways to improve healthcare delivery."

For a complete list of this year's fellows, visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site.

“Twenty-One Accomplished Nurse Leaders From Across Nation Selected for Prestigious Three-Year Fellowships.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Press Release 8/11/11.

Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to increase the pool of masters degree students from underrepresented backgrounds who go on to research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and who are trained and available to participate in NIH-funded research. This initiative promotes partnerships/consortia between colleges or universities granting a terminal masters degree with institutions that offer the doctorate degree. The program expects that the joint efforts of doctorate degree-granting and masters degree-granting institutions will foster the development of a well-integrated institutional program that will provide students from underrepresented groups with the necessary academic preparation and skills to enable their transition and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-279.html

Biomedical, clinical, behavioral training

Description

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will award the MARC Ancillary Training Activities (T36) Program as a means to facilitate the training and development of individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. Ancillary training support is provided for national conferences, short courses, or other well-defined training activities that further the NIGMS mission of increasing the diversity of the NIH funded biomedical and behavioral research workforce.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-243.html

Nurse researcher grants

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a national organization working to find a cure for all childhood cancer, awards funding through its Nursing Grants Program to improve the quality of life for young cancer patients and their families. The program's goal is to invest in research that can help nurses find better ways to care for children undergoing cancer treatment.

Nurse researchers are invited to apply in the following categories:

Mentored Nurse Researcher grants of $10,000 per year for two years will be awarded to early-career nurse researchers working on small projects with both mentor and institutional support. Examples of eligible projects include collecting information to answer a nursing question related to care of children with cancer or applying research-based evidence to improve pediatric cancer nursing practice at an institution. An individual or small group of nurses may apply. The principal investigator must have a master's or doctoral degree, have a minimum of two years' experience in pediatric hematology/oncology nursing, and have not received more than $5,000 in previous research funding.

Intermediate Nurse Researcher grants of $20,000 per year for two years will be awarded to experienced nurse researchers working on projects with the support and commitment of the institution where they practice. Such projects may collect information to answer a nursing question related to care of children with cancer or may be designed to apply research evidence to improve pediatric cancer nursing practice at an institution. Awards may not be used to supplement other support. An individual or small group of nurses may apply. The principal investigator must have a master's or doctoral degree, have a minimum of five years' experience in pediatric hematology/oncology nursing, and have not received more than $15,000 in previous research funding.

Independent Nurse Researcher grants of $50,000 per year for two years will be awarded to experienced nurse researchers who demonstrate a career plan that shows commitment to pediatric cancer nursing. Applicants must be experienced investigators who wish to investigate topics and issues related to the quality of nursing care and the quality of life for children with cancer. Awards may not be used to supplement other support. An individual or small group of nurses may apply. The principal investigator must have a master's or doctoral degree, have a minimum of five years' experience in pediatric hematology/oncology nursing, and provide evidence of previously completed successful research projects and published results.

In each category, the aims of the project must include plans to disseminate and share findings to improve nursing care for children with cancer.

For complete program guidelines and application procedures, visit the foundation's Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

CVS Caremark Community Grants

To ensure that we make a positive impact, the Community Grants Program will focus on children under age 21 with disabilities and the uninsured and underinsured.

NOTE: Requests for CVS Caremark Community Grants are accepted beginning on January 1 and ending on October 31.

Grant Requirements

Please note the following requirements for the Community Grant program:

• Qualifying organizations are eligible for grants up to $5,000.
• All nonprofit organizations applying for a Community Grant for this type of program ARE REQUIRED to provide their EIN number before they can begin the eligibility quiz.
• A CVS/pharmacy store must be located within the state where your community organization resides.
• All CVS Caremark Community Grant Applications must be submitted online.

The Application Process

• Our process requires that all applicants answer a number of questions pertaining to the program for which they are applying before gaining access to the application. These simple questions help us determine if your program falls within our guidelines. Once you select which type of grant you wish to apply for (children with disabilities, health care for the uninsured or underserved, or public schools) you will be taken to an online application tool that will present these prescreening questions.
• If you are chosen to receive a grant, we request that grantees post volunteer opportunities on our website so that local associates can participate in your volunteer projects.
• Once you pass our pre-screening process and complete the application/proposal form, you can expect an e-mail response within four to six weeks, whether or not your program has been chosen for funding.
• Please do not call or e-mail us during the review process, as we will be unable to provide any additional information or status.
• All nonprofit organizations applying for a Community Grant for this type of program ARE REQUIRED to provide their EIN number before they can begin the eligibility quiz. Please note public schools do not need an EIN to apply.

Grants to support Children with Disabilities

We support programs targeting children under age 21 with disabilities that address any of the following:

• Health and Rehabilitation Services – We believe that health and rehabilitation services are critical in ensuring that children with disabilities develop the skills needed to live as independently as possible at home, in school and in the community. Our CVS Caremark Community Grants support programs that promote independence among children with disabilities including physical and occupational therapies, speech and hearing therapies, assistive technology and recreational therapies.
• Enabling and Encouraging Physical Movement and Play – We believe that play is essential to healthy development — physical, cognitive, emotional and social — and offers a means of understanding the world. Therefore, we are devoted to the principle of free play. The unstructured, spontaneous, voluntary activity that is so engaging for children has long been recognized as the most beneficial form. Proposed programs may include either physical activities or play opportunities for children and should address the specific needs of the population served.

» Apply online for a Community Grant for children

Grants to support Health Care for the Uninsured and Underserved

We support programs that ensure that more uninsured people receive needed care; that the care received is of higher quality; and that the uninsured are served by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs. There is no age limit on proposed programs that create greater access to health care services.

»Apply online for a Community Grant for the underinsured or underserved

Grants to support Public Schools

We work to ensure that students are not left behind in school. Proposed programs must be fully inclusive where children with disabilities are full participants in an early childhood, adolescent or teenage program alongside their typically developing peers.

»Apply online for a Community Grant for Public Schools

High School clinical research workforce

In an effort to help address the need for more diversity in the clinical research workforce, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced a new program that will establish clinical research experiences for minority high school students at universities, medical schools, and research institutes across the United States.

The foundation has committed a total of $1.56 million to the new program, the Doris Duke Clinical Research Experiences for High School Students. Up to eight grants of $194,400 over three years ($60,000 per year in direct costs, $4,800 in indirect costs) will be made to universities, medical schools, or research institutes with an existing high school research program. Grant funds must be used to add a clinically relevant, mentored research component as well as enrichment activities. In addition, DDCF funds will support mentor honoraria, personnel, recruitment, and outreach costs, plus stipends for up to ten students per year, per institution.

For the purposes of the program, DDCF considers minorities as individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, including Native Americans and Alaska Natives, African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that may have inhibited their ability to pursue a career in health-related research.

Applicant institutions must have an existing program that provides research experiences for high school students. Institutions accepting and administering any DDCF award must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and must not be a private foundation or a Type III supporting organization as defined in Section 509(a) of the code.

Complete program information and Request for Letters of Intent instructions are available at the DDCF Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Application for the Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Services Grant Program

[41 Pa.B. 3068]
[Saturday, June 11, 2011]

 This notice provides information about the Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Services Grant Program (Program). Volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance services seeking grants under this Program shall submit completed applications no later than 4 p.m. on October 21, 2011. Written instructions and guidelines for the Program will be available online at the Office of State Fire Commissioner (Commissioner) web site www.osfc.state.pa.us no later than September 1, 2011. Grant applications will be available online at the Commissioner's web site no later than September 6, 2011.

 This notice is provided in accordance with section 302.1 of the Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Services Grant Act (35 P. S. § 6942.302.1).

GLENN CANNON, 
Director

Foundation for Physical Therapy grant

[from Philanthropy News Digest]

The Foundation for Physical Therapy seeks to fund research that supports the development of evidence-based physical therapy practice, enhances the quality of physical therapy services for patients and clients, and increases the number of physical therapy researchers.

As part of this mission, the foundation is accepting applications for the following funding opportunities:

The Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarship, part of the foundation's Doctoral Opportunities for Clinicians and Scholars program, assists physical therapists and physical therapist assistants with outstanding potential within their first year of post-professional doctoral degree studies. Applicants must be U.S. residents. The program provides one-year awards of $5,000 to meet any type of tuition expense or academic fees associated with a doctoral program.

The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Grants provide up to $40,000 over one or two years to emerging investigators working on scientifically based and clinically relevant research related to the effectiveness of physical therapy practice. Research must take place at U.S. institutions. Up to two grants may be awarded for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions, within any discipline relevant to physical therapy.

The Magistro Family Foundation Grants are one- to two-year grants of up to $40,000 for research at U.S. institutions. Up to two grants may be awarded for research in evaluating the effectiveness of interventions most commonly delivered by physical therapists as determined by current practice patterns, or for research in developing innovative physical therapist interventions and evaluating their effectiveness. Preference will be given to studies that examine not only the therapeutic effectiveness of interventions, but also their cost effectiveness.

For complete program guidelines and application materials, visit the Foundation for Physical Therapy Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Several health training grants released

1) Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care

Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a physician assistants education program and for the training of individuals who will teach in programs to provide such training. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physician assistants teaching in community-based settings.

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=26189833-09C1-4C6B-A290-C8F3B52680F4

2) Residency Training in Primary Care Program

The purposes of the Residency Training in Primary Care are to: 1. Plan, develop, and operate or participate in an accredited residency or internship program in the field of family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics and/or combined internal medicine and pediatrics ("med-peds") for medical students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians as defined by the Secretary; 2. Provide need-based financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to medical students, interns, residents, practicing physicians, or other medical personnel who are participants in any such program, and who plan to specialize or practice in the fields of family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics or combined internal medicine and pediatrics ("med-peds"); and 3. Plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings.

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=B4117D26-0903-499F-9A07-379790CA65AA

3) Physician Faculty Development in Primary Care Program- Primary Care Training and Enhancement

Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians who plan to teach in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics training programs. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings. Funds may be used to provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to physicians who are participants in any such programs and who plan to teach or conduct research in a family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics training program.

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=92C0887B-DE05-431D-9550-16F9F1621A4F

4) Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care- Primary Care Training and Enhancement

Funds may be used to establish, maintain, or improve academic units, which may be departments, divisions, or other units, or programs that improve clinical teaching and research in the fields of family medicine, general internal medicine, and/or general pediatrics. Accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine are the only eligible entities. Funds also may be used to establish, maintain or improve programs that integrate academic administrative units in the fields of family medicine, general internal medicine, and/or general pediatrics to enhance interdisciplinary recruitment, training, and faculty development. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings. There is a funding preference unique to the academic administrative units program. Qualified applicants may request a preference if they agree to expend the funds for the purpose of establishing academic administrative units or programs in the fields of family medicine, general internal medicine, and/or general pediatrics; or substantially expanding such units or programs.

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=8EC0B79B-C461-4109-AFD4-E03A99B0D6AB

Public Prevention Health Fund: Community Transformation Grant

The purpose of this program is to create healthier communities by 1) building capacity to implement broad evidence and practice-based policy, environmental, programmatic and infrastructure changes, as appropriate, in large counties, and in states, tribes and territories, including in rural and frontier areas and 2) supporting implementation of such interventions in five strategic areas (Strategic Directions) aligning with Healthy People 2020 focus areas and achieving demonstrated progress in the following five performance measures outlined in the Affordable Care Act: 1) changes in weight, 2) changes in proper nutrition, 3) changes in physical activity, 4) changes in tobacco use prevalence, and 5) changes in emotional well being and overall mental health, as well as other program-specific measures.


Expected Number of Awards: 75
Estimated Total Program Funding: $900,000,000
CDFA: 93.531

STEP-UP Short term education grant

Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions to implement and evaluate the NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP). STEP-UP is a national program designed to provide ten to twelve weeks of summer research education and training for high school and undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in the NIDDK mission areas including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, liver, urologic, kidney, and hematologic diseases.

Link to Full Announcement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-11-011.html