Grants & Fellowships
NEW! *YCEI Interdisciplinary Grants on Climate and Energy
*CATHALAC 2012 Research and Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
*CIRA/CHIP Multi-Institutional Pilot Grants
*Poynter Center Non-stipendiary Fellowship
*National Institude of Allergy and Infectious Disease Internships on Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS Research
*Fordham HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute and Mentored Research Program
*The Edmund Pellegrino Fellowship
YCEI’s 2012 Competition for Interdisciplinary Grants on Climate and Energy
The Yale Climate & Energy Institute (YCEI), the umbrella organization at Yale for its climate and energy initiatives, announces its 2012 competition for Interdisciplinary Research Grants and Workshop Grants on climate and energy. The goals of the Research and Workshop grants are twofold: to develop innovative approaches as well as practical and implementable solutions to climate change and future energy needs; and to promote collaborations among the social and natural sciences, engineering, medicine, law, and humanities that transcend traditional research boundaries. The two types of grants are open to faculty members in all Yale departments, schools, institutes, and centers. For more information about the grants, please visit http://www.climate.yale.edu or email ycei@yale.edu
YCEI Interdisciplinary Research Grant
The YCEI Interdisciplinary Research grants aim to promote research projects that provide innovative approaches as well as practical and implementable solutions to climate change and future energy needs. Research projects with collaborations that transcend traditional research boundaries are strongly preferred, although proposals with less emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration will still receive strong consideration. Proposals can contain collaborations with individuals outside of Yale. Yale staff and students are encouraged to be associated with the projects through faculty members. Preference will be given to faculty members who have not previously received YCEI Research Grants. YCEI Interdisciplinary Research Grants are awarded for a maximum of two years (shorter time spans are also acceptable) and cover basic research expenses including, for instance, salary for postdoctoral researchers or fellows, student stipends or student research assistant wages, equipment, analyses, data purchasing, travel for PI or collaborators, etc. Grants cannot be used for faculty salary. The total budget should not exceed $100,000. YCEI strongly encourages applications from potential research projects of all budgetary sizes below this maximum. We seek diversity in duration, size, scope, research focus, and collaborative intensity. There are no indirect costs associated with these grants. Collaborations within Yale University will be given the highest priority. The YCEI anticipates funding as many as five new interdisciplinary grants per year. Principal investigators with Interdisciplinary Research Grants are required to (a) provide a brief mid-project report that explains progress and details efforts to leverage YCEI grants for future funding (e.g., federal funding, corporate matching, private foundation grants, etc.); (b) provide at least one lecture on results and findings at a YCEI event; and (c) submit a short final report, a portion of which can be made publicly available through the YCEI website. Upon award, the principal investigators are also to set up a project page or website which will be linked to the YCEI website. Publications resulting from YCEI-funded research should acknowledge the Yale Climate & Energy Institute. To participate in this solicitation round, please prepare and submit a proposal stating the project title and principal investigators (with contact information) by May 1, 2012. The proposal should be no more than 10 pages (single space, 12 point font; including references and figures, but not including the project budget), provide a project summary, state the project’s research significance, describe the research plan and the timeline for facilitating an interdisciplinary collaboration, and also attach a project budget. Decisions on proposals will be announced by June 1, 2012.
YCEI Workshop Grant
The YCEI also welcomes proposals for up to $15,000 for focused 1-2 day workshops with no more than 50 participants. In the spirit of the YCEI, broadly interdisciplinary workshops will be given the highest priority. Exploratory workshops in preparation for Interdisciplinary Research Proposals are also encouraged. Please submit Workshop Grant proposals by May 1, 2012.
CATHALAC 2012 Research and Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Program dates: June 3rd – July 28th, 2012. Deadline for applications is March 26, 2012.
CATHALAC and UAHuntsville offer an eight-week research & study abroad program in Panama, focusing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through this unique educational program, participants will receive professional training, hands-on learning, and experience how climate change influences sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Students will acquire basic knowledge and skills on the science of climate change, analyze historical trends in climatic variability and human vulnerability, and examine the current national and international policy debates on climate change adaptation and mitigation. The course will be instructed in English by CATHALAC's research scientists and professors from the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAHuntsville. While in Panama, participants will implement supervised research projects in collaboration with different institutions in Panama. To facilitate professional collaboration and cross-cultural communication the students will receive Spanish training and will live with host families.
Benefits
• Specialized interdisciplinary training in new, emerging fields related to climate change and sustainable development
• Study at a globally recognized international organization, gain expertise,, and professional skills
• Enhance technical and scientific knowledge through extensive, practical, hands-on experience
• Develop critical-thinking skills
• Be part of innovating solutions to environmental problems
• Cultural immersion through home-stays and excursions
Contact Information
CATHALAC
Study Abroad Program
P.O.Box: 0843-03102
Panama City, Republic of Panama
Physical Address: Ciudad del Saber, Edificio 111, Clayton, Panamá, República de Panamá
Phone: +507 3173206/3207/ 3245
Email: studyabroad @ cathalac.org
Website: http://www.cathalac.org
CIRA/CHIP Multi-Institutional Pilot Grants
DEADLINE FOR LETTERS OF INTENT: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University and the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut will provide joint funding for a pilot project in HIV/AIDS prevention research that will be carried out collaboratively by CHIP and CIRA investigators. Proposed projects should be consistent with CIRA’s mission to support the conduct of research on the prevention and treatment of HIV infection and the reduction of the negative consequences of HIV disease in vulnerable and underserved populations nationally and abroad, and CHIP’s mission to advance the science of health behavior change and health risk prevention. In this round of funding, preference will be given to projects that emphasize translational/implementation research that focuses on priority populations identified in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/NHAS.pdf or research projects that address the HIV epidemic in international settings.
Implementation research is defined as the systematic study of how a specific set of activities and designed strategies are used to successfully integrate an evidence-based public health intervention within specific settings (e.g., a primary care clinic, community center, or school).
One pilot project will be funded under this announcement with a maximum award of $50,000. All grant funds must be expended within two years of the award, no later than June 30 2014. Unexpended funds will revert to CHIP and CIRA. Faculty and research scientists at CIRA and CHIP may apply for funds to support new research development initiatives and pilot work that will lead to future external grant applications to be submitted by a CHIP-CIRA research team (i.e., the grant should appear to have an equal likelihood of being ultimately submitted through either CHIP or CIRA with a substantial subcontract to the other). Proposals will require at least two PIs, one from CIRA and one from CHIP, who will make equal contributions to the proposed research and have roughly equal expenditures. Applicants must demonstrate intent to apply for national research funding within a defined timeline, and describe new research that could not be achieved without the collaboration. Preference is to support new collaborations and thus to fund a new CHIP-CIRA team. If the team applying has already worked together, the researchers must justify that the proposed research will constitute a significant departure from past work. Postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research associates are not eligible to apply for these pilot grants. Applications will be reviewed by a joint review committee made up of both CHIP and CIRA members, including members of CIRA’s Community Advisory Board. Applications must be the work of the PIs, and for the benefit of the PIs’ own research programs. Applications written primarily by graduate students or others in the PIs’ names will not be considered. Applications must be for work that will foster collaborative research among CHIP and CIRA and will markedly assist in the submission of new, substantial, external grant applications, to be submitted through CIRA or CHIP by a specified target date.
Applicants must submit a one to two page Letter of Intent via email as a Word or PDF attachment to Jon Atherton at jon.atherton@yale.edu no later than Tuesday, February 21, 2012.The letter should identify the project title; PI names, and their phone numbers, e-mail addresses, department/institution affiliations, and positions, and; the names of key collaborators. The letter should provide a brief outline of the proposed research project, including an estimate of total project cost, and describe how it will meet the review criteria (below). Letters must certify that any external grant applications which derive from the pilot grant research will be submitted through CHIP or CIRA. Applicants who have submitted letters of intent that meet the review criteria will be invited to submit full applications, which will be due on Thursday, April 5, 2012. Those invited to submit a full application will be linked to an appropriate CIRA Core to receive support to develop their application, start up and conduct their study, analyze results, write manuscripts, consider external funding options, apply for external funding, resubmit external funding applications if necessary, and ultimately secure funds.
Funds will be distributed based on the following criteria:
• Scientific merit of the research plan based on internal and/or external reviews
• Equal collaboration among CIRA and CHIP investigators
• The approximately equal likelihood at its inception that a proposal will elicit external funding through either CHIP or CIRA, with a significant subcontract to the other
• Importance of the research question
• Extent to which the project is novel or innovative, especially proposals testing new methodologies, theories, and/or new domains in need of pilot data
• Composition of the research team (cross-disciplinary work will be given preference)
• Relevance of the work to the missions of CIRA and CHIP
In addition, we will also consider where the PIs are in their funding cycles (e.g., at the start of a large grant vs. at the end), and the track record of the PIs in realizing outcomes (e.g., external grants) from previous internal grants.
Poynter Center Non-stipendiary Fellowship
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University announces the opportunity for a non-stipendiary fellowship at the Center, starting in August 2012 or later. Scholars who are on sabbatical leave may apply for a non-stipendiary fellowship for either one or two semesters, or for a shorter period if desired. The Fellow will have the use of office space and equipment at the Poynter Center, including a computer with Internet access, and access to IU’s library holdings. The Fellow will be expected to be working on a significant research project in ethics and public life, broadly construed, and to participate in the Center’s annual seminars, lectures, symposia, and the like. The Fellow is encouraged to share work-in-progress with faculty and students at IUB, and is welcome to request occasional seminars at the Poynter Center to present her or his work. The Fellow must secure her or his own housing in Bloomington during the stay.
The Poynter Center is dedicated to studying a broad range of ethical issues in American public life. Interdisciplinary in aim, the Center uses the full resources of Indiana University to initiate research and teaching across traditional academic boundaries. The Poynter Center promotes moral deliberation about developments in science and technology, the provision of health care, the aims of higher education, the duties of corporate responsibility, and the challenges of democratic life and culture. Critical reflection about the meaning of rights, community, justice, diversity, power, and virtue provide the more general terms for much of the Center's inquiry. The Poynter Center sponsors collaborative work among faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences and professional schools, along with members of the wider community. Initiatives include a publication series, national seminars, interdisciplinary faculty fellowships, teaching and research workshops, symposia with visiting lecturers, and seminars with local professionals. Focusing on theory and practice, the Center's strengths include work in bioethics; professional ethics; religion, culture, and society; political ethics; research ethics; and teaching ethics in the sciences and humanities.
Applications are to include:
- A letter of application, specifying the requested duration of the visit and the anticipated start date. Letters should include a 1-2 paragraph description of the project’s connection to the Poynter Center’s profile and mission.
- A 500 word abstract and a 2-3 page single-spaced description of the applicant’s research project, along with a statement of progress-to-date.
- An up-to-date CV.
- An external letter of recommendation from a scholar in the applicant’s field, speaking directly to the merits of the proposal, sent directly to the Poynter Center.
- The applicant’s contact information (mailing address, email address, phone number).
Applications should be sent to:
Professor Richard B. Miller
Director, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
618 E. Third St.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Applications are due Monday, March 5, 2012. Applicants will be notified of the decision by April 1, 2012. Queries may be sent to Richard B. Miller at miller3@indiana.edu See the web site, http://poynter.indiana.edu for more information about the Poynter Center.
National Institude of Allergy and Infectious Disease Internships on Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS Research
This program begins in mid-May and can continue through September 30th and must be a minimum of 8 consecutive, 40 hour weeks. The deadline for submitting completed applications is March 1st. Interns will work with staff from the Division of AIDS and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation on ethical issues in HIV/AIDS research, including participating in ethics consultations in regard to clinical trials, working with committees and work groups addressing ethics and policy issues, and doing research and analysis on bioethics topics relevant to the portfolio of the Division of AIDS. A background in bioethics and familiarity with biomedical research is desirable. Eligibility criteria: at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time the internship begins; currently enrolled, at least half time, in an accredited U.S. high school, college or university; students who have been accepted into a college or university program, medical or dental school may also apply; U.S. citizen or legal resident (green card) living in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam. Stipends are provided and will be based on experience. For more information please see the Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research website. When filling out your application, please make it clear in your cover letter that you’re interested in a bioethics internship in DAIDS and indicate NIAID on your “Areas of Interest”. Contact Sam Garner with any questions.
Fordham University HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute Summer Training and Mentored Research Program for Early Career Investigators
July 8 - 18, 2012
Fordham University Center for Ethics Education, New York City
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
The Fordham University HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI) offers ethics training and financial support for a mentored research project that will contribute to evidenced-based research ethics practices. The broad aims of the RETI are to: (1) provide fellows with the knowledge and skills to identify, address, and study key ethical issues in HIV prevention research; and (2) create and maintain an ongoing information and collaborative research network fostering grant proposals, research, publications, and pedagogical materials to sustain advancements in national and international HIV research ethics practices and policies. RETI fellows are expected to make a 2-year commitment beginning with an intensive 10-day summer program conducted by our interdisciplinary faculty of experts in HIV research and research ethics. The summer institute offers lectures, discussions, skill-based exercises and mentoring for fellows to: (a) gain knowledge in HIV research recruitment, confidentiality, informed consent, risk-benefit analysis and other ethical issues across diverse populations and research designs, (b) acquire skills to address and empirically examine research ethics challenges, and (c) develop a proposal for the mentored research project. The following summer, fellows will give formal presentations on their mentored research projects, receive intensive guidance in writing up their projects for publication and funding, and serve as peer mentors for new fellow cohorts. Fellows will receive support for travel, lodging, and meals for both summer institutes. During the first summer institute, fellows receive mentoring and faculty and peer feedback on a proposal for an original study that empirically examines a key ethical issue related to the fellow’s area of HIV research. Fellows will receive a small grant of up to $18,000 for an approved MRP. Data collection is expected to be completed at the end of year 1 and findings submitted for publication or as pilot data for funding in year 2. Additional funding is available on a competitive basis for conference presentations of the MRP.
Applicants must have: (a) a doctoral, medical or equivalent degree in social, behavioral, medical, nursing, public health or related fields, (b) demonstrated scholarship in HIV prevention research; (c) 6 years or less post-doctoral experience; and (d) meet U.S. resident requirements to apply for NIH funding. experience. Application Requirements include an online application form, an official transcript from your last completed degree, and a current curriculum vitae; a 300-word description of your HIV research training, scholarship (i.e. publications, presentations, funding), and immediate and long-term research and career goals; a 150-word statement describing your interest and relevant training or experience in HIV prevention research ethics; a 150-word description of the topic in HIV prevention research ethics that you would like to explore in the mentored research project (Titles of current mentored research projects are available at www.Fordham.edu/EthicsFellows); and 2 letters of recommendation. Applications must be received by March 2, 2012. Applicants will be notified of award decisions by April 13, 2012. For application and additional information please visit www.Fordham.edu/EthicsInstitute.
The Edmund Pellegrino Fellowship
Application Deadline June 1st Annually
We are pleased to announce a unique opportunity to study bioethics with Dr. Edmund Pellegrino at the Georgetown University Center for Clinical Bioethics. A Pellegrino Fellow will be named annually for a one-month residential fellowship.
The Fellowship will include: A mentored experience with Dr. Pellegrino and a stipend ($5000 US) for travel, living, and scholarly expenses.
Eligible Applicants:
Health Care Professionals
Students in doctoral or post-doctoral health care programs
Selection Criteria:
* Significance of research/scholarly project
* Compatibility of project with Dr. Pellegrino's scholarly interests
* Potential of the mentored fellowship to promote career development
* Preference given to studies addressing fundamental ethical issues
Application Documents:
Full curriculum vitae
Budget for the $5,000 award
Summary of research/scholarly project
Letter of support from applicant's institution
Letter of recommendation from faculty member
Send applications to:
Mary Lee Seaman CPS
Office Manager
Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University
Box 571409
Washington, DC 20057-1409
202-687-8955 (fax)
seamanm@georgetown.edu
Please visit the Center's website at http://clinicalbioethics.georgetown.edu
