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NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R01)
Deadline: Ongoing Event

Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS

Description: The sponsor offers support for applications which translate basic research findings into clinical tools for better human health in the NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists, clinicians and clinical scientists to jointly initiate and conduct translational research projects. The scope of this FOA includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings which will impact the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communication disorders. Multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, and academic-industrial collaborations studies are encouraged. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

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Mechanisms of Functional Recovery After Stroke (R01)
Deadline: Ongoing Event

Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS

Description: The sponsors provide support for applications from institutions/organizations that propose to find brain mechanisms to improve and develop new approaches to functional recovery after stroke. This FOA seeks to expand studies on basic brain mechanisms of repair and plasticity after stroke, and on factors that influence these mechanisms. In addition, methods and approaches to improve and enhance reparative processes may be investigated, toward the goal of optimizing and developing promising new approaches to rehabilitation and functional recovery after stroke. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

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Individual Research Grant
Deadline: Ongoing Event

Sponsor: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Description: The sponsor will fund Individual Research Grants with an emphasis on: strategies to promote neuronal repair and regeneration after traumatic brain injury; or translational research that establishes the relevance of basic research findings to clinical application in human subjects.
DEADLINE NOTE:
The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is August 15, 2008. The deadline for receipt of full applications is October 17, 2008.

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Programatic Multi-Investigator Project Grant
Deadline: Ongoing Event

Sponsor: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Description: The sponsor will fund Programmatic Multi-Investigator Project Grants that support collaborative research from at least 3 investigators from different laboratories with an emphasis on traumatic brain injury.
DEADLINE NOTE:
The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is August 15, 2008. The deadline for receipt of full applications is October 17, 2008.

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Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowships in MS Rehabilitation Research
Deadline: Friday, August 01, 2008

Sponsor: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Description: To promote the expansion of rehabilitation research in multiple
sclerosis, the National MS Society offers an innovative postdoctoral
fellowship progam.

Average Award: $400,000 over 5 years
Deadline for Applications: August 1st, 2008
Start date: July 1st, 2009
Application: Simple Web-based process

Funding is provided for up to five years to qualified mentors
and institutions to recruit and train postdoctoral fellows in
rehabilitation research relevant to multiple sclerosis

Support includes postdoctoral salary and fringe benefits, travel
funds, and mentoring expenses

Flexible terms allow for nomination of the postdoctoral fellow
after the funding application has been submitted

Upon completion of the training of one postdoctoral fellow a new
postdoctoral fellow can be nominated during the five-year term of the
award

Mentors can include investigators from the fields of medicine,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, nursing,
psychology, social work, rehabilitation engineering, and others.

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Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) - Classification and Measurement of Medical Rehabilitation Interventions
Deadline: Friday, August 01, 2008

Sponsor: Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services/Department of Education

Description: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities.

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