Grant Opportunities

Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research

Submission Deadline: December 8, 2009

The Klarman Family Foundation is interested in providing strategic investment in translational research that will accelerate progress in developing effective treatments for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The Program's short-term goal is to support the most outstanding science and expand the pool of scientists whose research explores the basic biology of eating disorders. The long-term goal is to improve the lives of patients suffering from these conditions.

Examples of funding areas include but are not limited to molecular genetic analysis of relevant neural circuit assembly and function; animal models created by genetically altering neural circuits; testing of new chemical entities that might be used in animal models as exploratory treatments; and brain imaging approaches that identify neurochemical pathways in patients with these disorders. Investigators conducting research in the neuro-circuitry of fear conditioning or reward behavior may also apply but must justify the relevance of their research projects to the basic biology of eating disorders. Clinical psychotherapeutic studies, medication trials and research in the medical complications of these disorders are outside the scope of this Program.

Two-year awards of $400,000 USD ($200,000 per year inclusive of 10% indirect costs) and one-year pilot studies of up to $150,000 USD (inclusive of 10% indirect costs) are made to investigators with a faculty appointment at a nonprofit academic, medical or research institution in the United States, Canada or Israel.

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NOTICES OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE WESLEYAN COMMUNITY.

Please contact a member of the Foundation and Corporate Relations staff if we can be of any assistance. We look forward to working with you.

Carol Scully, director, x3964
Betsy McCormick, associate director, x2863
Carolyn Kaufman, assistant director, x2580
Trish Holycross, administrative assistant, x4875

Hubble Space Telescope Multi-Cycle Treasury (MCT) Programs Call for Proposals

Release Date: August 14, 2009
Proposal Deadline: November 18, 2009
NASA and The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are pleased to announce the Multi-Cycle Treasury Programs Call for Proposals for
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Observations. Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, both domestic and
foreign, including educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, NASA Centers, and other Government agencies.

This solicitation for proposals will be open through November 18, 2009 5:00pm EST.
The Astronomer's Proposal Tools (APT) version 17.4.3, which is required for Phase I Proposal Submission, has been released. Results of the selection will be announced in late January 2010, 6-7 weeks before the Cycle 18 Phase I Deadline.

All programmatic and technical information, as well as specific guidelines for proposal preparation, are available electronically from the STScI World-Wide Web site at the Announcement Web Page with URL: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/org/spd/mctp.html/

Questions can be addressed to the STScI Help Desk (email: help@stsci.edu;
phone: 410-338-1082).

This announcement and the link will be maintained on our web page (www.wesleyan.edu/fcr) until just after the proposal submission deadline.
For all grant applications and letters of inquiry, a Grant Checklist must be completed at least two weeks prior to the due date and the completed proposal or letter at least four days prior to the due date. We are transitioning to a new checklist system, so if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please call our office for further direction.

Please contact a member of the Foundation and Corporate Relations staff if we can be of any assistance. We look forward to working with you.
?Carol Scully, director, x3964
?Betsy McCormick, associate director, x2863
?Carolyn Kaufman, assistant director, x2580
?Trish Holycross, administrative assistant, x4875

Salud America!: "Fighting Obesity among Latino Children"

Salud America! ( http://www.salud-america.org/ ) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( http://www.rwjf.org/ ) that supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children. The program also aims to develop a network of researchers whose findings will help identify the most promising obesity-prevention strategies specifically tailored for Latino communities. Findings will advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

The specific objectives of this Call For Proposals are to increase the skills and experience of researchers who are working to reduce and prevent obesity among Latino children and to identify the most promising policy-relevant strategies to reduce and prevent obesity among Latino children.

Investigators must propose a project in one of two general areas:
1) research that has strong potential to inform policy; or 2) the evaluation of an existing policy or program, its implementation, or its impact. Both research and evaluation proposals must focus on one topic from the detailed lists included in the full CFP.

Proposals must be submitted by an educational institution or non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that is not a private foundation under Section 509(a) of the IRS Code, that is located in the United States, and with which the proposed investigator is affiliated.

Because the projects funded under this program require close collaboration with Latino communities, proposals are strongly encouraged from investigators who are of Latino descent and who have demonstrated a commitment to working with the Latino community or who can demonstrate a desire and capability to work on the issue of Latino childhood obesity. Research proposals submitted by junior investigators will be considered separately from proposals that are submitted by more experienced investigators.

A maximum of twenty grants will be awarded through this single funding opportunity. Grants of up to $75,000 each, including indirect costs, will be awarded for a period of up to twenty-four months.

Visit the RWJF Web site for the complete Call For Proposals.

The first step of any grant application or letter of intent at Wesleyan is the Grant Checklist, found in the Electronic Portfolio under Tools and Links.
Please contact a member of the Foundation and Corporate Relations staff if we can be of any assistance. We look forward to working with you.
Carol Scully, director, x3964
Betsy McCormick, associate director, x2863
Carolyn Kaufman, assistant director, x2580
Trish Holycross, administrative assistant, x4875