Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Health Disparities (IRCHD) Blog

Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute

Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute seeks to conquer cancer through immunology by increasing the understanding of the human immune system.

Award amount: Stipends in the amount of $40,000 the first year, $42,000 the second year and $44,000 for the third year, and an additional yearly allowance of $1,500 to the institution for supplies and travel.
Eligibility requirements: Applicants must have a doctoral degree, must conduct research under a sponsor who holds a formal appointment, no citizenship restriction, applicants with five or more years of postdoctoral experience are NOT eligible, with the exception of MD applicants who should not include years of residency in this calculation, applicants should not have spend three or more years in the sponsor’s lab by the fellowship start date.

Funder’s deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Prevent Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

The Prevent Cancer Foundation is a non-profit health foundation whose mission is the prevention of cancer through scientific research and education.

Award amount: $80,000 over two years; and there is a $50 application fee.

Eligibility requirements: Postdoctoral level applicants only; graduate students who will have their doctoral degree before the project start date are eligible to apply.
Funder deadline: Monday, September 15, 2008

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Funding Opportunities

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers the following funding opportunities:

• Distinguished Investigator Grants–up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide.
• Standard Research Grants–up to $75,000 over two years are awarded to individual investigators at any level.
• Young Investigator Grants–up to $85,000 over two years are awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. In addition to a maximum of $75,000 for the investigator’s research, these grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships–up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.
• Pilot Grants–up to $30,000 over one or two years are awarded to investigators at any level. These grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations.

Funder’s deadline: Applications for all categories of grants and fellowships that intend to begin between July and September of the following year must be received by December 15. Applications for projects that intend to begin between January and March of the following year must be received by June 15. Decisions on funding are normally made by April 15 and October 15 respectively.

IRCHD Poster at the CRCHD Summit

Dr. Donyell Coleman presented “Building Research Collaborative Opportunities for Junior Minority Researchers: The Interdisciplinary Research Committee on Health Disparities (IRCHD)” at the 2008 Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) Summit in Washington DC.

Abstract

Category: Community-Based Participatory Research Methods, Data and Evaluation (CBPR)

The Interdisciplinary Research Committee on Health Disparities (IRCHD) is a team of junior minority researchers dedicated to eliminating minority health disparities. Formed in January 2008 by Dr. Donyell Coleman, the IRCHD consists of junior faculty, post doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students committed to conducting research to reduce minority health disparities. Senior faculty members serve as mentors to the group. Inspired by the model of organizational collaborations by the Detroit Community Network Program (CNP), the IRCHD was founded to increase opportunities for collaborations among minority researchers interested in reducing minority health disparities. The IRCHD aims to serve as a model for others on how to develop organized collaborations among junior researchers across disciplines and institutions. Members come from varied academic backgrounds and have diverse research interests. Yet, despite differences, members are committed to using an integrative sociological and biopsychosocial approach to the deal with the problem of health disparities. Further, members seek to avoid simplistic assumptions or conclusions about race and their influence on observed disparities. The IRCHD contends that socioeconomic and biologic explanations do not fully explain health disparities, and that consideration must be given to other factors such as culture, location, region, access-related factors, clinical needs, preference and appropriateness of the intervention for individuals or populations. Immediate plans for the group include the development of several pilot projects: 1) patient-physician communication in urban setting; 2) influence of ecology on smoking rates; and 3) cancer literacy.

Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant

Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant is open to students whose doctoral research focuses on lifelong and/or later-life learning. The Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant is a $5,000 award presented annually to a student researching later-life learning in any of various disciplines, including but not limited to, psychology, education, gerontology, cognitive studies, neuroscience, leisure studies, aging and social work. The grant can be used in any way that furthers the student’s doctoral research, including presentation and publication costs of your completed dissertation.

The application deadline is March 31, 2008.