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The sponsor is a public foundation for the environment. The sponsor raises funds and awards grants to organizations whose work is consistent with the sponsor’s mission to protect the integrity of Alaska’s intact ecosystems and to promote sustainable livelihoods for all Alaskan communities and peoples. A primary goal of the sponsor is to build an active and lasting majority that embraces conservation values.

Deadline Note

Letters of intent must be received by December 1, 2008. Applications must be received by January 8, 2009.

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The sponsor provides a two-year award to investigators who are currently underrepresented at academic institutions in Alzheimer’s or related dementias research.

Deadline Note

Letters of intent must be received by December 1, 2008. Applications must be received by January 8, 2009.

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The sponsor provides support for a three-year award intended to be a research-based and mentoring investment in the process of closing the health disparities gap between diverse and non-diverse investigator populations. The MNIRGD is intended to enhance the capacity of diverse and non-diverse scientists to conduct basic, clinical and social/behavioral research.

Deadline Note

Letters of intent must be received by December 1, 2008. Applications must be received by January 8, 2009.

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The sponsor provides support for research and development of new approaches to image molecular changes associated with early neurodegenerative processes in living humans, animal models and cells. The RFA is aimed at supporting new high-risk exploratory approaches to stimulate new directions of research in molecular imaging. The RFA is designed to enable preliminary pilot research or proof-of-principle studies that can provide data for further research support by other funding agencies.

Deadline Note

Letters of intent must be received by December 1, 2008. Applications must be received by January 8, 2009.

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The sponsor seeks proposals on personalized diagnostics, preventive tools and interventions for adults coping with the spectrum of cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease.

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This fellowship encourages historical research using the AAN Rare Books Collection at the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO.

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The sponsor makes an award to recognize the best manuscript by a young anatomist in one of the Society’s journals, The Anatomical Record or Developmental Dynamics.

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The sponsor provides fellowships to enable applicants to be placed within the offices of individual Members of Congress or Congressional committees for a one-year assignment.

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The sponsor provides support for the Donald C. Brodie AACP Academic Scholar in Residence program, which is designed to provide a focused opportunity for a faculty member within a school of pharmacy to develop, research, and analyze public policy on an issue directly related to pharmaceutical education or the pharmacy profession.

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The sponsor provides support for investigators at any academic rank to conduct research on suicide from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, sociology, nursing, health services administration and many others.

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The sponsor provides $1,000 and a citation of merit to an individual or institution for a single seminal work, or body of work, taking place within five years preceding the award, that shows outstanding achievement in communication in continuing education in library and information technology.

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An award of $1,500 is given to a library, consortium, group of librarians, or support organization for innovative planning for, applications of, or development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting.

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A prize is awarded annually to recognize a librarian or library who demonstrates exemplary entrepreneurship by providing an innovative product(s) or service, designed to meet the needs of the library world through the skillful and practical application of information technology.

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The Centennial Research Fellowship Program makes awards annually to outstanding mathematicians to help further their careers in research.

Deadline Note

Nominations are due on December 1, 2008. Candidate finalist materials will be collected online by the deadline of Friday, January 16, 2009.

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This award recognizes a faculty member for their accomplishments and allows them to attend the Experimental Biology 2009 meeeting.

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The sponsor presents an award for the best historical article submitted by a member of the Society.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for training under the PMRTP depend on the trainee's level of training and the length of proposed training. Residents seeking a year or more of training and post- resident fellows should apply by December 1. Interviews will be required of all post-residency applicants and may be required of residents. Medical students and residents seeking less than one year of training should apply three months before the proposed training is to begin. Summer medical students who will start their training by June 30 should apply by April 1.

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The sponsor provides support to increase the number of underrepresented minority men and women in the field of psychiatry research.

Deadline Note

Proposals must be postmarked by December 1 for review in the February meeting, by March 1 for the May meeting, and by September 1 for the November meeting. Proposals must be sent by mail.

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Support is provided to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations for programs in pre-collegiate education, collections care and conservation, conserving biodiversity, music, and programs to support Native Americans. First-time awards typically range from $3,000 to $10,000.

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Support is provided to postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities, for in-residence fellowships intended to encourage long-term research in observational astronomy and/or instrumentation. Eligible applicants must have received a Ph.D. in astronomy, astrophysics, or physics, preferably within the past three years. The duration of the fellowship can be up to three years.

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Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellowships for independent research on the origin and evolution of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets, and life.

Deadline Note

Applications should be submitted online to both the Carnegie Institution of Washington and to Princeton University.

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The sponsors offer a four-year postdoctoral fellowship in astronomy. The Fellow is expected to work for two years in Princeton and two years at the main offices of the Observatories in Pasadena.

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The sponsor awards postdoctoral fellowships to beginning researchers who have obtained a Ph.D. within the five years preceding the application deadline. Fellows receive at least $38,000 CDN for one year, renewable for a second year. The fellowship allows the recipient to devote most of his or her time to research. Fellows are not expected to teach, unless they wish to for an additional salary.

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The sponsor makes grants to individuals or organizations for projects that will have a lasting benefit to Colorado birds and the habitats upon which they rely.

Deadline Note

The December 1, 2008 deadline refers to Sustainable Communities and Economies proposals; and the March 1, 2009 deadline applies to Arts and Culture proposals.

Synopsis

Support is provided for grants in three major program areas, Arts and Culture, Human Rights and Sustainable Communities and Economies. The duration of the project may be up to three years.

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The sponsor provides funding for national programs which have a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve infant and young children nutrition, care and development from the first year before birth to three years of age. Programs should support a specific nutrition intervention and have defined outcome parameters. The sponsor gives priority to projects of national or regional impact. Projects should be sufficiently focused to make a felt difference in the field of interest.

Deadline Note

The deadline for submission of applications for the U.S./Canada competition is September 15, 2008. The deadline for submission of applications for the Latin America/Caribbean competition is December 1, 2008.

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The sponsor offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts.

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The sponsor funds groups that address the root causes of injustice.

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Fellowships support faculty and postdoctoral men and women working full time on frontier topics in astrophysics, theoretical biology, mathematical physics, particle physics, quantum theory, string theory, and classical and quantum gravity.

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The sponsor provides support to mathematicians to study with the faculty and to pursue research projects of their own.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor a member of the sponsor's organization who is a food scientist or technologist and who has made significant contributions to lipid or flavor science. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium and a Steuben crystal sculpture.

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The sponsor honors an IFT member for his or her contribution to the scientific knowledge of food ingredient safety or leadership in establishing principles for food ingredient safety evaluation or regulation.

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The sponsor will be administering a research symposium that will examine issues concerning youth in Eurasia and Eastern Europe from multi-disciplinary perspectives.

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The sponsor provides grants which are intended as support and seed funding for new initiatives that offer promising models for replication and address critical issues in international affairs; human rights; public service; and environment and natural resources management.

Deadline Note

Applicants must contact the sponsor prior to submitting an application. The sponsor will only accept applications up to fourteen days prior to the deadline date.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support in order to sustain existing organizations and/or programs with missions supporting one of the following areas: Culture and Arts; Economic Development; Education; Environment; Health; and Human Services.

Deadline Note

Letters of intent are due by December 1, 2008. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a detailed proposal by May 1, 2009.

Synopsis

Support is provided to stimulate novel approaches to understanding brain function. Eligible applicants are investigators who are conducting work at not-for-profit institutions in the United States and hold a tenured position at their sponsoring institution. Up to four awards will be made.