NIH Director's New Innovator Award will support research by new investigators who propose highly innovative projects with the potential for exceptionally great impact on biomedical or behavioral science. NIH expects to make up to 24 awards in September 2008. Each grant will be for 5 years and up to a total of $1.5 million in direct cost plus applicable facilities and administrative costs. Apply online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-014.html. E-mail questions to newinnovator@nih.gov or call 301-594-4469.

NIH Director's Pioneer Award. A key component of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, the NIH Director's Pioneer Award supports exceptionally creative scientists who propose pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. In September 2008, NIH expects to make 5 to 10 new awards of $500,000 in direct costs per year for 5 years. Apply online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-013.html. E-mail questions to pioneer@nih.gov.

T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program offers two-year awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of internal medicine. Eligible candidates for the award will incorporate geriatrics into their specialty of internal medicine. Each two-year grant will provide between $50,000 and $75,000 per year, to support the research of the scholar. For more information contact Erika D. Tarver at the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP), (202) 861-9351 or etarver@im.org

The American Geriatrics Society lists several awards on their website. Notably, the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards offers two-year career development awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, and urology. Each grant will provide two-year support of $75,000 per year. Also offered is the Geriatrics for Specialty Residents program. This initiative provides important opportunities for residency program directors to enrich their curricula through collaborations with geriatricians from their own instititutions. Successful applicants will receive $16,000 funding/year for each of the two years. Contact the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for more information on both of these programs (212) 308-1414 www.americangeriatrics.org

Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Program in Aging is designed to support established investigators working at institutions in the U.S., to conduct research in the basic biological and clinical sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. For more information contact Richard Sprott, Ph.D. of The Ellison Medical Foundation at (301) 657-1830 www.ellisonfoundation.org

The National Sleep Foundation supports and encourages sleep research by offering the Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellowship to persons interested in pursuing basic, clinical and applied research. NSF Pickwick Postdoctoral fellows receive funding of $40,000 for two years; the second year contingent upon satisfactory progress. For more information go to http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2417407/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth request applications for the 2006 Health Policy Fellowship. This program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data systems. In addition, the program offers a variety of collaborative opportunities with both AcademyHealth and NCHS. For further information and a copy of the Call for Applications, which describes the application requirements, visit www.academyhealth.org/nchs or email AcademyHealth at nchs@academyhealth.org

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation offers grants through the Family and Informal Caregiver Support Program. For more information go to www.hjweinbergfoundation.org or email CaregivingRFP@theweinbergfoundation.org.

Institute for the Study of Aging offers several funding opportunties. For more information contact Howard Fillit, M.D. at the Institute for the Study of Aging, (212) 572-4086, hfillit@aging-institute.org

Summer Training in Aging Research Topics-Mental Health (START-MH) Program offers awards to medical, graduate and undergraduate students to conduct a 10 week project in aging and mental health. For more information contact Geraldine Trinidad at startmh@ucsd.edu

National Medical Fellowships provides important core funding to underrepresented students in the form of need-based scholarships to first and second-year medical students.

Pfizer Inc, through its Medical and Academic Partnerships (MAP) grants, is proud to provide financial support of cutting-edge research and education in a wide range of therapeutic areas and public health. Visit www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants for more information.

Many more funding opportunities can be found at www.grantsnet.org which is a collaborative project between the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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