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The National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) is accepting Letters of Intent online for its pilot/exploratory project support grants and junior faculty career development awards in palliative care. The NPCRC focuses on 3 specific areas: pain and symptom management, improving communication between providers and patients, and the evaluation of models of care for palliative care delivery. Submission deadline is November 1, 2007.

More at: http://www.npcrc.org/program/program_show.htm?doc_id=374981 

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for Program Projects for Nursing Science Research on Interventions in Chronic Illness (P01). The purpose of the proposed grant program is to significantly advance the science through an interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research program focused on interventions to improve the quality of life and/or promote health/prevent disease in persons with chronic illnesses and their informal caregivers.

For more information:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-08-001.html

MAYDAY PAIN & SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP
The application season for the 2007 Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship; A Media & Policy Fellows Initiative has just been extended to July 1, 2007, so there’s still time to apply. The fellowship trains leaders to become proficient at working with the media and policymakers on important issues in pain treatment and management. The program starts with a four-day communications and policy training in Washington, D.C., from October 22-25, 2007.

Visit the website at www.painandhealth.org/maydayfellows/fellows.html to find out more and download an application.

Ten research studies have recently been awarded a combined total of 1.5 million dollars from the National Palliative Care Research Center and the American Cancer Society. The aim is to advance the field of palliative care and improve quality of care for seriously ill patients and their families.

For more information on the awardees, please visit the NPCRC website:
http://www.npcrc.org/news/news_show.htm?doc_id=480409

Completed nomination packets must be received no later than March 31, 2007 for the Project on Death in America (PDIA) Social Work Leadership Award. This unique new award will go to a social worker who demonstrates outstanding leadership and has advanced the field in end-of-life, hospice and palliative care. For more information, please visit: http://swhpn.org/award/

Applications sought to encourage research that will improve the quality of life for children who are approaching the end of life, the quality of the dying process, and bereavement following the death for the children’s families, friends and other care providers.

Sponsored by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

More info: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-057.html

The Practice Change Fellows program is designed to develop health care leaders who can effectively promote high quality care to older adults. Up to ten Practice Change Fellows will be selected through a national competition. Fellows receive $90,000 over the two-year program and work with accomplished national mentors to design, implement, and evaluate a new project.

To be eligible for the Practice Change Fellow program, applicants must hold a leadership role in a health organization or institution and have service line or programmatic responsibility for care to older adults. They must be senior enough in their organization to have decision-making authority and be able to effectuate change.

More information at www.practicechangefellows.org

The National Cancer Institute is offering a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellowship, a one-year advanced pre-doctoral or post-doctoral position in the area of evaluation with an emphasis on transdisciplinary research and collaboration. This is a full-time position within the Behavioral Research Program of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) of the National Cancer Institute and will be based in their Rockville, Maryland office. The position will allow the applicant to interact with a large number of scientists representing the disciplines of medicine, basic sciences, psychology, epidemiology, public health, nursing, social work, sociology, and medical anthropology at the NCI, the NIH and at institutions around the country. Click here to download a page of additional information.

Applications are due January 19th for this year’s Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Fellowship in Palliative Care, based in Bronx, VA. The stipend for social work fellows is in the low $30,000s. Information and an application form can be found at www.nygrecc.org on the education/activities section of the website.

Two-year grants of $25,000 per year will be provided to outstanding doctoral students doing dissertation research on older adults and/or their families. The grant is intended to enhance quality research and professional development, supplement academic career guidance, and build upon peer networking opportunities through various institutes and meetings. The program is funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and administered by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). It is a component of the nationwide Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI), which seeks to expand the training of social workers that can improve the health and well-being of older persons and their families. Deadline is February 1st, 2007. For more information visit http://www.gswi.org.