This award offers health scientists the opportunity to receive full time research training in areas that reflect the national need for biomedical and behavioral research and is offered by all NIH Institutes and Centers. NIMH is offering Education Grants for developing innovative programs that encourage mental health research careers or that enhance research and career skills in critical areas of need. Programs may be aimed at levels ranging from high school students to faculty needing specialized workshops in the field. Anthropology, social work, nursing, and nutrition as well as such fields as psychology and sociology are among the disciplines mentioned as relevant. The program is aimed at new investigators needing funding to test ideas, do secondary data analysis, or do pilot studies.
Predoctoral investigators are also eligible.
AFAR sponsors research grants for junior faculty doing biomedical research in gerontology and geriatrics. It also has a specialized grant program sponsored by Pfizer Inc. for those focusing on age-related cardiovascular diseases. The New Hampshire Water Resource Research Center, funded by the US Geological Survey, is accepting preproposals for its FY99 grant program . Deadline - December 11, 1998. Deadline - January 22, 1999.