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NEW/UPDATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Clearinghouse's Funding Databases describe more than 950
current and archival funding opportunities. These descriptions
primarily are intended to serve as a starting point for
individuals and organizations seeking support for HIV/AIDS
education, prevention, service provision, behavioral research,
and information dissemination. The funding agency should be
contacted for further information and application procedures.
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1) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): Health Policy
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Fellowships (1997)
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2) The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):
Tuberculosis Academic Award
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FUND TITLE
Health Policy Fellowships (1997)
DESCRIPTION (FUND)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), in collaboration
with the Institute of Medicine (IOM), announces the
availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds for fellowships
designed to develop the capacity of mid-career health
professionals in academic and community-based settings to
assume leadership roles in health policy and management.
This program provides opportunities for these professionals
to gain an understanding of the health policy process and to
contribute to the formulation of new policies and programs.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Health Professionals, Allied Health Professionals,
Educators, Health Services Providers
SUBJECT AREAS
Advocacy, Health policies, Legislation, Policy development,
Research
FUND TOTAL NOTE
Annual stipend equal to regular salary up to $50,000.
AMOUNT OF FUND - MAXIMUM
$50,000
FUND DURATION
1 year.
INTENDED AWARD DATE
February, 1997.
APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN:
APPLICANT LOCATION: Location unrestricted, United States.
PROJECT LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
Community Based Organization, Educational Organization,
Institution, Medical Center, Public Health, Social Services
Department, Professional Organization, Association, Research
Institution
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Stipend.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The September-to-August program begins with an 8-week
orientation period arranged by the IOM. Fellows meet with
key White House advisors, including officials of the Office
of Management and Budget; top administrators of agencies
responsible for health activities; congressional committee
staff members; and representatives of health interest
groups. All of these groups influence and help formulate
national health policy. Also included in this period are
seminars on health economics, the congressional budget
process, and the politics and process of federal decision
making.
In subsequent weeks, the Health Policy Fellows join with the
American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional
Fellows for sessions with senators, representatives, and
other experts on the national political and governmental
process. During this period, Fellows contact congressional
offices that have an active interest in health issues and,
in consultation with the program director, negotiate their
working assignments. Assignments in the Executive Branch
also are possible.
The work assignments begin in December and end in August.
During these assignments, Fellows help develop legislative
proposals, arrange hearings, brief legislators for committee
sessions and floor debates, and participate with staff in
House and Senate conferences. They take part in all areas of
the policy process, not as onlookers, but as full-time,
working participants.
These assignments are supplemented throughout the year by
seminars and group discussions on developing health policy,
and on the general policy and governmental process. Health
Policy Fellows are invited to attend forums and meetings of
the IOM and the National Academy of Sciences, as well as the
many cultural and social functions they schedule.
As part of the Fellowship year, each Fellow is asked to
prepare a formal presentation on a policy-oriented research
issue in which he/she has become involved. Each Fellow also
is required to submit an evaluation report on the program at
the end of the Fellowship year.
Fellows are paid annual stipends equal to their salaries
prior to entering the program, up to $50,000 per year. In
addition, the Fellows' existing fringe benefits are
maintained at levels corresponding to the stipends.
Sponsoring institutions may supplement both sums. Fellows
are reimbursed for relocation expenses to and from
Washington, DC, with certain specified limits.
OTHER LIMITATIONS
Fellows are selected from: 1) academic faculties in
medicine, dentistry, the biomedical sciences, nursing,
public health, health services administration, the allied
health professions, economics, and other social sciences;
and 2) organized delivery systems such as HMOs and other
community-based providers and institutions. Nominations for
Health Policy Fellowships are to be made by the chief
executive officers (CEOs) of eligible institutions. CEOs at
academic health centers and other institutions having
multiple health professions schools may submit one
nomination for each health professions school; those at
independent medical schools may submit only one nomination.
CEOs at other health care institutions or agencies may
submit only one nomination.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
November, 15, 1996
APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON
Marion Ein Lewin
Institute of Medicine, FO 3116
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20418
(202) 334-1506
FAX: (202) 334-3862
FUNDER NAME
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
FUNDER'S DESCRIPTION
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation's largest
philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care.
Its grantmaking is concentrated in four areas: assuring
access to basic health services, improving the way services
are organized and provided for people with chronic health
conditions, reducing the harm caused by substance abuse, and
helping the nation address the problem of rising health care
costs. Since 1988, the Foundation has invested substantial
funds to stimulate innovative responses to the AIDS
epidemic, including two large national grant programs: AIDS
Health Services Program and Building Health Care Systems for
People with Chronic Illnesses. In addition, the Foundation
has funded a number of smaller programs that provide
nutritious meals, legal assistance, dental care, and other
services to people with AIDS.
Support will begin July 1, 1997.
APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN:
Location unrestricted, United States.
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
Educational Organization, Institution, Hospital
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Salary support. Technical support.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The objectives of the Tuberculosis Academic Award are to:
encourage the development of high quality curricula in
schools of medicine or osteopathy that will significantly
increase the opportunities for students, house staff, and
others, including practicing physicians and nurses, to learn
the principles and practice of preventing, managing, and
controlling TB; develop and implement interdepartmental
programs with common goals and standardized diagnostic and
therapeutic approaches; provide for outreach programs from
medical centers to health practitioners in the community;
coordinate and collaborate with other community
organizations to control TB in areas with a high incidence
of TB; and enhance tuberculosis education programs in
minority medical schools and promote TB education in the
communities served by these institutions.
OTHER LIMITATIONS
A candidate for an award must: (1) be an established
physician and a medical faculty member in an accredited
school of medicine or osteopathy in the United States, its
territories, or possessions; 2) have the unqualified support
of the Dean and the educational leadership at the
institution and demonstrate knowledge and commitment to
medical education for medical students, physicians,
patients, nurses, and the public; 3) have sufficient
clinical training and practical experience in the control of
TB to develop and implement a high quality curriculum in TB;
4) be aware of the training and education needs of health
care professionals at all levels who are working in the area
of TB control and be a leader in providing the appropriate
instructional programs for these individuals; and commit
30-50 percent effort for a 5 year period.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
November 1, 1996
LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE
October 4, 1996
APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON
Melonie Shine
Division of Lung Diseases
5333 Westbard Ave.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive
Suite 10018, MSC-7952
Bethesda, MD 20892-2089
(301) 435-0222
FAX: (301) 480-3557
E-mail: ShineM@nih.gov
OTHER CONTACT
Mary S Reilly
(301) 480-3557
E-mail: ReillyM@nih.gov
FUNDER NAME
US Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
