The purpose of the Conference Grant program is to disseminate knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and to integrate that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible. [Application deadline: recurring dates of January 31 and October 31 of each year] [Funding]
Funding Opportunities
Worksite Wellness Award – Wisconsin Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health
Application deadline:
12/31/2020 The award will recognize employers that are promoting a work environment that encourages and enables their employees to improve their health and well-being. Applications will be evaluated on criteria that include: Program infrastructure; Health education; Health screening and disease prevention & management; Physical activity and nutrition components; Tobacco use policies; and Alcohol and other drug policies. The award will be open year-round and awards granted as submissions are made and applicants pass the award criteria. [Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis] [Funding]
Dr. Kit Allen Women's Health Research Grant - Wisconsin Women Health Foundation
Application deadline:
05/01/2010 Increased research is needed to examine the issues, illnesses and diseases most prevalent to women. The grants are awarded on the following health focus areas: cancer cardiovascular disease, domestic abuse, mental illness, osteoporosis, and alcohol and tobacco use. [Funding]
Small Grant Program for Conference Support (R13) - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Application deadline:
04/20/2010 AHRQ seeks to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The types of conferences eligible for support include: 1) Research development, 2) Research design and methodology, 3) Dissemination and implementation, 4) Research training, infrastructure and career development. (Application Due Date(s): 2010: April 20, June 21, August 20, October 20, December, 20; 2011: February 22, April 20, August 22, October 20, December 20; 2012: February 21, April 20, June 20, August 20, and October 22) [Funding]
Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers – HRSA
Application deadline:
04/12/2010 To improve the distribution, diversity, and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery system by encouraging the regional organization of health professions schools. The Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program assists schools in planning, developing, and operating area health education centers that will initiate educational systems incentives to both attract and retain health care personnel in scarcity areas. [Funding]
Shade Structure Grants - American Academy of Dermatology
Application deadline:
04/12/2010 Program awards grants for the purchase of permanent shade structures designed to provide shade and ultraviolet ray protection for outdoor areas. [Funding]
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
Application deadline:
04/15/2010 The nine-to-12-month Program offers fellows the opportunity to participate in a residential track or a non-residential track. The residential track allows fellows to participate in the policymaking process on either the Federal or state level as legislative assistants in Congress, professional staff members in executive agencies or policy organizations. [Funding]
Accelerating Implementation of Comparative Effectiveness Findings on Clinical and Delivery System Interventions by Leveraging AHRQ Networks (R18)
Application deadline:
03/24/2010 Grants will promote the increased implementation and widespread use of findings from comparative effectiveness research that have been demonstrated to improve the prevention, diagnosis, management, or treatment of a clinical condition or to otherwise improve care quality, improve access to care, reduce disparities, or improve population-based measures of health outcomes. [Funding]
