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Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Aims :The ADDF is the only public charity solely dedicated to rapidly accelerating the discovery and development of drugs to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive aging.
Academic Grant Programs
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Biotechnology Grant Programs
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Conference Grant Programs
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Alzheimer's Research Trust       Phone:  - 01223 843899

Aims :To combat dementia once and for all. They fund world-class scientific research to find ways to prevent, cure or treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including vascular dementia, Lewy Body disease and fronto-temporal dementia.
Extension Grant
Closing Date :  29 April 2011   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Scientific Conference Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Alzheimer's Society       Phone:  - 020 7423 3500

Aims :The Society exists to champion the rights of everyone with dementia and those who care for them. Drawing on their unique knowledge: - They will become a world-class authority on all aspects of living with dementia - They will guarantee the availability of accurate and authoritative information - They will strive for universal access to quality services - They will galvanise investment for research into the causes, prevention, treatment and care of people with dementia.
Dissemination Grants
Closing Date :  26 November 2010   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : Single Payment   

PhD Studentships
Closing Date :  24 June 2011   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

American Academy of Neurology
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 001 651 695 2717

Aims :To advance the art and science of neurology, and thereby promote the best possible care for patients with neurological disorders .
Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Stroke
Closing Date :  01 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize
Closing Date :  01 November 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioural Neurology
Closing Date :  01 November 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Research Award in Geriatric Neurology
Closing Date :  01 November 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF)       Phone:  - 001 800 437 2423

Aims :AHAF’s three programmes are Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Macular Degeneration Research and National Glaucoma Research. Their aim is to educate people about risk factors, the latest research, treatments, risk reduction through healthy lifestyles, and ways to cope with the effects of these diseases.
Alzheimer’s Disease - Research Fellowship
Closing Date :  19 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Alzheimer's Disease Research - Pilot Project Grants
Closing Date :  19 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Alzheimer's Disease Research - Standard Awards
Closing Date :  19 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Contact: - ASCPT Awards           Phone:  - 001 703 836 6981

Aims :The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics advances the discipline and practice of clinical pharmacology for the benefit of patients and society.
William B. Abrams Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology
Closing Date :  24 September 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Contact: - Central Office           Phone:  - 001 240 221 2900

Aims :To encourage and assist research, training, publication, and dissemination of knowledge in vision and ophthalmology.
ARVO/Pauline & Oswald Lapp Travel Grant
Closing Date :  03 December 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

AXA Research Fund
Contact: - Anne-Juliette Hermant    

Aims :The AXA Group has created this new Fund to encourage research in a number of disciplines that touch on the risks, challenges and major transformations that affect our rapidly changing world. The Fund will award 100 million Euros over five years to finance innovative research.
Post-doctoral Fellowships
Closing Date :  06 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

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Big Lottery Fund
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 020 7211 1800

Aims :Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities, and to the lives of people most in need.
Healthy Minds NI
Closing Date :  23 March 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

British Geriatrics Society
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 020 7608 1369

Aims :The society if the only professional association, in the United Kingdom, of doctors, practising geriatric medicine. The majority of the 2500 members worldwide are consultants in geriatric medicine, the psychiatry of old age, public health medicine, general practitioners, and scientists engaged in the research of age-related disease. The Society also has members in the nursing, therapy and pharmacology professions.
Medical Students` Elective and Vacation Project Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : < 6 months   

Specialist Registrar Start-Up and Travel Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Young Doctor's Education Grant
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

British Society for Rheumatology       Phone:  - 020 7842 0900

Aims :The BSR has recently undergone a strategic planning exercise in which the aims and objectives of the society were identified as: 1. To advance knowledge and practice in the field of rheumatology. 2. To improve awareness and understanding of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. 3. To work at a national and local level to promote high quality standards of care for people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. 4. To lead the profession of rheumatology in the United Kingdom and ensure greater recognition for the society as the representative voice of the specialty. 5. To promote partnership between rheumatologists and patients, and work with other groups with and interest in rheumatology. 6. To promote the advantages of membership of the society and maintain the highest standards of professionalism in its internal governance and management.
Osteoporosis Award
Closing Date :  07 January 2011   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

British Society of Gerontology
Contact: - Dr Wendy Martin           Phone:  - 0118 378 5842

Aims :The British Society of Gerontology aims to promote the understanding of human ageing and later life through research and communication. It seeks to foster the application of this knowledge to the improvement of the quality of life in old age.
Averil Osborn Fund
Closing Date :  29 October 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

BUPA Foundation
Contact: - Lee Saunders, Administrator           Phone:  - 020 7656 2591

Aims :To produce long-term benefits that have the potential to improve the health of individuals across the UK.
Medical Research Grants
Closing Date :  31 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

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Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland       Phone:  - 028 90 690066

Aims :To advocate for and advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older people as a means to improve the lives of older people in Ireland (North and South) especially those who are disadvantaged.
Data Mining Grants Programme
Closing Date :  01 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland
Contact: - Head Office           Phone:  - 0131 225 6963

Aims :To improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke illness through medical research, advice and information, and support in the community.
Action Research
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Minor Research Awards
Closing Date :  15 October 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Project Grants
Closing Date :  15 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Research Fellowship
Closing Date :  15 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

Travel Awards
Closing Date :  15 October 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : < 6 months   

Chief Scientist Office (CSO - Scotland)
Contact: - Nick Gosling (general enquiries)           Phone:  - 0131 244 2248

Aims :CSO aims to secure lasting improvements to the health of the people in Scotland, and improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health services and healthcare in Scotland.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Closing Date :  15 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Chronic Disease Research Foundation
Contact: - Mrs Christel Barnetson, Chief Administrator           Phone:  - 020 7633 9790

Aims :To provide funds for researchers in studying the genetic basis of common chronic diseases of ageing.
Fellowships
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Project Grant
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Commonwealth Fund
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 001 212 606 3800

Aims :To promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
Harkness Fellowships in Healthcare Policy and Practice
Closing Date :  13 September 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

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Dunhill Medical Trust       Phone:  - 0207 403 3299

Aims :The Dunhill Medical Trust has two primary charitable objectives: medical research and provision of medical care and facilities; research into the care of the elderly and the provision of accommodation and care for the elderly.
Research Grant
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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European Atherosclerosis Society
Contact: - Administrative Office           Phone:  - 0046 31 724 27 95

Aims : The European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) was founded in 1964, with the aim of “advancing and exchanging knowledge concerning the causes, natural history, treatment and prevention of atherosclerotic disease”.
EAS Travel Grants for Young Scientists and Physicians
Closing Date :  17 January 2011   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Young Scientist Poster Competition
Closing Date :  17 January 2011   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

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Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation       Phone:  - 020 7436 9042

Aims :To develop good relations between the United Kingdom and Japan by advancing the education of the people of both nations in each other's culture, society and achievements.
Butterfield Awards for Medicine
Closing Date :  31 October 2010   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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Inverforth Charitable Trust
Contact: - The Honourable Mrs C Kane           Phone:  - 0870 770 2657

Aims :To support smaller national charities in the areas of physical and mental health; hospices; youth and education; handicapped and the elderly, in addition to caring charities - who are focused on music, the arts and heritage.
Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 01904 629241

Aims :The Foundation supports research and development programmes that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of better overcoming them, and show how social needs can be met in practice.
A Better Life: Affordability, choices and quality of life in housing with care
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

A Better Life: Exploring the potential of approaches based on exchange
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

A Better Life: Housing with care - community or care setting?
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

A Better Life: Living together, getting along
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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MRC - Medical Research Council       Phone:  - 020 7636 5422

Aims :To improve human health through world-class medical research. To achieve this, they support research across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, and in all major disease areas.
ICMR-MRC Joint Initiative: Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Research Funding
Closing Date :  21 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

Lifelong Health and Wellbeing phase 3 applications
Closing Date :  15 September 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

MRC/Stroke Association Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Closing Date :  20 January 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

National Prevention Research Initiative: Phase 3
Closing Date :  03 November 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Mrs Gladys Row Fogo Charitable Trust
Contact: - c/o Messrs Brodies WS           Phone:  - 0131 228 3777

Aims :To make grants for medical research projects together with projects to help the elderly.
Grant
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Unspecified   

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National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) NHS Physical Environment Research Programme
Contact: - Natalie Ross    

Aims :The aim of the programme is to fund research that benefits patients by: - improving the way property and facilities are managed and maintained promoting safe, high quality and best value design. - promoting safe, high quality and best value design.
Physical Environment Research Programme
Closing Date :  17 September 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

National Institute for Health Research Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)       Phone:  - 023 8059 5586

Aims :The mission of NETSCC is to provide a single research management centre meeting the stakeholder needs of the research programmes it coordinates, and providing scientific quality to all aspects of the research management process.
HTA Programme Clinical Evaluation and Trials
Closing Date :  07 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

HTA Programme Primary Research (Outline Proposals)
Closing Date :  30 September 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke       Phone:  - 001 301 496-5751

Aims :The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.
Ancillary Studies in Clinical Trials of CNS/PNS Disorders
Closing Date :  16 December 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

NINDS Cooperative Program in Translational Research for Resistant Epilepsy and Epileptogenesis (U01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

NINDS PHASE III Investigator-Initiated Multi-Site Clinical Trials (U01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : > 3 years   

Translational Research for Resistant Epilepsy and Epileptogenesis (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

NIH - National Institute on Aging       Phone:  - 001 301 496 1752

Aims :NIA’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically, to support and conduct high-quality research on: Aging processes; Age-related diseases; Special problems and needs of the aged; Train and develop highly skilled research scientists from all population groups; Develop and maintain state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress; Disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research
Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development Program (U01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Cell Lineage Determination and Tissue Homeostasis in the Aged (R01)
Closing Date :  07 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Clinical Trial Planning Grants for Critical Illness and Injury in Aging (R34)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

Development and Characterization of Animal Models for Aging Research (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Development and Characterization of Animal Models for Aging Research (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Grants for Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery (R21)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Subspecialists’ Transition to Aging Research (R03)
Closing Date :  03 November 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Mechanisms Mediating Changes in Central Regulation of Bone Mass (R01)
Closing Date :  14 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Mechanisms, Measurement and Management of Pain in Aging: from Molecular to Clinical (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R01)
Closing Date :  14 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Secondary Analyses of Existing Data Sets and Stored Biospecimens
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Secondary Analyses of Social and Behavioural Datasets in Aging (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

The Role of Apolipoprotein E, Lipoprotein Receptors & CNS Lipid Homeostasis - (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : > 3 years   

Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface (TRACI) (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface (TRACI) (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

NIH - National Institutes of Health: Joint Proposals
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 001 301 496 4000

Aims :NIH is the steward of medical and behavioural research for the US Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behaviour of living systems and the applications of that knowledge to extend health life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Advanced Neural Prosthetics Research and Development (U01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Aging Studies in the Pulmonary System (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Asthma in Older Adults (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Asthma in Older Adults (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Asthma in Older Adults (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Basic Mechanisms Influencing Behavioral Maintenance (R01)
Closing Date :  14 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan (R21)
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Cooperative Programme in Translational Research for Neuromuscular Disease (U01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : > 3 years   

Critical Illness and Injury in Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Critical Illness and Injury in Aging (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Critical Illness and Injury in Aging (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Development of Comprehensive and Conceptually-based Measures of Psychosocial Stress (R21)
Closing Date :  14 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Erythropoiesis: Components and Mechanisms (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research for Neuromuscular Disease (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Identification and Characterization of Molecular Targets Within the mTOR Pathway (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R21)
Closing Date :  16 February 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R01)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Mechanisms of Functional Recovery After Stroke (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

Mechanisms of Functional Recovery After Stroke (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Mechanisms Underlying the Links between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, the Brain and the Body (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Mechanisms, Measurement and Management of Pain in Aging: from Molecular to Clinical (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : > 3 years   

Medical Management of Older Patients with HIV/AIDS (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioural and Social Sciences (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioural and Social Sciences (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Mouse Models Containing Human Alleles: Novel Tools to Study Brain Function (R21/R33)
Closing Date :  28 January 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
Closing Date :  28 September 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Optimization of Small Molecule Probes for the Nervous System (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Psychosocial Stress and Behavior: Integration of Behavioral and Physiological Processes (R01)
Closing Date :  14 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on Co-Morbid Mental and Other Physical Disorders (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on the Cognitive Sequelae of Parkinson’s Disease (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on the Cognitive Sequelae of Parkinson's Disease (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research Project Grant (Parent R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Subjective Well-being: Advances in Measurement and Applications to Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  03 November 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Thyroid in Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Thyroid in Aging (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Thyroid in Aging (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

NIH - NI on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 001 301 496 7243

Aims :NIH's mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.
Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Auditory Hair Cell Regeneration (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Auditory Hair Cell Regeneration (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2010   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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Parkinson’s UK
Contact: - Michelle Bendix           Phone:  - 020 7931 8080

Aims :To find a cure, and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's.
Project Grants
Closing Date :  24 September 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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Rayne Foundation       Phone:  - 020 7487 9656

Aims :The aim of their work is: to help the most vulnerable or disadvantaged, to provide direct benefits to people and communities, to tackle neglected causes, to lever other funds and encourage the involvement of other organisations, to achieve excellence.
Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Royal College of Nursing       Phone:  - 020 7409 3333

Aims :To represent the interests of nurses and nursing and be their voice locally, nationally and internationally, to influence and lobby governments and others to develop and implement policy that improves the quality of patient care, and builds on the importance of nurses, health care assistants and nursing students to health outcomes.
Hettie C. Hopkins Care of the Elderly Nursing Scholarship
Closing Date :  31 March 2011   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Royal College of Psychiatrists
Contact: - National Headquarters           Phone:  - 020 7235 2351

Aims :To promote mental health by: Setting standards and promoting excellence in mental health care; Improving understanding through research and education; Leading, representing, training and supporting psychiatrists; Working with patients, carers and their organisations.
Felix Post Prize
Closing Date :  01 November 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Lifetime Achievement Award in Older People's Mental Health
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Medical Student Essay Prize in Old Age Psychiatry
Closing Date :  31 December 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Philip Davis Prize
Closing Date :  01 November 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Poster Presentation Prize For SHOs, SpRs - Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Royal Society of Medicine
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 020 7290 2900

Aims :To provide a broad range of educational activities and opportunities for doctors, dentists, and veterinary surgeons, including students of these disciplines; and allied health-care professionals. To promote an exchange of information and ideas on the science, practice and organisation of medicine, both within the health professions and with responsible and informed public opinion.
Geriatrics & Gerontology Section A C Comfort Prize
Closing Date :  14 September 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Geriatrics & Gerontology Section Trainees Prize
Closing Date :  14 September 2010   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Single Payment   

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Sir Halley Stewart Trust
Contact: - Mrs Sue West           Phone:  - 01954 260707

Aims :To promote and assist innovative research activities or pioneering developments with a view to making such work self-supporting. It emphasises prevention rather than alleviation of human suffering.
Project Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Stroke Association
Contact: - Registered Office           Phone:  - 020 7566 0300

Aims :To prevent strokes, and reduce their effect through providing services, campaigning, education and research.
Junior Research Training Fellowships
Closing Date :  14 January 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Senior Fellowships for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Closing Date :  14 January 2011   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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Tenovus Scotland
Contact: - General Secretary           Phone:  - 01292 311276

Aims :To assist young research staff who have yet to establish a track record, to get research programmes underway. To support new & innovative medical/dental research projects.
Lady Illingworth Award
Closing Date :  13 May 2011   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : Unspecified   

Tesco Charity Trust       Phone:  - 0845 6123575

Aims :To help local and national charities as well as voluntary organisations to provide practical support for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Community Award Scheme - Elderly/Disabled Person Grants
Closing Date :  30 September 2010   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

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Violet M Richards Charity
Contact: - Mr Charles Hicks           Phone:  - 020 7395 3155

Aims :Relief of the aged, the relief of sickness and the advancement of medical education and the advancement of medical education which is now or hereafter deemed by law to be charitable.
Small Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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