Grants, Fellowships
MAYDAY PAIN & SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP:
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2007
The Mayday Fund, a New York City-based foundation dedicated to alleviating pain, is now accepting applications for the 2007 Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship; A Media & Policy Fellows Initiative.
Having served as a member of the advisory committee for three years, I have seen first hand the quality and benefit of this program. I heartily recommend this Fellowship to persons looking to hone their communications skills and increase their impact in the public sphere to benefit people in pain.
It is a great opportunity that will train 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. Over the course of the five months following the training, Mayday Fellows get the chance to work one-on-one with communications professionals to develop a media strategy for a goal of their choosing.
The deadline for the Fellowship is June 1st, 2007.
Complete information is available at
http://www.painandhealth.org/maydayfellows/fellows.html.
Given the ever-increasing interest and concern held regarding pain management, this Fellowship provides an important opportunity for more experts to step forward and get involved. I strongly encourage interested individuals to consider applying or to share this information with someone you believe would make a good Fellowship candidate.
Best regards,
David E. Joranson
Director, Pain & Policy Studies Group
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
School of Medicine and Public Health
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The International Grant Programme for 2007 is now open
“The aim of the International Grants is to increase and improve the provision of palliative care in resource-poor countries through the support of education and training programmes for professionals and to support the development and provision of palliative care projects in these countries.
Education & Training Grants
These grants are available for professionals involved in the development and provision of palliative care services to attend education courses or events, and to organisations to provide education initiatives.
Project Grants
These grants are available to inspire and fund small and innovative projects that will make a tangible difference to patients in need of palliative care and their families/carers.
For more information:
http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/grants/dsp_int.asp
The deadline for applications is 1 June 2007.
EAPC headoffice”
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
International Palliative Care Initiative
Public Health Program
Open Society Institute
400 W 59th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10019
SUMMARY OF FUNDING GUIDELINES
The International Palliative Care Initiative is pleased to announce anding program that aims to facilitate palliative care in cancer care in cancer centers/institutions or general hospitals with a focused oncology program.
The program will provide a two-year grant to a cancer center or general hospital with a focused oncology program to support the salary of a clinical palliative care physician to develop a palliative care program. 100% salary support will be provided during the first year and 50% salary support will be provided for the second year. The institution submitting the application must agree to pay the remaining 50% salary support during the second year.
The institution’s application must be for one of the following programs only:
- Develop an inpatient palliative care consult service within a cancer center/institute or general hospital with a focused oncology program;
- Develop an inpatient palliative care unit with dedicated beds within a cancer center/institute or general hospital with a focused oncology program;
- Develop an outpatient palliative care clinic out of the cancer center/institute or general hospital with a focused oncology program;
- Develop a home-based palliative care service or hospice as an extension of an existing inpatient palliative care service in the cancer center/institute or general hospital with a focused oncology program.
ONLY Eligible countries:
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Vietnam
Open Society Institute (OSI)
OSI is a private operating and grant making foundation based in New York City that promotes the development of open societies around the world. OSI develops and implements a variety of U.S. and international programs in the areas of educational, social, health care, and legal reform, and encourages public debate on policy alternatives in complex and often controversial fields.
The International Palliative Care Initiative (IPCI)
IPCI is a program within the OSI Public Health Program. The goal of IPCI is to improve end of life care for patients with life-limiting illness and their families, with a special focuson vulnerable populations including the elderly, children, and patients with cancer or HIV/AIDS. IPCI has four objectives: to increase public awareness about end of life care issues; to provide palliative care education to health care professionals and support the integration of palliative care into medical and nursing school curricula; to make essential drugs for pain and symptom management easily available, and to integrate palliative care into national health care plans, policies, and systems of care.
For questions please contact Kiera Hepford at [email protected]
Application deadline: 1 June 2007
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