Funding Opportunities
Application deadlines have passed. The next deadline will be in January 2009. Funding opportunties for the January 2009 deadline will be posted by Sept. 15, 2008.

Important Notice: Please note that some of our affiliates have merged.  Find your affiliate by state.

The Council on Clinical Cardiology and the Council on Stroke places a great value on the development of young clinical investigators.  To further this effort, the council has a limited number of seed grants for young investigators for meritorious research projects based on the data gathered from Get With The Guidelines^SM (GWTG).

The Minority Mentoring Program is for U.S.-based underrepresented minority scientists and clinicians in the early part of their professional careers. Those accepted into the program will be part of the American Heart Association’s clinical and research scholars committee working with national volunteer leadership. The committee engages in activities and projects within the American Heart Association that allows scholars to build various skills and receive help in their professional career development. The work of this group is accomplished mainly through e-mail, quarterly conference calls, and a face-to-face meeting.

Current Awardees
The association's research dollars support the most worthy projects selected from a substantial pool of applicants.  Awardee lists are updated in mid-February and August.

Peer Review
A peer review committee reviews and grades applications for research support on the basis of scientific merit. 

Recent Discoveries
Read about the work of people funded by the American Heart Association, and how this support has impacted their career.

Top 10 Advances
Achievements in basic and clinical research that may have the greatest impact on improving the prevention and treatment of CVD and stroke.

Milestones 1940 to Present
Highlights winners of the Nobel Prize and other prominent awards, all of whom have had AHA funding during their careers.

Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (D43)

Letters of Intent Receipt Dates: August 31, 2008; August 31, 2009; August 31, 2010 
Application Receipt Dates: September 29, 2008; September 29, 2009; September 28, 2010

Participating NIH Institutes:  FIC, NICHD, NCI, NINR, NINDS, NIEHS, ODS
Budget and Project Period: budgets up to $220,000 total direct costs per year and time periods up to five years may be requested

Announcement:   http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-175.html
NINDS Contact:   Dr. Yuan Liu:   liuyuan@ninds.nih.gov

Purpose:
This research training program is designed to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the area of chronic, non-communicable diseases, including cerebrovascular disease and stroke.  The institutions applying can be domestic or foreign, however, all institutions must exhibit the ability to perform the necessary training, and must demonstrate that they have existing research programs in the respective field. Additionally, the research training provided is expected to be of high importance to the participating LMICs.

The following types of training could be included:

• Long-term (greater than 6 months and up to four years, depending on resources) training for the full range of skills necessary to support research and research administration in masters or doctoral programs, with the understanding that the focus of thesis-related work will be in the home country of the trainee.
• Intermediate-term (three to 6 months) training or mentoring, including specialized clinical, laboratory, research or administrative/business skills necessary to support clinical, operational, health services and implementation science research that is planned or ongoing.
• Short-term (less than three months) training or mentoring that focuses on research methodology, laboratory skills, ethics and compliance issues, program and grants administration, accounting, financial management, grant writing, peer review, preparation of scientific manuscripts, data management, internet connectivity, technology transfer, and medical informatics
• Advanced in-country mentored research undertaken by the trainee in his/her home country upon completion of his/her initial period of training under the program (masters, Ph.D., post-doctoral or other significant training).
• Additional institutional capacity-building efforts are strongly encouraged.  These may include, but are not limited to, in-country training workshops in advanced techniques, particularly aimed at a wider audience through the use of satellite and other electronic communication technology, remote learning, interaction with other national and regional population research and communication efforts.

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Workshop on Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease, to be held Aug. 27-28, 2008, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. This workshop will take place during the week of the 2008 Annual Sickle Cell Clinical Research Meetings. This two-day workshop will address: scientific evidence for hemolysis-associated impairment of nitric oxide bioavailability; epidemiologic linkage to pulmonary hypertension, priapism, and leg ulceration; linkage of oxidative, nitric oxide deficient state to hemostatic activation and vascular adhesion; similarities and differences of sickle vasculopathy compared to atherosclerosis; and new opportunities for translational therapies. More

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The National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine present the Mitochondrial Biology in Cardiovascular Health and Diseases Conference, Oct. 6-7, 2008, in Bethesda, Md. 

There has been a resurgence of investigation into the biology of mitochondria. In particular, recent advances in proteomics and imaging technologies have markedly enhanced our understanding pertaining to the molecular and biochemical functioning of mitochondria. This knowledge has, in turn, led to the realization that the regulation of mitochondrial function, turnover, and content affects various physiological systems.

This conference will bring together scientists, physicians and pharmacologists in the field of mitochondrial biology to review the most current knowledge of the mitochondrial regulatory program and its role in cardiovascular health and disease.  Visit the conference Web site for information or contact Jennifer Barry at (443) 451-7254 or jennifer@strategicresults.com.  Registration and abstract submissions are welcome. 

Opportunities and Challenges
Notes from Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.