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CanFoundation: Cure Autism Now Foundation - Cure
Autism Now is an organization of parents, physicians, and researchers,
dedicated to promoting and funding research with direct clinical
implications for treatment and a cure for autism.
Cattell
Fund Fellowships: http://www.cattell.duke.edu/ For
over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund has provided
support for the science and the application of psychology. The Fund
offers a program of supplementary sabbatical awards ("James McKeen
Cattell Fund Fellowships"). These awards supplement the regular
sabbatical allowance provided by the recipients' home institutions,
to allow an extension of leave-time from one to two semesters. Information
on the history of the fund, as well as all application materials,
requirements for award eligibility, and a list of previous recipients
are available at http://www.cattell.duke.edu.
Head Start Bureau: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb//
- Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development
programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women,
and their families. They are child-focused programs and have the
overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children
in low-income families.
HHMI: Howard
Hughs Medical Institute - The Institute is a nonprofit medical
research organization that employs hundreds of leading biomedical
scientists working at the forefront of their fields.
March of Dimes: http://www.modimes.org/ - The mission
of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing
birth defects and infant mortality.
NASA Space Grant: http://research.hq.nasa.gov/research.cfm
- This web site allows immediate access to Research Opportunities
currently being offered by the NASA Offices listed below at NASA
Headquarters.
National Alliance for Autism Research:
http://www.naar.org/ - The National Alliance
for Autism Research, NAAR, is a national nonprofit, tax-exempt organization
dedicated to finding the causes, prevention, effective treatment
and, ultimately, cure of the autism spectrum disorders.
NIH: The
National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and
behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit
of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living
systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy
life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
Here are a few NIH institutes that have funded ISDP members.
NICHD: National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development - The National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD) is part of the National Institutes
of Health, the biomedical research arm of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. For more information contact: Lisa Freund
at freundl@mail.nih.gov.
NIDA: http://www.nida.nih.gov/
NIMH: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
NIA: http://www.nia.nih.gov/
NIAAA: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
NIDCD: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
Additional
institutes may be found at http://www.nih.gov/icd/
NSF: National
Science Foundation - The Mission of NSF is to promote the progress
of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare;
and to secure the national defense.
Whitehall Foundation: http://www.whitehall.org/- The Whitehall
Foundation is a not for profit corporation which is focused exclusively
on assisting basic research in vertebrate (excluding clinical) and
invertebrate neurobiology in the United States.
The DANA Foundation and the DANA Alliance: http://www.dana.org/ - This Foundation supports
grants in science, health, and education. Find out about their grants
& award programs at http://www.dana.org/grants/
The Pew Charitable Trusts: http://www.pewtrusts.com/index.cfm?image=img1
- The Pew Charitable Trusts support nonprofit activities in the
areas of culture, education, the environment, health and human services,
public policy and religion.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp -
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was established as a national
philanthropy in 1972 and today it is the largest US foundation devoted
to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
The McKnight Endowment Fund:
http://www.mcknight.org/science/
- The McKnight Foundation is a private philanthropic organization
founded in Minnesota in 1953 by William L. McKnight and his wife,
Maude L. McKnight.
American Federation for Aging Research:
http://www.afar.org/ - AFAR administers
ten grant programs a year, providing medical students and junior
scientists with over $7 million in research funding. Click on the
link to learn more about each grant http://www.afar.org/afar99.html
The Grass Fellowship in Neuroscience at
the Marine Biological Laboratory:
http://www.mbl.edu/labs/grassfdn/
- These summer fellowships allow researchers, in the late stages
of predoctoral training or during their postdoctoral years, to conduct
independent research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in
Woods Hole, MA.
The Robert S. Morison Fellowship: http://www.mbl.edu/labs/grassfdn/
- This award is given to an M.D. who will have completed a residency
in neurology, neurosurgery or psychiatry prior to beginning the
fellowship. The Morison Fellowship is designed to support an individual
seeking patient-oriented research training in preparation for an
academic career.
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