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APS Announces its 2008 Future Leaders in Pain Management Small Grants Research Program

The call for applications for the 2008 Future Leaders in Pain Management Small Grants Research Program launches on Wednesday, June 11. This year APS will again award five grants in the amount of $20,000 each to those research proposals demonstrating the greatest merit and potential for success. This grant program has been established to fund research projects of doctorally-prepared investigators who have not yet attained NIH RO1 level funding. The program's intent is to encourage research in pain that will add to the body of knowledge, and to allow investigators to develop pilot data that will aid them in securing additional major grant funding.

Deadlines

Applications may be submitted online through the APS web site (www.ampainsoc.org ) beginning June 11 and will be due by midnight July 31, 2008. Grant awards will be announced by October 1, 2008. Funds will be awarded for an eighteen month grant period that will begin upon satisfactory execution of the grant agreement between APS and the sponsoring institution, and the receipt of IRB approval.

Research Topics

Proposed research projects should be in one of the following five areas of inquiry.

  • Use of analgesic medications
  • Unwanted effects of pain treatment related to analgesic therapy
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Mechanisms of pain
  • Education and non-pharmacologic interventions or approaches to improve pain management.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an APS Future Leaders in Pain Management Small Grant, applicants must be

  • APS members
  • Within six years of completing their doctoral degree, and
  • Not yet been awarded major NIH or foundation grant funding.

Grant Budget and Grantee Obligations

  • Eligible grant expenses may include Principle Investigator salary but not institutional overhead.
  • Upon request, recipients are required to submit a one page written interim progress report to the committee.
  • Recipients are not eligible to apply for 2010 Young Investigator Travel Awards.
  • Investigators are required to submit their final results to APS for abstract presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting in accordance with the terms of the grant agreement.
  • Indicating travel expenses to attend the 2010 APS Annual Meeting is a required component of the Grant Budget.

Click Here To Begin an Application

For additional information contact APS at 847-375-4715 or info@ampainsoc.org.

APS Small Grants Committee

Sandra Ward, PhD RN FAAN, Chair
Karen O. Anderson, PhD
Jim Campbell, MD
Michael Caterina, PhD
C. Richard Chapman, PhD
Patrick M. Dougherty, PhD
Roger Fillingim, PhD
Gerald F. Gebhart, PhD
Michael Gold, PhD
Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD
Keela Herr, PhD RN
Charles Inturrisi, PhD
Jianren Mao, MD PhD
Gayle Page, RN DNSc
Kathleen Sluka, PhD
George Wilcox, PhD

Prior Grant Recipients

2007

Laura A. Frey Law, PhD PT
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
“Individual Differences Contributing to Muscle Pain Heterogeneity”

Anna C. Long, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
“Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with chronic pain: Measuring functional outcomes”

Lisa C. Loram, PhD MSc
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
“Long Duration Reversal of Neuropathic Pain by a Single Intrathecal Administration of Adenosine 2a Receptor Agonists: A Novel Therapy for Neuropathic Pain”

Magali Millecamps, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
“Animal Models of Low Back Pain”

Jamie L. Rhudy, PhD
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
“Menstrual Cycle Influences on Supraspinal Modulation of Pain & Nociception”

2006

Marie Hoeger Bement, PT PhD
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
“Acute Hormonal Fluctuations as a Mechanism for Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Women”

Beth D. Darnall, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
“A Prospective Investigation of Immunologic Response to Negative Cognition in Persons with Chronic Pain”

Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
“Sex-Dependent Modulation of Clinical Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy”

Bryan C. Hains, PhD
Yale University
West Haven, CT
“Supraspinal Modulation of Pain after SCI by Microglia”

Theodore J. Price, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
“Role of RNA Transport and Local Translation in Nociceptive Processing”

2005

Susan G. Dorsey, PhD MS
University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
“Development of a Mouse Model of HIV Therapy-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy”

Robert R. Edwards, PhD MSPG
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
“Individual Differences in Pain Modulation as a Predictor of Long-term Pain and Analgesic Use in Women Following Surgical Management of Breast Cancer”

Barbara A. Hastie, PhD MA
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
“Ethnic Differences in Acute Pain and Analgesic Side Effects”