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APS Announces its 2007 Future Leaders in Pain Management Small Grants Research Program

The application deadline for this program has passed.

The call for applications for the 2007 Future Leaders in Pain Management Small Grants Research Program will launch on Monday, 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.

APS gratefully acknowledges Cephalon and Endo Pharmaceuticals for their support of this program.

Deadlines:

Applications may be submitted online through the APS web site (www.ampainsoc.org ) beginning June 11 and will be due by midnight July 27, 2007. Grant awards will be announced October 1, 2007. Funds will be awarded for a two-year 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 will report on the final result of their project to the committee at the second annual APS meeting, in accordance with the terms of the grant agreement. The cost of travel to the APS annual meeting will be included in the grant budget.

Investigators are encouraged to submit their final results to APS for abstract presentation.

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

APS Small Grants Committee:

Sandra Ward PhD RN, Chair
Michael Caterina, PhD
C. Richard Chapman, PhD
Roger Fillingim, PhD
Gerald F. Gebhart, PhD
Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD
Keela Herr, PhD RN
Charles Inturrisi, PhD
Robert Jamison, PhD
Gayle Page, RN DNSc
Kathleen Sluka, PhD
George Wilcox, PhD