IMPORTANT: 

The next competition deadline for the Joint Motion Trainee Program is July 15th, 2012 for a September 1st, 2012 Program Intake.

Contact the Program Coordinator if you have any questions.

Funding Opportunities

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Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21)
PAR-10-282

Submission Dates: July 2, 2012; Nov 1, 2012, March 1, 2013,  July 1, 2013

encourages exploratory/developmental clinical research related to the prevention or treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, conditions, and/or injuries. The Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants Program is designed to allow initiation of exploratory, short-term clinical studies, so that new ideas may be investigated without stringent requirements for preliminary data. The short-term studies should focus on research questions that are likely to gather critical preliminary data in support of a future, planned clinical trial.  They can include testing new or prevention strategies, a new intervention, or unique combinations of therapies.  A high priority is the use of such studies to help stimulate the translation of promising research developments from the laboratory into clinical practice.

Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period

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Early Phase Clinical Trials in Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions (R21)

PAR-11-216

Submission Dates:  July 11, 2012; November 13, 2012; March 13, 2013; July 11, 2013; November 13, 2013; March 13, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative tools. As many such preliminary evaluations are early in development, this FOA will provide investigators with support for pilot (Phase I and II) cancer imaging clinical trials, including patient monitoring and laboratory studies. The imaging and Image-guided Intervention (IGI) investigations, if proven successful in these early clinical trials, can then be validated in larger studies through competitive R01 mechanisms, or through clinical trials in the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs), Cancer Center and/or Cooperative Groups.

All awards are for up to $500,000 in Direct Costs over 2 years.

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ASMBR Announces Young Investigator Awards for PhD Training

The American Society for Bone and Minteral Research (ASMBR) is pleased to announce the continuation of its partnership with the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) to provide support for five Young Investigators to attend the ECTS PhD Training Course. These awards will cover registration and travel expenses to attend the ECTS PhD Training Course at St. Catherines College in Oxford, UK., on June 24-27, 2012. New this year, the five award winners will also be offered complimentary registration and accommodations to attend the International Workshop on Advances in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone Disease which will take place immediately following the training course from June 27 -30, 2012.