Funding Opportunities -
Upcoming Requests for Proposals deadlines:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Policy Fellows
The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program, under its Building Human Capital Program, provides midcareer professionals with experience in the health policy process at the federal level.  Applicants with an advanced degree in the following fields may apply: biomedical sciences; economics or other social sciences; medicine; and social and behavioral health (see link below for a complete list of eligible degrees).. 
Deadline: November 13, 2009
See: http://rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20904

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the next round of Career Enhancement Fellowships for junior faculty.  This program seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty. Eligible fields are: American and English literature; foreign languages and literatures; art history; classics; history; music; philosophy; religion; anthropology; demography; sociology; earth sciences; ecology; geology; mathematics; physics; and computer science.  Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $30,000, with an additional $1,500 for research, travel or publication; and participation in a retreat in fall 2010.  Funding begins in June 2010.
Deadline: November 25, 2009
Email: careerenhance@woodrow.org

Ellison Medical Foundation/
American Federation for Aging Research
Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
The Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research supports faculty whose research is relevant and leads to noval approaches to aging.  Research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging are encouraged.  Mid-career faculty at the associate professor level are eligible to apply for the $550,000 four year award.
Deadline: December 15, 2009
See:http://www.afar.org/Ellison%20Mid-Career.html

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization
The RWJF's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization initiative supports policy analysis, research, evaluation, and demonstrations projects. Projects may involve many disciplines, including health services research, economics, sociology, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, law and business administration. Two sizes of grants are offered: large grants for projects over $100,000 and/or projected to take over 12 months, and small grants for projects requiring $100,000 or less and projected to take 12 months or less.
Deadline: Applications may be submitted at any time
See http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274

American Philosophical Society
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
The American Philosophical Society announces a new program of research grants in support of graduate students, post-doctoral students, and junior and senior scientists and scholars undertaking field studies for their theses and other projects. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, astrobiology and space science, biology, ecology, geography, geology, oceanography and paleontology. Grants awarded are up to $5,000.
Sponsor deadline: none
See http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants

School of Medicine Research Management Group
Funding Opportunities Information
This website is maintained by the Research Management Group but is available to all Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows and staff.  Resources include searchable databases, links to government and foundation websites and a calendar of funding opportunities.  Faculty and staff who wish to receive funding opportunity announcements may contact Jeanne Heschele at jheschele@stanford.edu to be added to the email distribution list.