Grants & Funding

American Health Assistance Foundation

Published Date: May 07, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

Macular Degeneration Research

Program URL:

http://www.ahaf.org/research/

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

Macular Degeneration Research, a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) invites researchers to submit letters of intent to apply for research grants into the cause(s) of and treatment(s) for macular degeneration. All awards are available to both U.S. domestic AND international researchers, regardless of citizenship. Currently awards are valued at $100,000 USD made payable at $50,000 per year over two years.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term    1  Year
• Maximum Term    2  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  07/10/2009,
  10/29/2009
• Deadline Comments   
  Letters of Intent are due at AHAF by July 10, 2009. Those applicants invited to submit full applications must do so by October 29, 2009 Please visit the following URL for updated deadlines http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/faqs.html#deadline

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Percentage
• Percent:    25 %
• Stipend Details:   
  Principal Investigator salary and benefits may be requested in all award programs, but must be justified in the Budget Justification section. For awards restricted to independent investigators, salary and benefit support requests are limited to the lesser of 25% of the maximum award value or 25% of the sum of the P.I.'s institutional salary and benefits. Salary requests should be consistent with the percent effort the P.I. will commit to the proposal.
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Variable
• Minimum:    $ 0
• Maximum:    $ 100,000
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Details:    Funds are awarded to the institution and not to individual investigators. However, AHAF requires that all funds be used solely for research and not for overhead, administrative costs or other peripheral costs. AHAF does not fund construction of buildings or the purchase of large capital equipment.
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable
• Other Costs Details:    Travel and publications costs may be budgeted, but must be justified.

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Cell Biology, Clinical Research, Disease-Specific Research: Macular Degeneration, Epidemiology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Other (specify): Vision disorders. low-vision/blindness

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

No

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

No

Details (specify region, state or other restrictions)?

Please refer to the website for more information http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/faqs.html

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

AHAF will fund grants for research at non-profit organizations only.

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

Not Applicable

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/faqs.html#grant

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?    Yes
  A form is emailed to prior grantees 1,2, and 5 years following award expiration.
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year    1300000