Articles of Interest

• The FDA is seeking grant applications to study "orphan" drugs and devices: Schwetz B. Grant Applications for Clinical Trials. JAMA 2001; 286: 2085. [full-text]
• How to get a grant funded. Goldblatt G. Br Med J 1998;317:1647-1648. (full-text)

Special Announcements

• A special call for proposal from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Promoting Palliative Care Excellence in Intensive Care: A Special Solicitation from Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care

  "This program will provide grants to improve care for critically ill patients and their families, by supporting demonstration projects that integrate palliative care in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and assessing the projects' impact." (Deadline closed August 9, 2002)

Be sure to visit our Clinical Research page with more information regarding NIH grants for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Direct Resources

Name of Institution	Internet Address
US Government: Grants.gov	http://www.grants.gov
Community of Science	http://www.cos.com/
GrantsNet	http://www.grantsnet.org
National Institutes of Health from FEDIX	http://www.sciencewise.com/ (currently under reorganization)
National Science Foundation	http://www.nsf.gov
TRAM Research Funding Opportunities and Administration	http://tram.east.asu.edu/
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)	http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
Science & Tech. Info System	e-mail: stisserv@nsf.gov
The Foundation Center	http://fdncenter.org/
Points of Pediatric Interest	http://www.med.jhu.edu/peds/neonatology/poi.html
Packard Foundation	http://www.packard.org
Sloan Foundation	http://www.sloan.org/
Ambulatory Pediatric Association	http://www.ambpeds.org/
Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research	listserv: majordomo@aamcinfo.aamc.org
American Academy of Pediatrics	http://www.aap.org

Table compiled initially by Tanya Gee
All submissions or corrections should be addressed to: markovitz@pedsccm.org

Last updated December 18, 2003