Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy Education and Outreach Initiative Grant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: May 13, 2008

The purpose of the program is to develop and implement a coordinated national education and outreach initiative for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (DBMD). Education activities involving DBMD will be developed for, and disseminated to target audiences, including healthcare providers, individuals who have DBMD and their families, and underserved populations.

Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities, National Science Foundation
Deadline: September 15, 2008

The Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD) program supports research that will lead to the development of new technologies, devices, or software for persons with disabilities. Research may be supported that is directed to the characterization, restoration, and/or substitution of human functional ability or cognition, or to the interaction of persons with disabilities and their environment. Areas of particular recent interest are disability-related research in neuroscience/neuroengineering and rehabilitation robotics.

Elimination of Health Disparities through Translation Research (R18), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deadline: May 2, 2008

This funding opportunity encourages applicants to submit research grant applications that accelerate the translation of research findings into public health practice through implementation, dissemination, and diffusion research within health disparity populations and to contribute to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2010."