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Call for Proposals for PHI Research Fund Grant

Deadline for 2018: October 2, 2017 (Monday)

Funding in the amount of $50,000 is available from Post-Polio Health International and International Ventilator Users Network for research to be completed in 2018. Application for the funds must be received by October 2, 2017.

Researchers can choose to apply for one of the two grants described below.

  • The Thomas Wallace Rogers Memorial Respiratory Research Grant to study the management of neuromuscular respiratory insufficiency or to explore historical, social, psychological and independent living aspects of long-term home mechanical ventilation
     
  • The Post-Poliomyelitis Research Grant to study the cause(s), treatment and management of the late effects of polio or to explore historical, social, psychological and independent living aspects of living with polio.
     

Applicants may apply for $100,000 for a study taking years to complete.

The research must have the potential to improve the lives of polio survivors or users of home mechanical ventilation.

For details on the application process and to access the form, see http://www.polioplace.org/phi-funded-research/new-request-2018-award

To review the summaries and final reports of previous recipients of The Research Fund, see http://www.polioplace.org/phi-funded-research

The Research Fund is supported by polio survivors, users of home mechanical ventilation and their families. See http://www.polioplace.org/phi-funded-research/how-contribute.
 

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