Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines
29 February 2012: Letters of Intent due for RFA-HD-12-211: Tools to Enhance Studies of Glial Cell Development, Aging, Disease and Repair (R21) from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
15 March 2012: Applications due for these awards from IASP:
IASP Research Symposium
IASP Collaborative Research Grants
IASP Developing Countries Collaborative Research Grants
IASP Research Grants Funded by the Scan|Design Foundation
See details on all Funding Opportunities
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Radio Shows Available Online
The documentary film LIFE Before Death, which examines the global crisis in pain and palliative care, was the subject of the radio show "Aches and Gains" on 4 February and 11 February. Host Paul Christo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, interviewed Mike Hill, the film's director, and Kathleen Foley, an advisor to the filmmakers and a PRF science advisor.
The shows are available as podcasts at Christo’s website.
For more about LIFE Before Death, see PRF news story
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