The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research is accepting Letters of Intent from researchers for projects with the potential to improve the quality of care/quality of life for the elderly in nursing homes or other care facilities. The foundation will award grants totaling $750,000 to as many as six projects focused on addressing a particular problem affecting the elderly in care facilities with data that already exists. Letters of Intent must be received no later than February 5, 2018. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by April 16, 2018.
This program provides funding for health-related research projects that can improve the quality of care and the quality of life for the elderly population in nursing homes or other care facilities. Researchers applying for this grant must identify a stakeholder in the care delivery or policy arena with whom they will either consult or collaborate and who is willing to work with the researcher to develop a research product that may be readily used to improve care or quality of life.
Investigators at nonprofit institutions in New England and New York that are considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible to apply. The applicant must demonstrate how their research question is important to the stakeholder and propose a rigorous research design. Grantees may use the award to augment funding for a project already funded through another grant.
