The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation 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.
Through its Another Look: Better Health for Elders in Care Facilities program, 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. (New data collection will
not be allowed in this program.)
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.
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.
Complete program guidelines, application instructions, and an FAQ can be found here.