The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released a funding opportunity announcement for a Short-Term Institutional Training Grant in Pediatric Respiratory, Sleep, Hematology and Transfusion Medicine. The program will provide stipends for 2 to 3 months to 5 to 7 trainees per program to cover living expenses during the research training experience.

A funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications (PA-11-178) and Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) applications (PA-11-179) that propose to conduct mechanistic studies of the circadian rhythms involved in alcohol-induced organ damage

Applications are being accepted for the SUNY Downstate PRIDE Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. The PRIDE Summer Institute, which is an all-expense-paid research career advancement opportunity sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will support 12 trainees from underrepresented minority backgrounds and those with disabilities.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award program (CTSA) Neuroscience Research Trans-NIH Workgroup is seeking public comment on potential programs to facilitate neuroscience research using existing or new research resources (Notice Number NOT-NS-11-007).

The American Medical Association announced that Howard C. Bauchner, MD, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July, 1, 2011, making him the 16th editor in the journal's 127-year history.

The AASM needs members to submit the scientific portion of one of your sleep-related R01 or R21 grant applications for use during the mock grant review session at the third-annual AASM Young Investigator Research Forum in April.

The NIH database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) resource program has announced the availability of a shared, controlled-access dataset from the longitudinal Cleveland Family Study for analyses by approved investigators. The dataset includes > 1,400 genotypes and > 2,300 data variables from as many as four sleep apnea evaluations over 16 years.