Borchard Center–call for grant proposals

The Borchard Foundation Center onLaw & Aging annually awards up to 4 grants of $20,000 each.Applications for the grant are due March 15, 2006 and selections willbe made by June 1, 2006.The grant purpose is to further scholarshipabout new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that willenhance the quality of life for the elderly. Applicants may include allinterested and qualified legal, health science, social sciences andgerontology scholars and professionals. Organizations per se, whetherprofit or non-profit, are not eligible to apply, although they mayadminister the grant. Two or more individuals in the same institutionor different institutions may submit a collaborative proposal. Eachgrant recipient is required to publish an article on the subject oftheir research in a top flight journal. The request for proposals,which includes information on how to apply, the application and priorrecipients can be found on line at http://www.borchardcenter.org/argp.html.

Ed:  Thanks to Jon Forman, Univ. of Oklahoma, for sending me this announcement.