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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"><STRONG><FONT size=3>BAMFORD-LAHEY CHILDREN’S
FOUNDATION FUNDS TWO GRANT PROPOSALS IN FIRST HALF OF
2002</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM>Contact: Margaret Lahey, <A
href="mailto:mlahey@Bamford-Lahey.org">mlahey@Bamford-Lahey.org</A> </EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation through its Grants
Program has made two new Grant Awards in the first half of 2002.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> T</SPAN>he Foundation continues to review a
large number of letters-of-inquiry and invites a smaller number of applicants to
submit complete proposals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Awards are made
b</SPAN>ased on reviews of the completed applications by at least three
colleagues and on a reading of the application by the Foundation itself.
The two proposals selected during the first half of 2002 were for funding
of $20,000.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> One of the new awards
was granted to Dr. Karin Stromswold of Rutgers University for research on
"Developmental language disorders and prenatal corticosteroids." The
second award was granted to Dr. Sima Gerber of Queens College at CUNY
for a project on "Visual Reality: Illustrating the application of
developmental models to language intervention with young children."
Abstracts of these Grants as well of the two Grants funded in 2001 can be found
on our website <FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.bamford-lahey.org/funded.html">http://www.bamford-lahey.org/funded.html</A>. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Any awards made during the latter part of 2002 will be
announced early in 2003.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Inquiries about receiving a Grant Award should be in the form of a
letter-of-inquiry following the procedures outlined on our website <A
href="http://www.bamford-lahey.org/guidelines.html">http://www.bamford-lahey.org/guidelines.html</A>. Before
submitting an inquiry, applicants for Grant Awards are requested to carefully
read the sections <EM>Objectives</EM>, <EM>Orientation</EM>, and <EM>Grants</EM>
on the website <A
href="http://www.bamford-lahey.org">www.bamford-lahey.org</A>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Consideration is only given to projects that
are related to developmental language disorders in children, and can be
completed in one year with maximum funds of<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$20,000.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications for either research or
development projects will be considered. However, projects whose
results are limited to particular children or particular clinics are not
eligible.</P>
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