Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant

About the AASM Foundation
The programs of the AASM Foundation support career development, high-impact research projects, and community programs that are Championing a Bright Future in Sleep Health.

Purpose
**Investing in people, research, and communities to improve the sleep health of all people.

Funding Opportunity Description
**The Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant provides funding for a wide range of projects and initiatives dedicated to addressing sleep health needs in local, national, or global communities. The Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant will support targeted programs and initiatives that promote healthy sleep and increase accessibility to sleep disorder evaluation and treatments among the communities in which we live, learn, work, and play.

Project Focus

The Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant is open to humanitarian, education, or awareness projects that focus on improving sleep health, sleep disorder evaluation and/or treatment in the community. Projects that target underserved or disadvantaged groups are especially of interest for the Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant.

Projects may focus on, but are not limited to:

• Humanitarian service projects that are intended to improve sleep health in underserved or disadvantaged groups.
• Development, expansion and/or dissemination of public and/or patient education resources or awareness campaigns (e.g., AASM sleep education resources, AASM Sleep is Good Medicine campaign, new resource development) to promote healthy sleep and highlight sleep as a pillar of health.
• Implementation of evidence-based sleep disorders evaluation (for individuals at high risk for sleep disorders), diagnosis, interventions, or local community models for care for people with sleep disorders

Funding

The Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant is organized into two categories:

Category I is for those applicants seeking funding for projects up to $50,000 (includes direct and indirect costs) and covers a project period of up to 2 years.

Category II is for those applicants seeking funding for projects up to $25,000 (includes direct and indirect costs) and covers a project period of up to 1 year.

There are no restrictions on the distribution of expenses, however, indirect costs are capped at 8%. The grant is issued as a contract between the AASM Foundation and the grantee’s organization.

Eligibility

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• Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational, or other specified purposes and are tax exempt under the US Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
• Individuals and for-profit organizations collaborating with an eligible nonprofit, tax-exempt organization as described above.
• International non-governmental organizations recognized as charitable and/or nonprofit in their country, and can accept grant payments in U.S. dollars.

Ineligibility

• Individuals or organizations who have a financial conflict of interest or have the potential to incur significant financial benefit from the proposed work and beyond the work itself are not eligible to apply.
• Requests to support projects that do not align with the focus of the Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant (e.g., research projects) are not eligible. It is encouraged that you meet with AASM Foundation staff to ensure your project aligns with the grant program prior to application submission.
• Requests to support ongoing operational aspects of existing programs or requests for projects that do not meaningfully expand existing programs are not eligible to apply.
• Individuals and organizations located in, or operating from, countries subject to U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions are not eligible to receive AASM Foundation funding
• Current AASM and AASM Foundation Board of Directors members are not eligible to apply and cannot be listed as a project leader or project team member during their term on the Board and for one year after their term ends.
  • In rare instances, AASM and AASM Foundation Board members may serve as unpaid consultants on an application, however, this requires Executive Committee approval prior to submitting the application.