Grant Application Policies

• Available to current AAMA Members
• Applicants must submit all information outlined and required in the grant application and submit by stated application deadline.
• The award timeline for funded projects is one year with funding up to $30,000 and outlined in the application budget.
• Funds awarded are made payable to the principal investigator and his/her institution. Unused funds must be returned to the Foundation within 60 days of completing the grant.
• The Foundation does not support indirect costs to a recipient’s institution. All funds must be spent in support of the proposed investigation and within the funding period of the grant.
• Once grant award notification is sent, grant recipient must provide the following before funding can initiate –
  • IRB approval documentation
  • Local institutional support letter from the research office and/or your department chairperson (this is not necessary if you run a private acupuncture practice with no departmental oversight)
  • IRB approved consent form
  • Link to registration with www.clinicaltrials.gov
  • Prospective start date
    • Prospective recruitment dates
    • Prospective 50% recruitment
• The first half of the award will be administered upon completion of above terms. The balance will be provided when 50% of the study recruitment is achieved. A request from the grant recipient should be sent with documentation of the 50% recruitment mark in order to release the balance of the funds.
• MARF must be notified immediately if research is not feasible with amount granted and funds must be returned.
• Two progress reports are required to be submitted:
  • Six Month Progress Report
  • Final Project Summary
• Grants are funded one year at a time. A no-cost extension can be submitted for a period of 1 year with the explanation for the delay, prospective recruitment completion date, study completion date and addressing the barriers for the study completion.

Questions? Please contact us by phone, 310-379-8261 or by email, info@medicalacupuncture.org