SUMMARY OF FUNDING GUIDELINES

The International Palliative Care Initiative is pleased to announce a funding program that aims to facilitate palliative care in cancer care in cancer centers/institutions or general hospitals with a focused oncology program.

The program will provide a two-year grant to a cancer center or general hospital with a focused oncology program to support the salary of a clinical palliative care physician to develop a palliative care program. 100% salary support will be provided during the first year and 50% salary support will be provided for the second year. The institution submitting the application must agree to pay the remaining 50% salary support during the second year.

ONLY Eligible countries:
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Tanzania, Ukraine, and Vietnam

Application deadline: 1 June 2007

For the whole text, please see the following link: Request for proposal
For questions please contact Kiera Hepford at
http://www.soros.org