Resources
The AASM Foundation offers many resources for you. These fall into one of three categories including Sleep Research Resources, Sleep Medicine Resources and Sleep Health Resources. If you have further questions after exploring these, please contact us at foundation@aasm.org.
We have compiled many research resources to assist you, including links to other foundations/organizations and webinars. These resources cover everything from careers in sleep research, writing grants, sleep research funding, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, networking and mentoring, and getting published.
Careers in Sleep Research
- Sleep Research Career Pathways in Professional Societies: A Panel Discussion
- Sleep Research Career Pathways in Nonprofit Organizations: A Panel Discussion
- Sleep Research Career Pathways in Federal Agencies: A Panel Discussion
- Sleep Research Career Pathways in Education: A Panel Discussion
- Sleep Research Careers Pathways in Industry: A Panel Discussion
Writing a Research Grant
- Planning Your Grant
- Grantsmanship Best Practices
- Specific Aims
- Individual Components of a Research Plan
- Candidate Background & Professional Identity
- Individual Development Plan
- Mentoring Plan and Transitioning to Independence
- Plans and Statement of Mentors and Co-mentor(s) documents for a K award
- Budget Basics
- Biosketch
- The NIH Review Process
- Integrating Feeback Intro Your Grants
Sleep Research Funding
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation)
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
- American Cancer Society
- American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- American Thoracic Society (ATS)
- American Brain Foundation
- Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation
- Bright Focus Foundation
- Doris Duke Foundation
- Hypersomnia Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Sleep Research Society (SRS)/Sleep Research Society Foundation (SRS Foundation)
- US Department of Veteran Affairs
- Wake Up Narcolepsy
- Wellcome Trust
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
- Diversity Supplement Grant
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion Travel Grant – AASM
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award – Associated Professional Sleep Societies
Networking & Mentoring
- AASM Engage: Sleep & Circadian Science Researchers Community
- Sleep Research Program For Advancing Careers
- Young Investigators Research Forum
Getting Published
Awards
Careers in Sleep Medicine
Networking and Mentoring
Sleep Medicine Funding
- Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship – American Medical Association Foundation
- Sleep Team Travel Grant