Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant

The AASM Foundation invests in people, research, and communities to improve the sleep health of all people. The Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant supports a variety of projects and initiatives focused on addressing local, national, and global sleep health needs. Through this grant program, they are committed to promoting healthy sleep by raising public awareness and making sleep disorder healthcare more accessible in the communities.

Focus Areas

• 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 Information

• 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.

Deliverables

• The following deliverables are required:
  • The applicant must address the specific aims outlined in the submitted application. Any major modification(s) require AASM Foundation Board of Directors or Executive Committee approval.
  • The AASM Foundation expects that the funded project knowledge gained, content developed, or project framework will be disseminated during the project period, or shortly after project completion. The project team should disseminate the project content and findings as described in the project dissemination plan. This can be done through various dissemination avenues, examples of which can be found in the Community Sleep Health and Public Awareness Grant – Dissemination Guide.
  • The applicant must submit progress and final reports during the project period, describing project activities and results, by the deadlines outlined in the Reporting Schedule below. Failure to submit reports per the established schedule will result in withholding grant payments from the sponsoring organization and the grant recipient becoming ineligible to apply for future AASM Foundation funding until all outstanding reporting is up to date.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following individuals and organizations are eligible to apply:
  • 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 Criteria

• Individuals 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.
• 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. Note: 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.
• 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.

For more information, visit AASM Foundation.