Calling applications for 2011 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award

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Vijay

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Dear HIFA colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that ProCor (www.procor.org) is now calling for

applications for the 2011 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award. The Award was created to

recognize individuals and programs for their innovative, preventive approaches

to promoting cardiovascular health in low-resource settings. The Award amount is

US$2000 and the deadline for application is 30 April 2011. The Award

announcement and application are below (and can also be downloaded on our

website: http://bit.ly/e4spDM).

Please pass this announcement along to friends and colleagues you think would be

interested. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Benn Grover

Editor, ProCor

Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation

21 Longwood Avenue

Brookline, MA 02446 USA

P: 617-732-1318 ext 3332

F: 617-277-0347

bgrover@...

www.procor.org

HIFA2015 profile: Benn Grover is an Editor with ProCOR at the Lown

Cardiovascular Research Foundation, USA. bgrover AT partners.org

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Every day, around the world, people are working hard to

make a difference in cardiovascular health. The most effective work is often not

by big international organizations or funding agencies, but by local individuals

in community programs. The Louise Lown Heart Hero Award was created to recognize

individuals and programs for their innovative, preventive approaches to

promoting cardiovascular health in low-resource settings.

The Award is given to successful grassroots initiatives or programs that

creatively respond to the local cardiovascular health needs of the community.

These programs focus on building awareness within the community and promoting

heart health rather than the use of medical technology.

The deadline for submission is 30 April 2011.

The Award amount is US$2000.

Any community-based initiative that promotes heart health is encouraged to apply

for the 2011 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award. Information about the award including

who can apply, criteria, and the application are provided on the following

pages. The information is also available in Word and PDF versions at

www.procor.org or by emailing Benn Grover, ProCor Editor, at

bgrover@....

Global visibility

Past recipients of the award include a city-run, community-focused tobacco

advocacy, education, and support program in Argentina; a grassroots effort to

promote heart health from childhood to old age in Uganda; a rheumatic heart

disease screening program for primary school children in Tonga; and a

nutrition-based learning program for children in South Africa. Read more about

past recipients at www.procor.org.

As a result of receiving the Louise Lown Heart Hero Award, past winners have

enjoyed global visibility, increased partnerships, and new funding

opportunities. The 2008 winner of the Louise Lown Heart Hero Award, Dr. Toakase

Fakakovikaetau, was featured in the Lancet for her work in screening primary

school children for rheumatic heart disease and providing early, effective

treatment.

Dr. Bernard Lown, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, inventor of the defibrillator,

and founder of ProCor, created the award in 2007 to honor his wife's lifelong

commitment to the rights and wellbeing of others through her work as a social

worker, activist, and writer. The award is administered by ProCor.

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The 2011 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award Criteria

Who can apply

Applications are encouraged from community-based programs (non-profit,

governmental, or private sector) that have successfully worked to promote heart

health in developing countries or other low-resource settings (i.e.,

disadvantaged communities in developed countries) through innovative, preventive

approaches. The Heart Hero Award is not a grant. Applicants should focus on

their past accomplishments that deserve recognition, rather than future

initiatives that need funding. Programs that are accepted for consideration but

that do not receive the award will gain increased visibility through ProCor

among a diverse global community committed to sharing knowledge in order to

prevent cardiovascular disease.

Examples of eligible initiatives include population-based interventions reducing

diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; community programs promoting physical

activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; patient-focused clinical programs

increasing access to screening, identification, and control of risk factors;

advocacy and policy activities; and resource development and dissemination.

Applicants should focus on one specific initiative rather than an organization's

entire scope of work. The initiative must:

- Build awareness or support action that promotes heart health.

- Be community-based and innovatively respond to local health needs.

- Demonstrate success.

- Be cost-effective and potentially sustainable.

- Have the potential to be adapted or replicated in other settings.

- Have been in operation for a minimum of one year.

Application process and timeline

- Applications are accepted year-round.

- Deadline for the 2011 award is 30 April 2011.

- Applications are reviewed on a continuous basis by an award committee.

- Applicants are notified whether their program has been accepted for

consideration.

- Information about programs that are selected for award consideration may be

published in ProCor's email news and discussion forum and website.

- Funds are provided directly to the organization or individual with primary

responsibility for the initiative.

For more information

Contact Benn Grover, Editor of ProCor

Email: bgrover@...

Telephone: 1 617 732 1318 ext. 3332