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Bursary Scheme

The CAM Field awards a bursary each year to Cochrane reviews for which substantial progress has already been made and whose completion has been stalled due to a lack of funding.  The purpose of this bursary scheme is to ensure that reviews relevant to complementary medicine are completed and published in The Cochrane Library.  Only Cochrane reviewers who have already registered CAM-related protocols/reviews with a Cochrane Collaborative Review Group are eligible for funding.  Reviews relevant to Traditional Chinese Medicine, a primary focus of research at the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland, have been encouraged. 

The Call for Applications and Application Form for the 2011 CAM Field bursary scheme are below.

Please note that for the 2011 bursary, completed application forms must be received by the Complementary Medicine Field by 1 December 2011. 

All application forms and letters of support should be sent by e-mail to Eric Manheimer.

history of the CAM Field bursaries awarded 2004-2010

2004 bursary recipients:

  1. Chinese medicinal herbs "Dan Shen" compound for acute myocardial infarction (Reviewer award recipient:  Ni Juan; Affiliated Review Group:  Cochrane Heart Group; Award amount:  $4000 USD)
  2. Chinese Medicinal herbs for female subfertility (Reviewer award recipient:  He Haojie; Affiliated Review Group:  Cochrane Menstrual Disorders & Subfertility Group; Award amount:  $4000 USD)
  3. Herbal medicines for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (Reviewer award recipient:  Jianping Liu; Affiliated Review Group:  Cochrane Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Group; Award amount:  $2000 USD)

2005 bursary recipients:

  1. Herbal preparations for uterine fibroids (Reviewer award recipient:  Jianping Liu; Affiliated Review Group:  Cochrane Menstrual Disorders & Subfertility Group; Award amount:  $5000 USD)
  2. Shengmai (traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure (Reviewer award recipient:  Chen Jin; Affiliated Review Group:  Cochrane Heart Group;  Award amount:  $5000 USD)

2006 bursary recipients:

  1. Chondroitin for osteoarthritis (Reviewer award recipient: Jasvinder Singh; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)
  2. Chinese medicinal herbs for the common cold (Reviewer award recipient: Taixiang Wu; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group: Award amount: $5000 USD)

2007 bursary recipients:

  1. Chinese herbal medicine for people with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting blood glucose (Reviewer award recipient: Suzanne Grant; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group; Award amount: $5000 USD
  2. Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia (Reviewer award recipient: James Tacklind; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Prostate Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)

2008 bursary recipients:

  1. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (Reviewer award recipient: Anna Lee; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Anaesthesia Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)
  2. Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia (Reviewer award recipient: John Deare; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)

2009 bursary recipients:

  1. Selenium for preventing cancer (Reviewer award recipient: Gabriele Dennert; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Gynaecological Cancer Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)
  2. Ayurvedic treatments for diabetes mellitus’ (Reviewer award recipient: Kalpana Sridharan; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)

2010 bursary recipients:

  1. Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting(Reviewer award recipient: Jeanette Ezzo; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Pain, Palliative, and Supportive Care Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)
  2. Chinese herbal medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus (Review award recipient: Jianping Liu; Affiliated Review Group: Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group; Award amount: $5000 USD)