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The National Sleep Foundation is an independent U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by supporting sleep-related education, research, and advocacy. Based in Washington, D.C. since its inception in 1990, the organization receives funding from private and corporate contributions, government agencies and also in the form of grants from foundations.
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Consumer awareness activities
As part of its consumer awareness programs, NSF sponsors such initiatives as National Sleep Awareness Week and Drive Alert...Arrive Alive, Pickwick Research Fellowships, Community Sleep Awareness Partners (CSAP's) and the quarterly Sleepmatters newsletter as well as the annual Sleep in America survey and report.
National Sleep Awareness Week® (held March 27th through April 2nd in 2006) is an annual public education, information and awareness campaign that coincides with the return to Daylight saving time, a time when most Americans lose an hour of sleep.
Drive Alert...Arrive Alive® is an awareness campaign dedicated to making consumers aware of the often fatal risks that come with drowsy driving.
Pickwick Postdoctoral Research Fellowships provide young researchers with funds to carry on full-time research in sleep-related fields. Pickwick Fellows receive funding based on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award (NRSA) schedule and years of postdoctoral research experience (from $35,568 to $45,048) plus a benefit allowance up to $6,500.
Sleep in America polls focus on different demographics every year the surveys are conducted. For example, the 2006 poll surveyed American adolescents and young adults, and the 2004 poll focused on infants up to school-aged children.
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