Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Grantor:Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Region:All Regions
Closes:10/01/2009
Maximum:$700,000

* Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Application deadline for 2010 awards:
October 1, 2009 by 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time
By electronic application only.

Five-year $700,000 awards for physician-scientists bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. Proposals in the area of epidemiology should contact BWF to determine their eligibility. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are ineligible. Awards are made to degree granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the awardee.

The Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) program is the result of the reformulation of the Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences (CABS), which was instituted by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) in 1995 and ran through the 2006 award year.

In response to the NIH˘s K99/R00 Pathway to Independence program, which was modeled after the CABS award, BWF has shifted the focus of the CABS program to address the on-going problem of increasing the number of physician scientists and keeping them in research. BWF believes that this bridging award, supporting the last year(s) of a mentored position in addition to supporting the beginning years of an independent position, will facilitate the transition to a career in research and buy time from service commitments.

Eligibility

Candidate eligibility and institutional nomination requirements are set out below.
Candidates

The ideal candidate will be two years away from becoming an independent investigator, have at least two years or more of research experience, and have a significant publication record.

* Candidates must hold an M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., Pharm.D., or equivalent clinical degree.
* Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. Proposals that are in the area of epidemiology should contact BWF to determine the eligibility of the proposal. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are ineligible.
* BWF encourages nominations from candidates who work in reproductive science.
* Candidates must be a clinical fellow, resident, or a postdoctoral researcher and have at least two years of research experience at the time of application.
* Candidates who hold a junior faculty appointment (Lecturer, Instructor, Assistant Professor-non tenure track, etc.) may be eligible if they have been in a faculty position for two years or less at the time of application.
* Candidates must not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate. No exceptions will be made.
* Candidates with a clinical degree not awarded in the U.S. or Canada must be licensed to practice in the U.S. or Canada.
* Candidates must be committed to a full-time career in research as an independent investigator at a North American degree-granting institution.
* Candidates must be nominated by accredited, degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada.
* Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application. Persons who have applied for permanent resident status but have not received their government documentation by the time of application are not eligible.
* Permanent residents of the U.S. must provide a copy of their Permanent Resident Card with the application.
* Permanent residents of Canada must provide a copy of their Landed Immigrant Status form with the application.

Institutional Nominations

* U.S. or Canadian institutions--including affiliated medical schools, graduate schools, and all related hospitals and research institutes--may nominate up to five candidates.
* BWF encourages institutions to nominate women and underrepresented minorities. If a woman or underrepresented minority is nominated within the initial five candidates, a sixth candidate may be nominated provided that candidate is a woman or underrepresented minority (i.e. African American, Hispanic, or Native American).
* NIH may nominate candidates who intend to continue their postdoctoral/fellowship training at the NIH, but such awardees must move to a degree-granting institution to assume a faculty position. The NIH will support these awardees during the postdoctoral/fellowship years, and BWF will support them for the first three years of their faculty appointment. Their total award will be $510,000. Postdoctoral fellows at the NIH should contact its Office of Intramural Research for information about its nomination procedures.

During the postdoctoral and faculty periods,

* Grants must be made to degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the award recipient.
* Award recipients are required to devote at least 75 percent of their time to research-related activities.
* Indirect costs may not be charged against BWF grants.

Questions regarding candidate or institutional eligibility should be directed in advance to BWF by calling (919) 991-5134.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Post Office Box 13901
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3901

Telephone: (919) 991-5100
Fax: (919) 991-5160
Link:http://www.bwfund.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=188&navID=190
Categories:Academic Medicine, Basic Science, Career Development, Epidemiological Studies , Genetics , Medical Faculty, Medical Schools, Molecular Genetics, Molecular/Cellular Biology, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacology, Translational Research, Human Reproduction
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