2007 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Call for
Applications
A key component of the NIH Roadmap for Medical
Research, the NIH Director's Pioneer Award
supports exceptionally creative scientists who
propose highly innovative--and potentially
transformative--approaches to major challenges
in biomedical research.
In September 2007, NIH expects to make 5 to 10
new awards of $500,000 in direct costs per year
for 5 years.
Women, members of groups that are
underrepresented in biomedical research, and
individuals in the early to middle stages of
their careers are especially encouraged to
apply.
Open to Scientists Who Are:
·
U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or
permanent residents
·
Currently engaged in any field of research
·
Interested in exploring biomedically relevant topics
·
Willing to commit at least 51% of their research effort to the
Pioneer Award project
Apply Online:
·
Streamlined application includes a 3- to 5-page
essay and 3 letters of reference
·
Apply between December 1, 2006 and January 16,
2007
·
See
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-005.html
for application instructions
More Information:
·
See the Pioneer Award Web site,
http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer
·
E-mail questions to
pioneer@nih.gov
Deadline: December 5, 2006
Applications Invited for Dennis W. Jahnigen
Career Development Scholars Awards
Administered by the American Geriatrics Society
(
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
), the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development
Scholars Program offers two-year career
development awards to support junior faculty in
the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency
medicine, general surgery, gynecology,
ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery,
otolaryngology, physical medicine and
rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, and urology.
The award is intended to allow individuals to
initiate and ultimately sustain a career in
research and education in the geriatrics aspects
of their discipline.
Each grant will provide two-year support of
$150,000 ($75,000 per year) for salary and
fringe benefits and/or the costs of doing
research. In 2005, due to funding guidelines
from the supporting foundations, the program
instituted a requirement that each scholar's
institution provide a minimum match of $25,000
per year. Up to eleven awards will be given in
2007.
Nominations are to be made by the individual's
departmental chair. To be eligible, a candidate
must be a physician who is a U.S. citizen or
permanent resident; be certified or board
eligible to practice in one of the targeted
specialties; have a primary academic appointment
in a U.S. institution in one of the eligible
specialty departments; and have completed
his/her training (residency and/or fellowship)
on or after June 30, 1997.
Deadline: December 15, 2006
Applications Invited for Julie Martin
Mid-Career Award in Aging Research Program
Sponsored by the Ellison Medical Foundation and
administered by the American Federation for
Aging Research ( http://www.afar.org/ ), the
Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
program sup- ports outstanding mid-career
scientists who have not been engaged in aging
research but whose research is relevant and
could lead to novel approaches to aging. Also
eligible are aging researchers whose research is
high risk and thus not attractive to NIH or
other traditional sources but has the potential
for high payoff in advancing our understanding
of basic aging.
Two four-year awards of $550,000 each will be
awarded.
The applicant must be an associate professor who
achieved tenured status after December 1, 2003.
Non-tenured associate professors at institutions
with tenure are not eligible. Applicants at
institutions that do not offer tenure must
demonstrate that their appointment is equivalent
to that of a tenured associate professor.
The proposed research must be conducted at any
type of not-for- profit setting in the United
States. Applicants who are employees in the NIH
Intramural program are not eligible.
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