Resident Scholar Travel Awards
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
All Regions
07/25/2008
$1,500
2008 ALF/AASLD Resident Scholar Travel Awards
We are currently accepting applications for the 2008 ALF/AASLD Resident Scholar Travel Awards.

About the Resident Scholar Travel Awards

Please submit by July 25, 2008.

General information on the 2008 Resident Scholar Travel Awards.

The American Liver Foundation (ALF) and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Boards of Directors have identified as a high priority the need to sustain the “pipeline” of physician scientists and academic clinicians into the field of hepatology and liver transplantation, and believe that identifying promising young residents would be a potential mechanism to achieve this goal. By exposing the residents to the excitement of the AASLD Annual Meeting and the opportunity to meet leaders in hepatology, we hope to stimulate these residents to pursue hepatology as a career.

Objective
This program is designed to promote the study of hepatology among internal medicine, pediatric or surgical residents. We will review nominations of candidates who have potential for a career in academic medicine who might be interested in choosing adult or pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology or surgery as their career focus.

Eligibility
In order to be eligible for this award, the applicant must conform to the following guidelines:

Residents who have completed their first or second year of residency training by July 1, 2008 in internal medicine or pediatrics.
Residents who have completed their first through fourth year of residency training by July 1, 2008 in surgery
Residents with potential to pursue a career in academic medicine.
Residents who are not yet committed to a particular field of specialization.
Funding

Twenty residents will be selected to receive $1,500 each for travel costs, hotel accommodations and meals to attend the AASLD Annual Meeting to be held October 31 – November 4, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Included in this award will be complimentary registration for the AASLD Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course.

Important Dates
Deadline for submission: July 25, 2008
Notification Date: September 2008

For additional information, contact Joan Gallagher:
jgallagher@liverfoundation.org
973.256.2550 ext. 224.

American Liver Foundation
Research Department/Resident Scholar Travel Award
1425 Pompton Avenue, Suite 3
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Hepatologist, Pediatrician, Surgeon, Internist, Medical Resident
Lippincott Williams Wilkins/American Association of Anatomists Education Research Scholarship
American Association of Anatomists
All Regions
10/15/2008
$5,000

Lippincott Williams Wilkins/AAA Education Research Scholarship
Nomination deadline: October 15th

The LWW/AAA Scholarship, established in 2007, supports an AAA member who is a graduate student in a mentored project, or a postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty member (rank no higher than assistant professor) who wishes to develop a project that shows promise as a model for improving the quality of teaching and learning in anatomical education. It is anticipated that the proposed project will help foster a learning environment for students that is characterized by creativity, originality, and rigor. Applicants must be AAA members for the year in which they apply and through the completion of their scholarship project and presentation at the AAA Annual Meeting.

The LWW/AAA Scholarship recipient receives:
• A $5,000 scholarship provided by LWW
• Travel reimbursement & registration fee to attend the AAA Annual Meeting, provided by AAA, to make a poster or oral presentation on the completed project
• A ticket to AAA Banquet

American Association of Anatomists
9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Tel: 301-634-7910 Fax: 301-634-7965 exec@anatomy.org

Anatomist, Graduate Student, Junior Faculty, Junior Investigator, Junior Researcher, Junior Scientist, Young Investigator, Young Scientist
Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award
American Association of Anatomists
All Regions
10/15/2008
$4,000

Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st

Past winners

AAA's highest education award, first awarded in 2007, is for human anatomy education in the anatomical sciences as broadly defined-including gross anatomy, embryology, histology, and neuroanatomy-at the medical/dental, graduate, or undergraduate level of teaching. Only AAA members may submit a nomination. Nominees must be full-time or emeritus faculty members of accredited colleges or universities and members of the American Association of Anatomists. The award is provided by Elsevier.
The Distinguished Educator Award recipient presents a lecture at the AAA Annual Meeting in the year following the award and receives:
• A certificate
• A $4,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights) to receive the award at the AAA Banquet

American Association of Anatomists
9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Tel: 301-634-7910 Fax: 301-634-7965 exec@anatomy.org

Anatomist, Academic, Medical School Faculty, Dental School Faculty
Basmajian Award
American Association of Anatomists
All Regions
10/15/2008
$1,000

Basmajian Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st

This award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, teach human or veterinary gross anatomy, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education. Only AAA members may submit a nomination; however, the proposed award recipient need not be an AAA member.

The Basmajian Award recipient receives:
• A plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights)
• Two years free membership in the American Association of Anatomists
• Two years of registration at the EB meeting will be waived including the year of the award
• Invitation to serve on AAA's Educational Affairs Committee

American Association of Anatomists
9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Tel: 301-634-7910 Fax: 301-634-7965 exec@anatomy.org

Anatomist, Medical School Faculty, Veterinary School Faculty
Request for Proposals Frontotemporal Dementia Drug Discovery Program
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
All Regions
09/22/2008
$0
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Frontotemporal Dementia Drug Discovery Program
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias (AFTD) seek to accelerate and support drug discovery for FTD and related dementias through this Request for Proposals (RFP.
Research investigating the pathologic mechanisms of neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and related disorders has advanced recently, creating new potential targets for drug discovery.
Examples of programs appropriate for this RFP include, but are not limited to:
• Identification and in vitro testing of potentially disease modifying lead compounds
• Development and testing of novel high throughput screening assays
• Medicinal chemistry on lead compounds
• Testing of lead compounds in a relevant animal model for preclinical proof of concept
• ADME, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics on lead compounds
• Development and testing of targeted gene delivery strategies
• Development of biomarkers to accelerate drug development and early diagnosis
PLEASE NOTE: THIS FUNDING WILL NOT SUPPORT APPLICATIONS FOR BASIC RESEARCH
MECHANISM(S) OF SUPPORT
ADDF/AFTD will provide individual grants for one year duration with the possibility of follow on funding. Applications may be submitted by non-profit academic institutions and for-profit biotechnology companies, both public and private, worldwide. Collaborative teams of neuroscientists and researchers in drug discovery disciplines such as medicinal chemistry and drug delivery are also encouraged to apply.
REVIEW PROCESS
The deadline date for applications is September 22nd, 2008. Applications will be confidentially reviewed by ADDF and an external Scientific Review Committee, including AFTD scientific advisors. Applications from biotechnology companies will also be reviewed by ADDF’s external Business Advisory Board. Award-winners will be publicly announced in April 2009.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
All applications must be submitted electronically at www.AlzDiscovery.org.
Clinical Pharmacist, Medicinal Chemist, Neuroscientist, Scientist, Toxicologist
Talecris New Trials Support (Talents) Program
Talecris Biotherapeutics
All Regions
08/01/2008
$300,000

The Talents Program

Letters of Intent (LOI) for the next round of awards are due by August 1, 2008. Disbursements of grants will begin early in January 2009.

The Talents Program has three key aims:

Further the understanding of the efficacy and mechanisms of action of IGIV in current clinical indications
Explore new clinical uses of IGIV
Support the intellectual endeavors of the IGIV research community.
Grants are awarded on an annual basis and are usually for either a 1- or 2-year period. Grants can include support for salary, overheads and direct costs. Product may also be provided if requested.

The program awards up to $1 million a year. Individual grants can be up to $150,000 per research project per annum, excluding product costs. The maximum funding available per research project is therefore $300,000 awarded over a 2-year period.

The funding cycle takes place on an annual basis. Letters of Intent are reviewed in August, funding is determined in October, and funding begins in January of the following year.

How to Apply
The Application Process
Applications are made in two steps. The first step requires the completion of a Letter of Intent, of which there are two versions: one for basic science projects and one for clinical research projects.

Letters of Intent will be reviewed by The Talents Evaluation Committee, which includes experts in neurology, immunology, hematology, and other disciplines as needed, as well as Talecris scientists.

Investigators who submit Letters of Intent that are approved by the Talents Evaluation Committee will be asked to complete a full application form, which will be emailed to those applicants.

As with the Letters of Intent, the completed applications will be reviewed by members of the Talents Evaluation Committee; and the committee will determine which proposals will be funded.

Each application will be reviewed based on the following set of criteria:

Scientific merit
Qualifications of applicant
Quality of environment
Alignment with program goals.

All proposals that meet minimum criteria in the above categories will be ranked and funded until the allotted funds are exhausted.

Who Should Apply?
Applications are welcome from individuals with an MD, PhD, DO or PharmD who are affiliated with a facility that utilizes IGIV in a basic or clinical science research setting or to treat patients. Such facilities may include, but are not limited to, universities, hospitals, clinics, blood centers, and laboratories.

For-profit organizations are not eligible for funding under the Talents Program, e.g. pharmaceutical companies, homecare companies, health maintenance organizations. If you require additional information, please contact the Program Administrator at: talents@porterhouse.biz.

Clinical Pharmacist, Immunologist, Neurologist, Physician Researcher, Hematologist, Scientist
Clinical Research Training Grant
Muscular Dystrophy Association
All Regions
08/01/2008
$180,000

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Clinical Research Training Grant (CRTG)

Summary: The CRTG is designed to provide promising young clinicians the research training opportunities needed to become productive clinical investigators in neuromuscular disease research. This training opportunity is designed to be compatible with the requirements of a traditional clinical fellowship in neuromuscular disease and any forthcoming requirements for certification in neuromuscular disease. Trainees will be expected to design their own educational plans and to participate, under the supervision of a mentor, in the development and/or coordination of a clinical research project. At minimum, trainees should gain experience in the basic epidemiological methods of clinical research, ethical and legal issues, and the principles involved in monitoring patient-oriented research, including regulatory requirements and quality assurance. Recipients are also encouraged to acquire knowledge of and exposure to research technologies, large dataset management, bioinformatics and other research tools, as well as to develop the communication and collaboration skills necessary for successful investigator development. Clinical Research Training Grants will be awarded annually to no more than two qualified recipients for the amount of $90,000 per year for two years.

Deadlines*

*Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact MDA staff before submitting a letter of intent for this grant.

2009:
Letter of Intent: August 1, 2008
Grant Application: September 1, 2008
Start Date: July 1, 2009

FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION OF THE "REQUEST FOR GRANT APPLICATiON" go to: https://proposalcentral.altum.com

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the funding level and percent commitment for this grant?
This Fellowship is funded at up to $90,000 per year, with a cap of $85,000 to be applied to salary and benefits, and a cap of $10,000 to be applied to coursework, travel and a laptop computer. Applicants are expected to commit 100% of their time to this Fellowship.

Who can apply?
To apply for the CRTG, you must hold a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree and be licensed to practice medicine in the state or province in which the grant will be given; be board eligible or board certified in neurology, child neurology or physical medicine and rehabilitation at the time of the award. Clinicians who have been in a practice focused on neuromuscular diseases for not more than 5 years are also eligible to submit an application. See the CRTG Policy Manual for further requirements.

Do you need to be a U.S. citizen to apply?
U.S. or Canadian citizens, resident aliens, or nonresident aliens with a valid employment authorization are eligible for this training opportunity. Strong preference will be given to applicants who intend to remain in the U.S. or Canada after completing training.

How are applications reviewed?
Applications are reviewed by members of MDA’s Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) at its October meeting. Review criteria include: quality of applicant; quality of mentor and training environment; and quality of educational plan. See the CRTG Policy Manual for more detail.

How many grants are awarded each year?
No more than two grants will be awarded annually.

How should the “classwork” requirement be met?
Applicants are asked to design an “educational program” including formal classwork in clinical research. The classwork requirement can be satisfied through many different mechanisms including classes in relevant areas offered at the applicant’s own institution or classes offered by government or private organizations, or some combination of both. Both certificate and credit hour classes may be counted toward the educational requirement. Examples of appropriate topics for classwork include, but are not limited to epidemiology, ethics/responsible conduct of research, study design/clinical trials design, use of human subjects, scientific writing/grantsmanship, and good clinical practice. Your application will be reviewed, in part, on the breadth and depth of the educational plan that you develop.

What is meant by "development or coordination of a clinical research project"?
Your second-year project should allow you to apply information that you gained from the first-year coursework in a clinical research setting. Planning for this project should begin in year one. Appropriate projects might include, for example, participating in a clinical trial, conducting a restrospective chart review study, or designing and implementing a small epidemiological study. Your role in the design, execution, and/or data anaylsis for the research project should be clearly delineated. The project should not be a laboratory research project. It is expected that a publication or presentation at a scientific meeting will result from the research project.

Is this program compatible with certification in neuromuscular disease?
Certification requirements for neuromuscular training are currently under development. This fellowship is meant to be compatible with requirements for such certification. If you plan to seek certification in neuromuscular training, please indicate this in your applicant statement and educational plan, and include the requirements for certification in your educational plan.

How will progress be judged?
Progress reports will be required at six months, twelve months and eighteen months. Applicants who are not judged to be making satisfactory progress will be subject to cancellation.

Contact:
Elizabeth Habeeb-Louks
MDA Research Department
(520) 529-2000, ext. 6021
crtg@mdausa.org

Neurologist, Osteopath, Physiatrist , Physician, Physician Researcher
DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics
Genetics Society of America
All Regions
12/05/2008
$0
DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics

In recognition of the critical role DeLill Nasser played for the discipline and for her love of genetics, in 2001, The Genetics Society of America established The DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics, an award for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees, to support travel costs for young geneticists to attend national and international meetings and enroll in laboratory courses. The Award is named for long-time GSA member and National Science Foundation Program Director in Eukaryotic Genetics, DeLill Nasser.

Nasser, who died in 2000, was at NSF for more than 22 years and was considered the “patron saint” of genetics and friend of many geneticists. She was primarily interested “in the science” and because of this interest championed the funding of the genomic sequencing of Arabidopsis and research in Drosophila. Giving them time and support, Nasser enabled researchers to work on genetic problems, sometimes seemingly obscure, which resulted in significant progress in genetics research.

Nasser was especially supportive of young scientists, people who were beginning their careers and those trying to open new areas of genetic inquiry.

Members of the DeLill Nasser Selection Committee are: Thomas Kaufman, Chair, Philip Harriman and Scott Hawley. At least one award, and sometimes more, is given annually to a graduate student or postdoctoral trainee. For a list of past recipients, please click here.

Each year, GSA membership is asked to contribute to the fund. Checks should be written to The Genetics Society of America with “DeLill Nasser Fund” written in the lower left memo, and mailed to:
Elaine Strass
Executive Director
Genetics Society of America
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
Email: estrass@genetics-gsa.org
Tel: 301-634-7301


Geneticist , Junior Investigator, Junior Researcher, Junior Scientist, New Investigator, New Researcher, Young Investigator, Young Scientist, Graduate Student
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
American Association of Anatomists
All Regions
10/01/2008
$20,000

AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Application deadline: October 1st

The AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship, established in 2008, offers salary support to AAA members who are postdoctoral fellows working in any aspect of biology relevant to the anatomical sciences. Either the postdoctoral applicant or the host sponsor (or both) must be a permanent resident of the US or Canada, however, fellowships can be used in any country. Applicants must have been AAA members for one year preceding the application deadline and are expected to remain members for the duration of the fellowship. Candidates should be working on a research project encompassing any aspect of biology that is relevant to the anatomical sciences. Approaches can include (but are not limited to) cellular, molecular, genetic or histological techniques, and/or emphasize development, evolution, morphology or human health.

AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients receive:
• A $20,000 Fellowship
• Travel reimbursement (up to $1,000) plus registration fee to present his/her work at the next appropriate AAA Annual Meeting.

American Association of Anatomists
9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Tel: 301-634-7910 Fax: 301-634-7965 exec@anatomy.org

Biologist, Cell Biologist, Molecular Biologist , Scientist, Geneticist
Young Investigator Awards
American Association of Anatomists
All Regions
08/15/2008
$1,000
August 15th nomination deadline

AAA Young Investigator Awards

Beginning with nominations made in 2008, AAA’s Young Investigator Awards combine three long-standing AAA awards with a new award to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in cell/molecular biology, developmental biology, comparative neuroanatomy, or the morphological sciences. Candidates should be within 10 years of their highest earned degree at the time of nomination. It is not necessary that nominators or nominees be AAA members.

AAA’s Young Investigator Awards Selection Committee is comprised of eight (8) members appointed by the current or incoming President to represent the various disciplines covered by these awards. Committee members will serve a two-year term with one member serving a one-year term as chair in the final year. The position of chair will rotate among the disciplines covered by these awards. The committee will review all nominations and determine which of the following prizes to award in a given year. It is not required that each award be made annually.

R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology
This award, first given in 1979, recognizes a cell biologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of anatomy through discovery, ingenuity, and publications in the field of cell biology. The successful candidate will be an independent cell biologist whose publications have had substantial impact on his/her field.

C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy
Established in 1962, this award recognizes investigators who have made important contributions to the field of comparative neuroanatomy and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments. The area of comparative neuroanatomy is defined broadly; previous awardees are outstanding scientists who have made contributions to areas of neuroscience, including neurochemistry, development, neurocytology, neuroendocrinology, neurophysiology, and molecular neurobiology.

H.W. Mossman Developmental Biologist Award
This award was established in 2001 to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to the field of developmental biology, as broadly defined, and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments.

AAA Morphological Sciences Award
This award was established in 2008 to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through research in the morphological sciences, as broadly defined, and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments.

AAA Young Investigator Award recipients will present a lecture in the Young Investigator Award Symposium at the AAA Annual Meeting following their selection and will receive:
• A plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (coach airfare plus 2 nights)
• Two years free membership in the American Association of Anatomists (and two years free membership for winning non-member nominators)
• Two years free registration at the AAA Annual Meeting/EB meeting, including the year of the award

NOMINATION MATERIALS
The person making the nomination only needs to submit:
1. Completed Award Nomination Form
2. Curriculum vitae of the nominee (NIH biosketch format preferred)
3. Detailed letter of recommendation that addresses the following:
• The significant research contribution(s) made by the nominee and why it is considered significant.
• Why the nominee's potential and current work is viewed as especially promising.
• The ability of the nominee to give a lecture that is dynamic, engaging, and readily understood by scientists across various subdisciplines.
• The date on which the nominee’s advanced professional degree was awarded.

TIMELINE
Nominations are due each year on August 15; nominees are then asked to submit three representative papers by September 15. Winning nominees and their nominators will be notified of selection in late October and will be expected to present a lecture at the AAA Annual Meeting/EB 2009 (April 18-22, New Orleans).

American Association of Anatomists
9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998
Tel: 301-634-7910 Fax: 301-634-7965 exec@anatomy.org
Biologist, Cell Biologist, Molecular Biologist , Neuroscientist, Young Investigator, Young Scientist, Junior Investigator, Junior Researcher, Junior Scientist, Neurologist, New Investigator, New Researcher

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