Biochemistry Grants

American College of Cardiology Foundation Young Investigators Awards Competition

The purpose of the YIA Awards is to encourage and recognize young scientific investigators of promise, upon whom progress in the field of cardiology is dependent. A manuscript and abstract summarizing any problem that relates to cardiovascular disease whether it be in etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, or therapy. YIA Award Categories:

1) Clinical Investigations in Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Surgery. Awards in this category are meant for investigations that cover clinical investigations with health related outcomes as primary objectives. Large population based epidemiologic investigations including population genetics would fall in this category this year.

2) Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology
These awards are meant for investigators wishing to submit a project related to coronary and vascular physiology, pathology and pharmacology in humans or animals that address mechanisms of disease and aspects related to mechanism of action of therapies. Molecular physiologic and biochemical approaches that enhance the interface between basic and clinical aspects of cardiovascular disease, shed light on a physiologic or biochemical mechanism(s) would fall in this category.

3) Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
These awards are meant for investigators addressing basic aspects of molecular and cellular regulation as it pertains to the cardiovascular system. These projects are typically basic investigations and seek to probe fundamental questions pertaining to development, differentiation and do not readily fall into the previous categories.

Elegibility
Any physician/scientist presently in a residency or a fellowship training program or who has been in such a program within the past three years; medical students; and Ph.D. candidates.

The Award
The first place winner for each category receives $2,000, second place winners receive $1,000; three honorable mentions in each category receive $500. Travel, hotel and meals up to $1500 will be reimbursed for all 15 finalists to attend the YIA Competition at the ACC.11.

Support for the ACCF/Herman K. Gold Young Investigator Awards in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology is provided by a grant from CVPath Institute and the family of Herman K. Gold.

Application Deadline: October 14, 2010

For More Information about these Awards, contact Kelli Bohannon at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635 or email her at kbohanno@acc.org

National Hemophilia Foundation Judith Graham Poole Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Letter of Intent Deadline: November 23, 2010
Application Deadline: February 23, 2011
Award Start Date: July 1, 2011

The program is named for Dr. Judith Graham Pool. In 1965, Dr. Pool discovered a simple method of extracting the clotting factor from human plasma. This opened the door to a series of rapid developments that revolutionized the treatment of hemophilia including replacement therapy. Replacement therapy (i.e., the infusion of the missing clotting factor to prevent or stop bleeding) has made it possible for people with hemophilia to live relatively normal and productive lives and to avoid, in large measure, the potentially crippling effects of the disorder.

Only noncommercial institutions and investigators associated with a noncommercial institution are eligible for NHF funding.

All grant and fellowship applications are subjected to a rigorous peer review process. Applications are critiqued on scientific merit and relevance to NHF research priorities. Applications are reviewed and scored in terms of significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment. A panel selected by the Research Working Group, a volunteer group of scientific and lay leaders, reviews applications received.

Eligibility
Applicants must have completed doctoral training and must enter the JGP fellowship program from a doctoral, postdoctoral, internship or residency training program. Established investigators or faculty members are not eligible. Applicants must be affiliated with domestic organizations such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories. US citizenship is not required.

Permissible research topics include clinical or basic research on the biochemical, genetic, hematologic, orthopedic, psychiatric or dental aspects of the hemophilias or von Willebrand disease. Other topics include rehabilitation, therapeutic modalities, psychosocial issues, women's health issues, liver disease, or AIDS/HIV as they pertain to the hemophilias or von Willebrand disease.

It is expected that the fellow will spend at least 90% of the time on the research project for which funding is requested. The remaining 10% may be devoted to teaching or clinical work that is relevant to the research.

Funding
Support is available for up to $42,000/per year for a maximum of two years (pending continuing grant approval).

Letter of Intent
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent by 5pm EST, November 23, 2010. This should be a brief letter identifying the researcher, their mentor, institution and a description of the proposed research project. Letters of intent should include an NIH-style CV or biosketch for both candidate and mentor. Letters of intent will be evaluated by members of NHF's Research Review Committee who will collectively decide upon the candidates invited to submit a full JGP application.

Inquiries
For further information, contact:

Angelina Wang
Director of Research and Medical Information
116 West 32nd Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 328-3727 or (800) 42-HANDI ext. 3727
Fax: (212) 328-3799
E-mail: awang@hemophilia.org

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Peter B. Samuels Essay Award Competition

The Peter B. Samuels Award winner will receive a $1,000 Cash Award, reimbursement for roundtrip coach airfare travel to the meeting (the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery's 39th Annual Symposium), and 2 night’s hotel accommodations.

-- This competition is open to medical students of a University or Affiliated Hospital, residents in a Surgical or Vascular Surgical Residency or fellows in a Vascular Surgery Fellowship. Open to training programs in the United States or Canada only.
-- Submissions for consideration must be original papers on a subject related to vascular surgery that have not been previously published nor presented.
-- Abstracts may be based on either experimental or clinical observations, or may be analytical, based on analysis and review of previously published data on the anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, or genetics of the vascular system and its disease.

Finalists for this award will be notified and must submit an electronic copy of their manuscript to the Society’s office by January 7, 2011. You may indicate your interest in being considered for this award, by checking the appropriate box during the abstract submission process.

Allastair Karmody Poster Competition

First Round winners will each receive a $500 cash award.

The Karmody Poster Competition winner will receive an additional $500 cash award.

-- The competition is limited to Fellows, Residents and Medical Students.
-- All abstracts accepted for Poster Presentation will be considered. No additional field needs to be marked during the abstract submission process.
-- Submissions must be original papers on a subject related to vascular surgery that have not been previously published nor presented.
-- Abstracts may be based on either experimental or clinical observations, or it may be analytical, based on analysis and review of previously published data on the anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, or genetics of the vascular system and its disease.
-- An author can only present one paper for the competition. Additional papers must be presented by another author.

The Karmody Poster Competition will feature a 2-round judging process. Posters will be divided into topic groups with approximately the same number of posters in each group. Authors must attend the entire First Round session to be considered for the Karmody Award.

First Round: Authors give a timed, 3-minute presentation; then respond to questions posed by other authors and attendees in their topic group. Topic groups run concurrently until all posters have been presented once. The authors and attendees of each group will score all posters in that group. Based on the peer scoring, a First Round winner will be selected for each group.

Final Round: First Round winners will again give 3-minute presentations / 2 minutes discussion to the entire poster session audience. The assigned moderators of the First Round will score the Final Round presentations. The Final Round winner is designated the Allastair Karmody Competition winner.

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
900 Cummings Center
Suite 221-U
Beverly, MA 01915

phone: 978-927-8330
fax: 978-524-8890

Anatrace Membrane Protein Award

Deadline for nominations: May 1 of each year.
The Anatrace Membrane Protein Award, funded by Anatrace Inc., was established to recognize an outstanding investigator who has made a significant contribution to the field of membrane protein research. The award is designed to promote membrane protein studies and recognize excellence in the field. The award consists of $3,000 and is distributed annually.

Eligibility:

* Nominee must have made an exceptional contribution to the field of membrane protein research including but not limited to studies of the structure, biochemistry, or biological function of membrane proteins.
* Nominee must not have received the Anatrace Award in any prior 5-year period and may not nominate.
* Nominee must be a member of the Society in good standing.
* Nominator must submit completed Nomination Form and required documents.

Nomination packets must include the following:

1. Completed Award Nomination Form;
2. A letter describing qualifications of the nominee. This letter should be nomore than 4 pages and comment on the scientific contributions of the nominee to the field of membrane protein biochemistry/biophysics;
3. Two supporting letters;
4. Nominee’s curriculum vitae, including all relevant publications.

Email Nomination packet to: society@biophysics.org

Biophysical Society
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Phone: 301.634.7114
Fax: 301.634.7133
society@biophysics.org

Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine Research Mini-Fellowship Program

Objectives

· Provide additional research training opportunities for young investigators in the field of free radical biology that are not available at their home institution.

· Cultivate collaborative relationships between established scientists and development of novel techniques or methodologies at applicant’s home institution.

· Promote career development and research opportunities for young investigators.

Eligibility
1. Applicant must be a current member of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

2. Applicant must be one (1) of the following:
a. Student, enrolled in in a Ph.D. graduate school training program
b. Post-doctoral fellow
c. Clinical fellow/medical trainee
d. Investigator within five (5) years of obtaining their Ph.D.
e. Junior faculty within two (2) years of their initial appointment as Assistant Professor.

3. Only one application per young investigator in each funding cycle (February-July and August through January) will be considered.

Application and Program Details

Applicants should submit a 3 page proposal that specifies:

i) a brief description of the applicant’s current research program and justification of use of technical expertise that is not available at the applicant’s institution.

ii) description of the new methodology that will be used and its application to the applicant’s research project; as well as the research site where training will be obtained, and the mentor who will supervise research training.

iii) whether this new methodology will be applied to other ongoing research activities at the applicant’s home institution, and whether resources are available at home institution to implement the desired new methodology.

The project should focus on training of a specific analytical technique or methodology that relates directly to free radical biology, and is not available or developed at the trainee’s institution, and should describe how this technology/methodology supports the applicant’s current research program and her/his future career objectives. Examples include: specific analytical methods for analysis of biomarkers of oxidative stress, the use of EPR or radiolytic techniques for studying free radical reactions, molecular biology or cell culture techniques relevant to free radical research, in vivo techniques of oxygen tension or delivery, training in chemical synthesis of relevant molecules, etc.

The application should include CV that describes the applicant’s areas of expertise, as well as support letters from the current mentor/supervision and from the research mentor at the host institution. The proposed mentor must be a member of SFRBM.

The duration of the project at the mentor’s site should be up to 4 weeks, but may in some cases consist of multiple 1- or 2-week visits.

Grant Amount and Budget: The maximum individual grant amount to be awarded is $2,500. Awards can be used to cover travel expenses, accommodations and related costs near the host’s institution, and specific reagents/supplies. These awards are not intended to supplement other funding sources for ongoing research projects.

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010 and September 15, 2010

Complete applications should be submitted electronically to SFRBM at info@sfrbm.org as a single pdf document and should consist of: 1) a completed SFRBM Research Mini-Fellowship Application form (use template form); 2) a 3-page proposal description; 3) a detailed budget; 4) applicant’s CV; and 5) letters of support from both the current research mentor as well as the mentor at the host institution.

Proposal Review and Announcement
Proposals will be reviewed by the SFRBM Young Investigator Committee within one month of the application deadline. All applicants will be informed in May and November 2010 as to whether their proposal will be funded. Announcement of SFRBM Research Fellowship recipients will also be made at the Annual SFRBM Meeting (November).

Awards to be Funded in 2010
SFRBM intends to fund two (2) awards for each of the cycles described above (4 total). One of these four fellowships in 2010 will be given for an outstanding proposal in the area of aging research (sponsored by the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research).

Final evaluation and report
All Research Mini-Fellowship rotations must be completed within six months of receiving the award. The awardee should complete a brief evaluation form co-signed by the hosting mentor within 2 weeks of completion of the fellowship. Also, the awardee is requested to provide a 2-page summary (and potential publications or abstracts) describing the application of the new technique or methodology to her/his research program within 6 months after the completion of the program, and submit these materials to the SFRBM office.

If you have any questions, please contact SFRBM at (317) 205-9483 or via email at info@sfrbm.org.