Echocardiography Grants

2009 ASE Echo Investigator Award

Up to $50,000 is available for qualified physicians or scientists with previous research experience. Applicants may be no more than ten years past their first academic faculty/non-trainee appointment.

Eligibility Requirements –
The applicant must hold a professional doctoral degree of MD, PhD or the equivalent and must be a member of ASE. Eligible applicants may be up to ten years past the date of their first academic faculty/non-trainee appointment when the funding starts.

Previous research experience is desirable. The Award recipient will have scientific responsibility for the conduct of the proposed research and must hold a valid faculty appointment at the institution where the research is conducted.

Selection Criteria –
In selecting Award recipients, proposals exploring the role of emerging ultrasound technologies such as 3D, contrast and hand-carried ultrasound and its applications to patient care are encouraged. This should not, however, be considered limiting and all meritorious applications will be reviewed.

Innovative and meritorious echocardiographic research demonstrating the key role cardiovascular ultrasound plays in the diagnosis and management of patients with heart and vascular disease will be selected for funding based upon the following criteria:

Scientific excellence of the proposal is the critical determinant. Qualifications of the primary investigator and the institution enter into the score.

Scientific Excellence of the Proposal:
- Scientific merit (originality, scientific impact, soundness of approach, ability of proposed aims to address the hypothesis, logical organization, preliminary data, experimental design, methodology, statistical analysis).
- Innovative and distinct nature of the proposal.
- Extent to which the proposal uses emerging ultrasound technologies.
- Probability of achieving meaningful results in one year.

Primary Investigator and Institution:
- Qualifications of the applicant (relevant experience, productivity, number and quality of independent publications).
- Qualifications of the institution (facilities and resources).

Submission opens Saturday, November 1, 2008 and deadlines Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST). American Society of Echocardiography
Phone number 919 - 861-5574
Fax number 919 - 882-9900
Address:
2100 Gateway Centre Boulevard,
Ste. 310
Morrisville, NC 27560