Call for Applications: Society of General Internal Medicine Founders Award
Provides $10,000 annually toward research support by a junior investigator on a select topic each year.
The Founders Award will support research by a junior investigator. Applicants are encouraged to consider using the SGIM Research Dataset Compendium www.sgim.org/go/datasets for their proposed research projects. This resource provides information about a number of public use datasets and provides opportunities from investigators to get mentoring and one-time consultation from senior SGIM members who are experienced in accessing and using the datasets.
Budget. Applications up to $10,000 will be entertained. Institutional overhead must be included in this amount.
Eligibility. Eligibility is limited to SGIM full or associate members who are below the rank of Associate Professor at the time of application or Full Members who have been at full membership for TWO years or less.
Term. Grants are given for a single year only. (Fiscal year July 1 – June 30th) Funds must be spent within 12 months of the beginning of the grant, and may not be "banked" for future use. Unexpended funds must be returned to the Society. If justified in writing, carryover may be approved by the SGIM President and Chair of the Founders Committee. Request for carryover of unexpended funds should be made prior to the expiration of an award.
Deadlines. The deadline for the application is March 7th, 2012. Applications must be received by the SGIM office by 5 PM EST.
Society of General Internal Medicine
1500 King Street Ste 303 Alexandria, VA 22314
800-822-3060 or 202-887-5150
