Novartis Awards in Diabetes--Long-standing AchievementWho is eligible? All candidates must be licensed physicians. They must be nominated and seconded by a peer. There is no age limit for the Long-Standing Achievement Prize. Posthumous nominations will not be considered. Who is eligible? All who meet the above criteria, with the exception of close current associates of any member of the Novartis Prize in Diabetes Panel. The nomination process The nominating peer should provide the materials listed below, typed in English: Candidate’s curriculum vitae (up to 6 pages) and bibliography (up to 50 original papers) Letter of nomination (up to 2 pages) outlining the reasons for choosing the recommended candidate Letters of support (up to 3, each up to 2 pages), one of which is provided by an institution unconnected with the nominee Date of birth Passport size photo x1 Novartis will not send back but archive the nomination packages which are not complying with requirements (e.g., CVs including more than 50 publications) Nominations should be e-mailed by March 15, 2009, to: Yu Hong Adeline Yao Prize Coordinator Phone: +41 61 324 7026 adeline.yao@novartis.com
Cash prize: $25,000
2009- 2010 MedImmune Viral Respiratory Disease Fellowship Grant Mission: To help support the continuing education of Fellowship Trainees in American Board of Pediatrics accredited programs nationwide. MedImmune will be providing up to $210,000.00 in 2009-2010 to support the training of up to 6 fellows ($35,000.00 per awardee). Grants will be awarded to those individuals doing original and important research in viral respiratory diseases. Funding will be provided to the fellow’s institution. We hope to help stimulate increased interest and research in the area of viral respiratory pathogens important to the health and well-being of children. These grants are to be used to help supplement project costs. Applications will be reviewed and selected by the Pediatric Academic Reviewers. Progress reports regarding the progress of your research must be provided quarterly to the sponsors and at the completion of the project period, a final report of the status of the project must be submitted. Additionally, MedImmune will be entitled to review and reference all manuscripts, articles or presentations resulting from the project prior to publication.
Eligibility: • Will be a full time fellow in an ABP accredited fellowship program (any phase of training), during the 2009-2010 academic year •The project must be the primary work of the candidate •The research must involve viral respiratory pathogens or disease conditions as its focus and have clinical relevance to pediatric patients •Verification from your institution that the MedImmune Fellowship Grant Award will not be subject to institutional overhead. The total grant amount ($35,000.00) shall be made available for the use of the fellow to support their research as described in submitted proposal. The parties agree that Institution shall allocate a portion of such funds to cover the travel expenses incurred by the Fellow in order to attend and present at the 2009 PAS meeting. Such financial support shall be paid by check issued to the Institution. •Candidates may re-apply for consecutive funding years as appropriate •See application for further details Timeline: October 2008 Applications sent out to fellowship directors and available at www.medimmune.com/about/grants.asp December 15, 2008: Applications are due no later than December 15, 2008 January – March 2009: Applications will be reviewed through early March 2009 Late March 2009: Winners notified and a completed W-9 will be requested May 2-5, 2009- PAS Meeting in Baltimore, MD Awards will be announced. Grants will be dispersed once all appropriate paperwork has been received and confirmed and Fellowship Grant Agreement is executed by Fellow’s Institution and MedImmune. MedImmune Fellowship Application Process: • To apply for this MedImmune Fellowship Grant, go to www.medimmune.com/about/grants.asp
For general inquiries, contact: Public Affairs MedImmune, LLC. One MedImmune Way Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (301) 398-0000 email: info@medimmune.com
International Flavors and Fragrances Award
The IFF Award for outstanding research on “Molecular Systems of Taste” is made possible by the generous support of International Flavors and Fragrances Inc, and is awarded for critical advances of long-lasting impact, in the understanding of the molecular basis of taste. The award is $6000 and the awardee is asked to give the IFF Lecture at the annual AChemS meeting. Eligibility: Researchers comprehensively involved with both the theoretical and practical aspects of the research, who have made original contributions on the molecular basis of taste, published within the last three years. Nominations: may be made by AChemS members. The nominee need not be an AChemS member. Documentation for the nomination should include: 1) A letter of support outlining the important contributions of the nominee; 2) Additional information on the nominee including current position and title, address, telephone, e-mail address, year of receipt of Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) and a list of publications (alternatively a full CV); 3) Up to five other supplemental letters of support; 4) Although reprints of the candidate’s work are welcome, no more than three should be submitted and these should be in the form of PDFs or URL links, if possible.
All nominations must be postmarked by January 16, 2009.
Association for Chemoreception Sciences 5841 Cedar Lake Road Minneapolis, MN 55416 Phone: (952) 646-2035 Fax: (952) 545-6073 info@achems.org
15th Annual Ajinomoto Award for Young Investigators in Gustation
The Ajinomoto Award for Young Investigators in Gustation, made possible by the generous support of The Ajinomoto Corp., is awarded annually to an outstanding junior scientist who is an emerging leader in the field of gustation. The research record should provide evidence of excellence and contributions that have had or are likely to have a major impact on research in the field of gustation. The award is $3,000 and is given during the Welcome/Awards Ceremony on opening night of the Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Nominees should have received their doctoral degrees 10 or fewer years prior to the year of the granting of the award. Documentation for the nomination should include: 1) A letter of support outlining the important contributions of the nominee. 2) Additional information on the nominee including the current position and title, address, telephone, e-mail address, year of receipt of the PhD and a list of publications (alternately include a full CV). 3) Up to five other supplemental letters of support. 4) Although reprints of the candidate's work are welcome, no more than three should be submitted, and these should be as pdfs or URL links, if possible. Electronic nominations are preferred. Please send nominations, including all required supporting materials in pdf format to info@achems.org. Nominations for the 2009 award must be received by January 16, 2009.
Moskowitz Jacobs Inc. Award
18th Annual Moskowitz Jacobs Award for Research in Psychophysics of Human Taste and Smell The Moskowitz Jacobs Inc. Award for Research Excellence in the Psychophysics of Taste and Smell, made possible by the generous support of Moskowitz Jacobs Inc., is awarded annually to an outstanding junior scientist in the field of psychophysics of human taste or olfaction. The research record should provide evidence of excellence and the promise to emerge as a leader in the field. The award is $2,000 and is given during the Welcome/Awards Ceremony on opening night of the Annual Meeting. Eligibility: Nominees should have received their doctoral degrees 10 or fewer years prior to the year of the granting of the award. Nominations may be made by AChemS members only. Documentation for the nomination should include: 1) A letter of support outlining the important contributions of the nominee. 2) Additional information on the nominee including the current position and title, address, telephone, e-mail address, year of receipt of the PhD and a list of publications (alternately include a full CV). 3) Up to five other supplemental letters of support. 4) Although reprints of the candidate's work are welcome, no more than three should be submitted, and these should be as pdfs or URL links, if possible. Electronic nominations are preferred! Please send nominations, including all required supporting materials in pdf format to info@achems.org. Nominations for the 2009 award must be received by January 16, 2009
JDRF Scholar Award Request for Applications Application Deadline Date: December 1, 2008 In an effort to expedite the progress toward a cure for type 1 diabetes, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) offers a Scholar Award. This award provides sustained support for pioneering basic or clinical research aimed at fulfilling the goals of JDRF—finding a cure for type 1 diabetes or its complications. The Scholar Award is designed to support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering research to reach these goals. The Scholar Award, which is JDRF’s most prestigious award, will fund investigators with extraordinary talent and vision, who are willing to take risks and attempt new approaches to accelerate type 1 diabetes research. The Scholar Award is meant to support outstanding investigators who intend to pursue new research directions that are not funded from other sources. The awards are not meant simply to expand the funding of persons already well supported for exploring this concept. Each Scholar Award provides up to USD 250,000 annually, including indirect costs, for up to five years. A list of current JDRF Scholar Awards can be found at www.jdrf.org/scholarawards.
BACKGROUND To fulfill its mission, JDRF depends critically on the creativity and excellence of individual scientists. In order to explore and develop the full potential of novel paradigms, the foundation will select a handful of scholars to operate without the restraints that are put on other forms of funding. JDRF thus seeks to support scientists, whose ideas have the potential for high impact, but may be too novel, span too diverse a range of disciplines, or be at a stage too early to succeed in the traditional peer review process. The Scholar Award is intended to encourage highly creative biomedical and clinical scientists to devote a major part of their career to seminal research in type 1 diabetes. The awards are not meant to support specific, fully defined research projects but rather to support original research directions and provide support to exceptionally creative scientists to pursue innovative approaches.
ELIGIBILITY The JDRF Scholar Award is intended for researchers who hold an academic degree (D.M.D., D.O., D.V.M., M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent) in a scientific discipline and who also hold an independent investigator position at a university, health-science center, or comparable institution. The candidate will typically have at least ten years of relevant experience since receiving his/her degree. Prior research investigation in the field of type 1 diabetes is not mandatory. Scholar Award research may be conducted in any nation, within for-profit or non-profit, public or private organizations, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, or eligible agencies of federal governments. No citizenship requirements apply to the JDRF Scholar Award. Racial/ethnic minority individuals, women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply as principal investigators. If selected, investigators must show evidence of institutional infrastructure support. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION Applications Full applications must be submitted through proposalCENTRAL: http://proposalcentral.altum.com/default.asp?GMID=16 Full on-line applications must be submitted no later than 11.59 p.m. ET on December 1st, 2008.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International 120 Wall Street New York, NY 10005-4001 Phone:(800) 533-CURE (2873) Fax: (212) 785-9595 E-mail: info@jdrf.org
Zenith Fellows Award
Competition objectives
The Zenith Fellows award was initiated in 1991 to provide a vehicle for research support for donors with a substantial personal commitment to the advancement of Alzheimer’s disease research. The awards are made possible by the generosity of a group of individuals and organizations (Zenith Fellows) that have each committed $1 million to the Alzheimer’s Association for support of the program. The objective of the 2009 Zenith Fellows Awards competition is to provide major support for investigators who have: 1) contributed significantly to the field of Alzheimer’s disease research or 2) made significant contributions to other areas of science and are now beginning to focus more directly on problems related to Alzheimer’s disease and 3) are likely to make substantial contributions in the future. The proposed research must be “on the cutting edge” of basic science or biomedical research and thus may not conform to current conventional scientific wisdom or may challenge the prevailing orthodoxy. The proposed research should address fundamental problems related to early detection, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer's Association recognizes the need to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented groups in the research enterprise. Researchers from these groups are encouraged to apply. Funding and award period: We anticipate funding five awards under this competition. Each award is limited to $450,000 (direct and indirect costs) for three years. Requests in any given year may not exceed $250,000 (direct and indirect costs). Indirect costs are capped at 10 percent (rent for laboratory/office space is expected to be covered by indirect costs paid to the institution). Eligibility: Only established independent investigators are eligible as evidenced by: 1) academic appointment; 2) major, peer-reviewed, external multi-year grant support on which the applicant is the principal investigator (PI); 3) independent laboratory operation; 4) quality and independence of publication record. Only applicants who have already contributed significantly to the field of Alzheimer’s disease research or have the clear likelihood of making significant contributions will be seriously considered. Previous recipients of Zenith Awards, Medical and Scientific Advisory Council members and members of the National Board of the Alzheimer’s Association are ineligible to apply. Deadlines and award dates: Letters of intent must be received by 5:00 p.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME, December 1, 2008. Letters of intent will not be accepted after the receipt date. No exceptions will be made. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME, January 8, 2009. Scientific and technical review will be conducted from February through May 2009. The second-level review by the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council will be conducted in June 2009. Funding will be awarded by July 2009. Mechanism of award, reporting requirements and allowable costs: The mechanism of award is the regular research grant. The maximum duration of award is three years — there is no program for competing continuation applications (3-year) funding as was the case in the early years of the Zenith program. Annual progress and financial reports are required. Continuation of the grant over the awarded duration is contingent upon receipt of scientific progress and financial status reports. Budget: A “budget summary” for the proposed research project is required and must be submitted with the application and within the allowable page limits. However, if the application is to be awarded, a more detailed budget will be required and must be approved prior to the disbursement of funds. Your budget must not exceed the maximum amount of the award ($450,000 for Zenith). Allowable costs under this award: It is required that most of the funds awarded under this program be used for direct research support. Other allowable costs include: Purchase and care of laboratory animals Small pieces of laboratory equipment and laboratory supplies Computer software if used strictly for data collection Salary for the principal investigator, scientific (including postdoctoral fellows) and technical staff (including laboratory technicians and modest secretarial support) Support for travel to scientific and professional meetings, not to exceed $1,000 per year Costs not allowed under this award include: Computer hardware or standard software (e.g., Microsoft Office) Construction or renovation costs Tuition Rent for laboratory/office space
National office 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17 Chicago, IL 60601-7633 tel: 312.335.8700 tdd: 312.335.5886 fax: 1.866.699.1246
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