Women in Medicine Grants

Professional Development Seminar for Early-Career Faculty--Women in Academic Medicine

This seminar is tailored to women at the assistant professor level during the time of application, who are aiming for a position of leadership in academic medicine. It is targeted primarily at physicians but is also pertinent for Ph.D. Researchers involved in collaborations with clinicians. Objectives are to assist each participant in creating an agenda for working toward her professional development goals; to provide participants with insights into the realities of building a career in academic medicine, into key ways in which academic medicine is changing, and into leadership qualities demanded by these realities and changes; to help participants to expand their network of colleagues and role models; and to assist participants in identifying the skill areas on which they most need to work and give them a start in developing them. At the time of nomination, applicants must be working in an academic institution in the U.S. or Canada. Applicant must have become an American Association for Women Radiologists member prior to January 1 of the year applying for the award.

The successful applicant will be provided with meeting registration fee as well as reasonable travel/accommodation expenses, up to $1500. Please note that the documents below will only be acceptable electronically at admin@aawr.org.
No hard copy documents will be accepted via mail or fax.
All applications should include (these documents are to be e-mailed):
• An application form;
• A current curriculum vitae;
• A statement from the applicant that describes the applicants qualifications, professional aspirations, and goals for attending the seminar;
• A letter of support from the sponsor outlining the candidate's leadership potential.

Deadline: February 15

American Dental Education Association/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Enid A. Neidle Scholar-in-Residence Program

A $6,000 stipend to pursue a cumulative three-month fellowship at the ADEA Office in Washington, DC, researching issues affecting women faculty.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products, Division of
McNeil-PPC, Inc., fund this program honoring Enid A. Neidle, former President of ADEA (1985-86). Under her
leadership, ADEA adopted its policy of promoting the advancement of women in dental education. This is a
unique opportunity for a dental educator to concentrate on issues affecting women faculty.
Overview
This is a cumulative three-month experience at the ADEA office in Washington, DC. The scholar receives a
stipend of $6,000 for travel and living expenses. The scholar’s institution continues to provide salary and fringe
benefits for the duration of the experience. While in Washington, DC, the scholar will gain a distinct perspective
on issues facing women faculty including promotion, advancement and tenure policies; entry and re-entry into
the workforce; child care and elder care; women’s health, work patterns, and advanced education and
research opportunities; and other gender-related issues. The scholar will be assigned to a senior ADEA staff
member and will be involved in a range of ADEA activities in addition to her principal project. ADEA will be
flexible in the arrangement of time away from the scholar’s institution.
Application Deadline
All applications must be postmarked no later than January 31, 2009. Applications will be returned if they are
either incomplete or postmarked after January 31, 2009.

Eligibility
An applicant must:
• be full-time female faculty with a primary teaching appointment in a predoctoral or advanced dental
educational program at an ADEA Member Institution (female junior dental and dental hygiene faculty
members are encouraged to apply)
• be an ADEA Individual Member

American Dental Education Association
1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-7201
Fax: 202-289-7204
www.adea.org

Career Development Grants

2009-2010 Academic Year

Award $2,000 - $12,000
Applications available* Aug. 1 - Dec. 15, 2008
Application deadline* December 15, 2008

Grant year July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

* All supporting documents must also be received by this date. If an application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, supporting documents must be received the next business day.

Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.

Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor's degree, including a master's degree, second bachelor's degree, or specialized training in technical or professional fields. Funds are available for distance learning. Course work must be taken at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States, or at a technical school that is fully licensed or accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. Funds are not available for PhD-level work.

Career Development Grants Online Application:
http://www.act.org/aauw/cdg/index.html

Questions about applications must be directed to the Iowa City office. Please do not contact the AAUW Educational Foundation office in Washington, D.C., or local branches for application information.

Questions? Please call 319/337-1716 ext. 60, e-mail aauw@act.org, or write to the customer service center at:

AAUW Educational Foundation
Dept. 60
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030

REQUEST A BROCHURE:
http://www.act.org/aauw/brochurerequest.html

The Marion Spencer Fay Award

Nominate an outstanding woman physician or scientist for the Marion Spencer Fay Award! All submissions must be completed online by October 31, 2008.

Marion Spencer Fay, Ph.D., was dean and president of Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1963. The National Board for Women in Medicine established an award in her name in 1963. This award, now in its 46th year, is given annually to a woman physician or scientist who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to health care as a practitioner, medical educator, administrator or research scientist, and who exhibits significant future potential.

The presentation ceremony, attended by the honoree’s colleagues and distinguished academic, medical and scientific leaders, will be held in Philadelphia on April 20, 2009, in conjunction with the spring session of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program. The award includes a $15,000 grant to support the recipient’s work.

The award recipient will be selected from nominations submitted to a special committee, appointed by the Institute and dedicated to the principles of the Marion Spencer Fay Award.

Institute for Women's Health and Leadership
Drexel University College of Medicine
1601 Cherry Street, Suite 1050
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-255-7373; Fax 215-255-7390

 

Selected Professions Fellowships
2009-2010 Academic Year
Master's and First Professional Awards $5,000 - $12,000
Applications available* Aug. 1, 2008-Jan. 10, 2009
Application deadline* January 10, 2009
Fellowship year July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low (see list below). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded for the following programs:

* Architecture (M.Arch, M.S.Arch)
* Computer/Information Sciences (M.S.)
* Engineering (M.E., M.S.)
* Mathematics/Statistics (M.S.)

Fellowships in the following degree programs are restricted to women of color, who have been underrepresented in these fields:

* Business Administration (M.B.A., E.M.B.A.)
* Law (J.D.)
* Medicine (M.D., D.O.)

American Association of University Women 1111 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 • Tel: 800/326-AAUW • E-mail: helpline@aauw.org

The Elisabeth Pickett Research Award Program makes funds available for small research grants for basic science or clinical urologic research. The awards may be used to continue or supplement a current project or to initiate new study. Each candidate for the award must be a trained urologist (MD/DO), a urology resident/fellow, or a post-doctoral basic scientist with a research interest in urologic related diseases and dysfunction. Each candidate must also be a current member in good standing with SWIU.

 Society of Women in Urology

http://www.swiu.org/

 

Nina Starr Braunwald Career Development Award

Provides a biennial award of $110,000 for two years to support the research career development of a woman cardiac surgeon who holds a full-time faculty appointment and who is within 10 years of completion of thoracic surgery residency.

Application Deadline: October 15, 2008

The award is intended to provide salary for the recipient and/or direct research support (equipment, supplies, technical assistance) for women who wish to further their investigational skills. The award includes fringe benefits and indirect costs not to exceed $10,000. A specific research program is required as the major component. In selecting successful applicants, emphasis will be placed on prior accomplishments, the potential of the applicant, the quality of the research and the research education that the applicant would receive as a result of the award. Particular emphasis will be placed on evidence of supervisory interaction with established senior investigators and on the quality of the research environment. An important additional criterion will be an assessment of the importance of the proposed research toward the advancement of cardiac surgery. Priority will be given to applicants who have not yet demonstrated investigative independence (such as receipt as PI of an NIH RO1 award), and to established investigators who plan to use the award to develop a new line of inquiry.

Eligibility
The Nina Starr Braunwald Award is available to women cardiac surgeons in an academic cardiac surgery unit. Applicants must have a senior mentor who is an established investigator in cardiac surgery, cardiology or allied disciplines.

Narrative

Personal Goals (250 words or less, in cover letter or narrative form)

Mini CV in NIH Biosketch format (3-4 pages)

Description of the proposed research relationship between the applicant and her mentor, including facilities and environment available to support the applicant during the Award.

Background, including work to-date by others (250 words or less).

Hypothesis and objectives (250 words or less)

Work to date by the applicant and experimental design (750 words or less) Figures and illustrations may be included, and succinct figure legends are not counted against the word limit.

Summary of the anticipated findings, and likely importance to the field and for the applicant’s career advancement (250 words or less)

Financial information, including: a. Existing and pending support (for each project, give name of principal investigator, project title, period of support, and amount of awards); b. Proposed Budget for this Award; c. Letter of support from the chairperson to whom the candidate is responsible, including a specific plan to support the applicant’s career development.

An appendix containing up to three manuscripts by the applicant, including work submitted but not yet published, may be included.

Deadline
Applications are available online only and must be submitted to TSFRE on or before October 15: No exceptions will be granted without prior approval from the Research Committee.

Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
900 Cummings Center
Suite #221-U
Beverly, MA 01915
Phone: (978) 927-8330
Fax: (978) 524-8890

The American Women's Hospitals Service (AWHS) provides small grants, up to $1,500, for assistance with transportation costs (airfare, train fare, etc.) connected with pursuing medical studies in an off-campus setting where the medically neglected will benefit.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Criteria
• National AMWA student or resident member
·Medical students must be completing their second,
third or fourth year at an accredited U.S. medical
school
• Applicants should be spending a minimum of 6 weeks and no longer than one year in a sponsored program which will serve the needs of the medically underserved
• Program must be sponsored by an accredited U.S. medical school or an outside agency (If there is no sponsor, it must be a program for which your school takes responsibility and provides academic credit).

Application Process
Applicants should apply a minimum of three months prior to departure.

100 North 20th Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-320-3716
866-564-2483
Fax: 215-564-2175

Anne C. Carter Student Leadership Award
American Medical Women's Association honors the memory of Anne C. Carter, MD, with an annual $1,500 award for outstanding student leadership. The annual nomination deadline is October 31st.

Criteria
• National AMWA medical student member
• Demonstrated exceptional leadership skills through vision, inspiration, innovation, and coordination of local projects that further the mission of AMWA by improving women's health and/or supporting women in medicine
• Must be nominated by an AMWA student chapter

Anne C. Carter, MD
In honoring the achievements of AMWA’s student members, we remember Dr. Carter’s dedication to the welfare and success of all women medical students. Dr. Carter's life was a celebration of what women can achieve and contribute to others. For many years, Dr. Carter was Trustee of the Financial Aid Fund of AMWA’s New York Branch 14, served as Chair of the Student Loan and Scholarship Committee, and on the AWMA Foundation Board.

Award
Both the individual award recipient and the nominating chapter receive a stipend of $750 (to be used at the chapter's discretion). Awardees will be honored during AMWA's Annual Meeting. The individual award recipient, as well as members of the student chapter, are strongly encouraged to attend the meeting. The chapter stipend may be used to assist in the cost of attendance.

Nomination Process
A representitive from the nominating chapter needs to send an email to the National Student Coordinators: Susie Hagen (shagen@gw.med.sc.edu) and Natalie Gallant (ngallant@usc.edu). Nominations should be limited to approximately 750 words and include the following headings:

1. Name, medical school, year & contact information (address, phone & email) for student nominated
2. Description of the project(s)
3. Description of leadership qualities demonstrated
4. Population impacted by leadership efforts
5. Description of what was accomplished
6. Any additional details deemed relevant
7. Name and address of chapter that will receive the stipend
8. Name, address, phone & email for the nominating chapter contact

Selection Process
AMWA's National Student Coordinators and AMWA's Director of Students will review all nominations in November. The recipient and her chapter will be notified by November 30th.

For More Information
Call 215-320-3716 or 866-564-2483 or email amwa@fernley.com for more information.