Cardiovascular Sonographer Research Award

2009 ASE Cardiovascular Sonographer Research Award

Up to $25,000 is available for qualified sonographers holding echocardiography certification from ARDMS or CCI.

Eligibility Requirements –
The spirit of this Award is to support the growth and development of sonographer research. The applicant must be a sonographer holding echocardiography certification from ARDMS or CCI.

Applicants are to identify a physician or scientist sponsor and provide a letter of support from that individual defining the respective roles of the applicant and sponsor in the proposed project. Both the applicant and their sponsor must be members of ASE. A letter of support is also required from the sonographer’s administrative supervisor stating that the Award recipient will be given protected time and appropriately excused from clinical and administrative duties to an extent that the research funding is proportional to their existing salary.

The Award recipient and their sponsor must hold a full-time position at the institution where the research is conducted and will have scientific responsibility for the conduct of the proposed research.

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:

Half of the score will be based on the scientific excellence of the proposal, and half on the qualifications of the primary investigator, sponsor and institution.

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).
- Extent to which the proposal uses emerging ultrasound technologies.
- Probability of achieving meaningful results in one year.

Primary Investigator, Sponsor and Institution:
- Qualifications of the applicant (evidence of likelihood to develop sonographer research, familiarity with pertinent literature and work of other investigators, quality of letters of support).
- Qualifications of the sponsor (publications and funding history, mentoring history, commitment to applicant’s training).
- 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