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Beckman Young Investigators Program :: 2009
Internal Deadline: August 13, 2008
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants to non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
The BYI program is open to persons with tenure-track appointments in academic and non-profit institutions that conduct fundamental research in the chemical and life sciences. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States at the time of application. To be eligible, an applicant should not have completed more than three full years in his or her tenure-track or other comparable independent research appointment. Regardless of eligibility under this rule, no individual may apply for a Beckman Young Investigator award more than three times.
UM can nominate only two candidates.
The Foundation deadline is October 1, 2008. Please refer to the Beckman Foundation website for complete details. (http://www.beckman-foundation.com/byi_guides.html)
For consideration as the institutional nominee, submit the following electronically in a single PDF file by August 13, 2008:
- Nomination letter from dean or department chair
- 1-2 page research statement responsive to the RFP, including the rationale for the proposed work, its potential importance, the approach to be taken, and the potential significant outcomes;
- NIH formatted biosketch (no more than 2 pages); and
- Names only of three external references, including at least one of a person who is an expert in the field of the proposal with whom the applicant has no association (nor a mentor), and who is at an institution where the applicant has never been.)
Submit all internal applications electronically to: OVPRlimitedsubmissions@umich.edu.
Contact Jane Ritter (ritterj@umich.edu or 936-2680) with any questions. Please refer to the Beckman Foundation website for complete details.
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