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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Internal deadline: November 5, 2007
The Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for Excellence in "Bench to Bedside" Research recognizes outstanding mid-career physician-scientists who are applying the latest scientific advances to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of disease, and enables them to support and mentor the next generation of physician-scientists conducting clinical research. Up to five grants of $1.5 million each will be awarded. Awards must be used over at least a five-year period.
Nominees must:
- be physician-scientists with an established translational clinical research program in any disease area;
- have received an M.D. or a foreign equivalent from an accredited institution;
- be working in a U.S. degree-granting institution but do not have to be U.S. citizens;
- have a full-time university faculty appointment at least at the level of Associate Professor or its equivalent as of January 1, 2008; and
- have been appointed to their first full-time faculty-level position no earlier than January 1, 1993.
Online nominations are due to the Foundation by December 19, 2007. Full proposals are due January 23, 2008.
For consideration as an institutional nominee, submit the following electronically in a single PDF document by November 5, 2007 to:
limitedsubmissions@umich.edu:
- a 3-page research plan,
- a NIH formatted biosketch,
- and a nominating letter from the department chair.
Current limited submissions opportunities