| January 2008
Burroughs
Wellcome Fund: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Program
Internal Deadline
for preproposals: Monday, March 10, 2008
We are pleased to announce
that the University of Minnesota may submit up to four applications
for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Awards at the Scientific
Interface Program.
This award program from
the Burroughs Wellcome Fund was created in 2001 to provide funding
for postdoctoral scientists with backgrounds in the physical/computational
sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated
to pursuing a career in academic research. This award provides up
to $500,000 in support over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral
training and the first three years of a faculty appointment.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in one of the fields of
mathematics, physics, chemistry (physical, theoretical or computational),
computer science, statistics, or engineering.
- Candidates must have completed at least 12 months, but
not more than 48 months of postdoctoral training at
the time of application.
- Candidates must not hold nor have accepted, either in writing
or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track professor
at the time of application.
- Candidates must be committed to a full-time career in research
as an independent investigator at a North American degree-granting
institution.
- Citizens of the U.S. and Canada are eligible.
- Non-citizen Permanent
residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible with certification
by the nominating institute.
- One of the candidates may be a temporary resident of the U.S.
(see BWF guidelines for restrictions)
The research proposal
must address questions in any area of biomedical science. Research
methods may include any combination of experiment, computation,
mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, imaging or computer
simulation.
To be considered for this
award, please submit:
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CV of nominee, not
to exceed 3 pages.
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Nominee's description
of research. Begin with a paragraph summary abstract and then
describe briefly past work, scope and significance of the proposed
postdoctoral research, work planned for the faculty years, and
career objectives (3 pages).
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List three publications
or manuscripts accepted for publication that demonstrate relevant
research accomplishments.
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(Optional) List up
to two collaborators with CVs (1 page each). Because
this award is designed to fund interdisciplinary research, establishing
collaborations can add significantly to the recipient's productivity.
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Letter from faculty
sponsor under whom the awardee will work during the postdoctoral
portion of the award describing the candidate's qualifications
and potential for contributing to biomedical science, highlighting
skills or expertise in a scientific discipline other than
biology. The letter may be addressed to Myrna Smith, Director
of Faculty Research and Graduate Fellowships, Office of the
Dean of the Graduate School.
Materials must be be submitted
electronically to facgrant@umn.edu by
4:30 p.m., Monday, March 10th. Faculty sponsor letters
can be sent by e-mail to facgrant@umn.edu or post to:
Research Support Services
Office of the Dean of
the Graduate School
420 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN
55455
Full program information
can be found at:
http://www.bwfund.org/
Please contact Research Support Services
(612-625-2356 or facgrant@umn.edu
 )
with questions. The internal selection process should be completed
no later than the week of March 17th. The agency deadline is Tuesday,
April 15, 2008.
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