| June 30 , 2008
2009 Searle Scholars Program
Internal Deadline: Monday, August 11, 2008
The University of Minnesota has been invited to submit
two applications for the 2009 Searles Scholars Program competition.
This competition normally offers 15 grants nationwide to new
tenure-track appointees, with
$300,000 awarded for a three-year period in installments of $100,000
per year. Those who will be considered are individuals who are
pursuing independent research careers in the fields of biochemistry,
cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology,
and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological
sciences.
Candidates should have begun or will begin their first appointment
at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2007. This
appointment must be a tenure-track position. More information is
available at http://www.searlescholars.net
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INSTRUCTIONS TO REQUEST NOMINATION
To apply for selection as a
nominee, please provide:
- Curriculum vitae (limit to 3 pages). Please include
your phone number and e-mail address along with the year you received
your Ph.D. and the date of your first tenure-track appointment.
- List of other sources of support, awarded or applied
for (include title, period, direct costs, sponsor, relationship
to current proposal).
- Publication list. For any papers submitted, but
not yet published, please include date of submission in your
listing. If
nominated, you will be asked to provide up to five digital
copies of papers which you consider provide evidence
of your scientific abilities. Please asterisk those papers
that you would include in your final Searle application.
- Research program/proposal (3 pages) Provide an
overview of the specific areas of research you would like
to carry out in your laboratory in the next few years and
then describe what part of the research would be supported
with these funds. Include the project's aims and objectives,
methods to be used, and why the work is particularly novel
and important. Please include one paragraph stating how the
receipt of this award would allow you to accomplish your
research goals. Figures and references need not be included
in the 3-page limit, but should be kept to a minimum.
- Letter of nomination from your department head/chair
or director.
- Reference letters. Please solicit three letters
of reference. Include one each from your doctoral and postdoctoral
mentors, or from similarly placed individuals who are acquainted
with your research and achievement and potential. It is preferred
that the letters come from outside of the University of Minnesota.
Letters may be addressed to the Searle
Scholars Program Selection Committee, University of Minnesota-
Graduate School/Faculty Grants Office, 420 Johnston Hall,
101 Pleasant Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455. If your
reviewers have any questions refer them to the Searle
website .Also,
please include the names, titles and addresses of the three
people from whom you will solicit letters of reference
for this internal selection with your materials. If
you are selected as a University of Minnesota
candidate, each of your referees must provide a
final letter for submission to the sponsoring
agency by their deadline of September 26, 2008.
All materials may be sent electronically to the Faculty Grants
Office at facgrant@umn.edu by Monday,
August 11, 2008. An
appointed selection committee will review all applications
and select the nominees for the national competitions before
the end of August. Final applications for those nominated must
be received by the Searle Scholars Program by Friday, September
26, 2008. Please contact
the Graduate School/Faculty Grants Office at 612-625-2356
or facgrant@umn.edu with
questions.
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