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Graduate Studies Council |
101 Hyman |
Tuesday, 9-10:30 a.m. |
August
28, 2007 |
December
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March 25 |
Curriculum Committee |
101 Hyman |
Thursday, 10-11:30 a.m. |
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December 20 January 17, 200 February 21 |
March 20 |
The following funding opportunities are ongoing:
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in North America and sponsor of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery in 1804, announces a new program of research grants in support of graduate students, post-doctoral students, and junior and senior scientists and scholars undertaking field studies for their theses or other projects.
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research was established through the Stanford Ascherman/Baruch Blumberg Fund for Basic Science, thanks to a benefaction from Dr. Ascherman that is administered by Stanford University. Dr. Ascherman, who passed away in November 2004, was a noted surgeon and philanthropist in San Francisco. Dr. Blumberg, a Distinguished Scientist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, former Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, and Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient in 1976, initiated the establishment of the Lewis and Clark Fund.
SCOPE The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, astrobiology and space science, biology, ecology, geography, geology, oceanography, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.
ELIGIBILITY Grants are available to graduate students, post-doctoral students, junior and senior scientists, and social scientists who wish to participate in field studies for their theses or for other purposes. Undergraduates are not eligible. A graduate student applicant should ask his or her academic supervisor or field trip leader to write one of the two letters of recommendation, specifying the role of the student in the field trip and the educational contribution of the trip. Budgets should be limited to travel and related expenses, including personal field equipment. U.S. nationals and others may apply. Funding will be given foreign nationals only for projects within the United States or for field studies elsewhere originating from a U.S. institution.
AWARD Amounts will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars up to about $5,000.
DEADLINE There is no deadline. Applications may be submitted at any time, and the Committee for the Lewis and Clark Fund will evaluate applications several times during the year.
HOW TO APPLY Applications are available online. The completed application is to be sent as an e-mail attachment to the address on the form.
The American Philosophical Society
104 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
16 May 2005
NIH Clinical Research Training Opportunity
Development Award (K12) offering fully funded clinical research career
development programs for a diverse range of medical and scientific postdoctoral
candidates has been introduced. The new programs are currently being offered
at seven leading institutions across the country. Applications are being
accepted. Complete details
are available.
18 January 2005
Biodefense and Emerging Infections Career Development & Education
Basic Science Program Application
The need to train new investigators in basic research in select agents is both undeniable and urgent. This program has been designed for advanced post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty and established investigators who wish to develop or refocus their careers on biodefense and emerging infections research. As a Regional Center of Excellence, we are committed to establishing exceptional career development and training programs for new and established investigators (both men and women) in both basic and clinical research in select agents and emerging infections
Overall, the goal of the postgraduate-level career development and education program for investigators is that upon completion of training, participants can more effectively conduct high-quality biodefense and emerging infections research, compete successfully for research funding and serve as future research mentors.
Six-month to one-year sabbaticals are available in basic research related to biodefense and emerging infections disease research
BASIC SCIENCE PROGRAM
The goal is to place individuals in premier biodefense and emerging infections research laboratories for a period of approximately 12 months in order to learn in-depth the methods and disciplines related to biodefense research.
Successful candidates will be expected to commit to work in the research programs of the sponsoring laboratory. Research programs currently supported by SERCEB are described at the SERCEB website.
Eligibility: PhD, MD, or MD/PhD or other qualified scientists who have finished their initial post-doctoral training. In the case of PhD or MD/PhD scientists pursuing biomedical basic research related to biodefense, we expect most candidates will have had at least two post-doctoral years or equivalent of relevant laboratory experience. No upper limit will be set on age, but we will look for evidence of commitment to achieve a new focus on work related to biodefense.
Awards: Successful applicants will be provided with salary support of up to $50,000 per year plus appropriate fringe benefits.
SELECTION OF ALL PARTICIPANTS
Applicants will be nominated and supported by the departments of the SERCEB, affiliated institutions, and other institutions with qualified faculty or staff. Applications will be reviewed and selected on the basis of academic qualifications, commitment to biodefense research, background and training, letters of reference, departmental recommendations, diversity and multidisciplinary background.
The application package should include
1. Application Cover page
2. Applicant personal statement, include but not limited to: qualifications,
reasons for wanting to participate in the program, and how this program
fits into the applicant’s career plans (2 page limit)
3. Letter of commitment from applicant’s department chairperson.
4. Letter of recommendation from sponsoring faculty at a SERCEB member
or affiliate institution.
5. Letter of recommendation from a peer or colleague who is familiar with
the applicant’s work.
6. Applicant’s Curriculum Vitae with bibliography and current or
pending research support.
4 May 2004
Job opportunities with the US Public Health Service. Jobs available in a wide variety of disciplines (e.g., dentist, medical officer, scientist, pharmacist, and nurse) are available with the US Public Health Service. Thanks to Dr. Jon Daugherty, a 1992 graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, for this information.
Academic Keys for Medicine is a website posting postdoctoral through senior administrative positions. The site also provides news about conferences, funding agencies, technical journals, and professional resources available on the Web.
Revised 16 May 2008
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