Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation
Faculty Scholar Program
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Website
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation does not have a
website for your reference.
This webpage contains the complete announcement for these gift awards. If you have any questions, please send an email to Jeanne Heschele or at jheschele@stanford.edu or call (650) 498-6845.
Internal submission deadline:
DEADLINE EXTENDED to Tues. Feb. 5, 2008 *(4pm) FIRM deadline)
Number of scholars
2 (see internal
submission process below)
4 finalists will be selected to give presentations to the Baxter Foundation Board of Directors in late March or early April 2008. Ultimately two individuals will be selected as Faculty Scholars.
Amount of gift funding
Amount of the unrestricted gift is $75,000-$100,000 per awardee (includes 8% infrastructure charge; gift amount dependent on foundation's earnings)
Purpose
The purpose of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Faculty Scholar Program is to help prepare and support new investigators at the Assistant Professor level as they begin their careers. This early stage of career development is a critical period for a new researcher. During this period, the new scientist requires some form of support to develop preliminary data and build his or her research program to the point where he or she can compete effectively for federal or other external funding.
- Applicants must be at the assistant professor or equivalent, MCL, Research or tenure track.
- As of Jan. 7, 2008, an acting assistant professor's paperwork (the "long form") must be submitted and accepted by the Dean's Office (i.e., in the advanced stage of the appointment process), with the understanding that funding could not be accepted until the appointment is finalized. Assist. professors--you must also be physically here at Stanford by early January 2008 in order to eligible for this round.)
- Applicants must have an M.D., M.D./Ph.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited institution.
- Applicants must be involved in basic or clinical research which has the potential for translation. For the purposes of this program, translational clinical research is defined as:
*individuals whose research is conducted with human subjects or material of human origin
*individuals involved in animal studies that are close to taking new therapies to humans,
*individuals involved in later stage development of devices for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
- The foundation has expressed a preference for proposals that lead to development of new therapies, diagnostic tools, and disease prevention.
- Important note: Our experience with the Baxter Foundation suggests that they favor disease-related basic or clinical research that has the potential to secure federal or other funding once enough data is collected. They tend to favor diseases that impact significant numbers of people or that can serve as models for more than one malady. They care less about immediate translation than possible impact. They wish to understand in lay terms the problem(s) being addressed, the approach(es) taken and what the researcher sees as the next steps once the work is completed. They are open to highly technical work if it is first described in terminology they can understand.
Internal Submission Guidelines
By DEADLINE EXTENDED Tues., Feb, 5, 2008 4pm*(FIRM deadline), please deliver one original and 12 sets of copies (please arrange the original and each set of copies in the order listed below (then staple each set) to:
Jeanne Heschele, Research Management Group
Although our offices are now at Stanford Menlo Park, 301 Ravenswood Ave., 2nd Floor, Jeanne will return to 1215 Welch Road, Mod. B, Room 20 to accept proposals from candidates from 2pm to 4pm on Tues., Feb. 5th. IMPORTANT: Please call Jeanne on her cell phone 650-245-2351 to alert her that you are dropping off an application during that time.
1) 2- 3 page Nomination letter printed on your department letterhead addressed to Dr. Michael Cleary and the School of Medicine Awards Committee signed by your division chief and department chair
2) One page Lay abstract (the most critical component of the application)
3) Three page Research Proposal (illustrations & references not included in page total)
a) hypothesis b) research design and methods
4) 2-3 page NIH-format biosketch
5) Other funding (current and pending, sponsor, amount of funding, term)
Selection Procedure
Your nomination packet will be distributed to the faculty members on the School of Medicine Awards Committee. The 4 finalists selected by the Awards Committee will be expected to provide a presentation to the Baxter Foundation Board in late March or early April 2008. (The Office of Medical Development staff will work closely with the finalists to help them prepare for their presentations to the Baxter Foundation Board of Directors.)
Two proposals will be approved and funded in the spring. It is anticipated that the Awardees are expected to provide a written report at the end of the first year.
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