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The School of Medicine Awards Committee is facilitating the university-wide internal selection process. Faculty from other schools who meet the eligibility requirements may submit their internal proposals per the internal selection process guidelines below.
Internal deadline: Tues., Dec. 2, 2008 2 p.m (see internal selection process )
Sponsor's Deadline: Jan. 23, 2009
Sponsor's website
The sponsor's website has information on previous Scholars (a Stanford faculty member was selected as one of the seven 2008 recipients). The program guidelines are not available on this website. If you would like a copy of the letter of invitation containing the guidelines, please send an email to jheschele@stanford.edu
Number of applicants permitted: 1
( see
internal submission guidelines )
Amount of funding
$500,000 total funding. Up to $100,000 annually for a period of up to 5 years
All of the grant is to be allocated to projects specifically chosen by the scholar. They do not support overhead.
Purpose
A group of distinguished institutions is invited to nominate candidates who show promise of becoming leaders in the research fields of neuroscience, immunology and in the cure and treatment of cancer, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. We prefer candidates who are in the early stages of their careers of appointment at a fully independent faculty level.
- Candidates should have been on a tenure track for no more than three years. [Stanford clarification: Assistant professors who have been in their MCL or UTL appointment for no more than 3 years as of the date of the application, Jan. 23, 2009]. Please calculate the time spent in your faculty appointment based on the date your assistant professor UTL appointment was formerly approved by the Provost Office. Do not include time spent as an acting professor. (NTLR faculty, Instructors, clinical instructors, clinical educator line faculty are not eligible).
- A group of distinguished institutions is invited to nominate candidates who show promise of becoming leaders in the research fields of neuroscience, immunology and in the cure and treatment of cancer, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. We prefer candidates who are in the early stages of their careers of appointment at a fully independent faculty level.
- "Candidates must have completed their training and provided persuasive evidence of distinguished achievement or extraordinary promise in research in one of the relevant fields."
- Individuals already sufficiently established to have achieved a tenure appointment will not be considered and our support would be reconsidered if a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar is awarded tenure."
Internal Selection Process and Internal Submission Requirements
By Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, 2 p.m., please deliver one original and 8 sets of copies (Please clip, but do not staple the original. Each of the 8 sets of copies should include a nomination letter, research proposal and biosketches-then staple each set) (keep in mind one set goes to each committee member) to:
Jeanne Heschele, Research Management Group.
Jeanne will be at RMG's former location at 1215 Welch Road, Modular B, Room 20 to accept proposals between 12 noon and 2 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 2, 2008.Please send an email notifying Jeanne at jheschele@stanford.edu regarding your plans to submit a proposal. She can also be reached on her cell phone at 650-245-2351.
(No budgets or SU-42 forms are required for this internal selection process.)
a) 2-3 page nomination letter printed on your department letterhead and addressed to Dr. Peter Sarnow and the School of Medicine Awards Committee and signed by your division chief (if applicable) and department chair. This letter must confirm that you show "promise of becoming a leader in the research fields of neuroscience, immunology and in the cure and treatment of cancer, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis" and "persuasive evidence of distinguished achievement or extraordinary promise in research in one of the relevant fields".
b) 4 page research proposal (illustrations and references not included in the page total)
Font size at least size 11, half-inch margins.
c) 4-6 page NIH Biosketch (which includes Other Support- including start up funds, and pending and current funding [list sponsor, term and amount of funding])
Selection process:
Your proposals will be reviewed by the School of Medicine Awards Committee members. The committee will select one faculty member to be the applicant to represent the university. The sponsor's deadline is Jan. 23, 2009.
The final applicant selected will provide a written proposal of no more than four pages and curriculum vitae including the candidate's address and telephone numbers. The candidate should include letters of support from five people acquainted with the candidate's work. At least two of the support letters should come from individuals outside of your institution. If the support letters are sealed, please make sure that the supporter encloses seven copies. Also, the candidate should list the support expected from others sources.
