The Searle Scholars Program
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Sponsor's website
Internal Deadline: July 13, 2009
(see internal submission guidelines)
Number of applicants permitted: 2
(internal selection process required--
see internal submission requirements below).
Amount of funding
$100,000/year x 3 years ($300,000 total)
15 grants will be awarded. Funding for the second and third years will be contingent upon the submission of acceptable progress reports.
Eligibility
Applicants will be expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.
Stanford clarification: assistant professors with tenure track (UTL) appointments: Candidates should have begun or will begin their FIRST appointment on or
after July 1, 2008, and therefore be in their first or second year. This appointment must be a tenure-track position and must be in an academic department of an invited, degree-granting institution.
*Stanford Clarification: The sponsor will permit both assistant professors with UTL and MCL appointments. However, per the sponsor, only MCL faculty who are able to devote a high percentage of their time to lab research (and a corresponding smaller percentage of time to their clinic responsibilities) are eligible for consideration. The sponsor expects candidates to have appreciable "start up" support from the institution and adequate space and the freedom to develop a research team.
(Please note: if you had an appointment as an assistant professor in another institution then transferred to Stanford you would not be eligible because your current appointment at Stanford would be considered your second appointment as an assistant professor.)--Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
Other funding:
There are no other funding restrictions.
Background
The Searle Scholars Program , established in 1980 by the grandson of
the founder of G.D. Searle & Company pharmaceuticals, supports research in medicine,
chemistry and the biological sciences. To achieve this goal, grants will be
made to selected academic institutions to support the independent research
of outstanding individuals who are in the first or second year of the first
appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose current appointment
is a tenure-track position.
Please see the sponsor's website for previous award recipients. Click on the recipient's name to view a separate website containing information on his or her research.
School of Medicine Internal submission
guidelines
By Monday, July 14, 2009, 5pm please submit one PDF file (arrange the PDF file in the order below) and send via email attachment to Jeanne Heschele at jheschele@stanford.edu. (If you have any questions, please contact Jeanne at 650-245-2351.
Proposal documents should be single-spaced, single-sided, font size 12, margins 1/2 inch
A budget and an SU-42 form are NOT required for the internal selection process.
a) Nomination letter addressed to Dr. Peter Sarnow and the School of Medicine Awards Committee printed on your department letterhead signed by your division chief OR your department chair. The introduction of this letter should also include:
-the date (month/day/year) the candidate's assistant professor position was formally approved by the Provost Office (reminder: candidates should have beguntheir FIRST appointment on or
after July 1, 2008)
-the type of appointment (UTL or MCL)
-the percentage of time the candidate can devote to his/her laboratory research.
b) Research proposal of not more than 3 pages, describing in detail, what part of the research would be supported with Searle funds. What is described can be unique and not funded elsewhere, or it may be a component of on-going research. Funds awarded by the Program are not intended to replace monies obtained from another funding agency but may be used to supplement on-going research. PLEASE NOTE: illustrations and literary references are not included in the 3-page limit.
c) CV (2 pages)
d) List of current and pending funding, name of sponsor, amount of funding, and term
Selection Process
Your proposals will be distributed to the School of Medicine Awards Committee for review. The top two proposals selected by the committee will be forwarded to the Dean of Research Office by July 28, 2009. Their internal review committee will select the final two applicants to represent the university. The two final candidates will be provided with access (user name and passwords) to the complete online application at the time of their selection. The sponsor's deadline is: Sept. 25, 2009.
