The Searle Scholars Program
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Limited Funding Opportunity for Stanford assistant professors ( Med School - MCL or UTL appointments) who are pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.
The 2012 internal selection process has been completed. This webpage is for your reference only. It will be updated in 2013.
NOTE: This webpage contains the internal submission deadline for the School of Medicine candidates. For information on the internal submission process, please contact:
School of Medicine: Jeanne Heschele jheschele@stanford (info contained in this webpage)
School of Humanities and Sciences: Kristi Geerke geerke@stanford.edu
School of Engineering: Dustyne Schulze dustynes@stanford.edu
Sponsor's website:
http://www.searlescholars.net/
Deadlines:
Internal School of Medicine Deadline: Monday, July 9, 2012, 4 p.m(see internal submission guidelines)
Submission of each school's top three nominees to the Dean of Research Office:
Sponsor deadline: Sept. 28, 2012
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)
Eligibility
- Applicants for year 2013 awards 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.
- The Searle Scholars Program does not ordinarily support purely clinical research but has supported research programs that include both clinical and basic components. Potential applicants who are unsure if their research is appropriate for our Program are encouraged to examine the research interests of present and former Searle Scholars on their website.
- The sponsor's guidelines state that candidates should have begun or will begin their FIRST appointment at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2011. This appointment must be a tenure-track position*, or its equivalent, and must be in an academic department of an invited, degree-granting institution.
- *Med School/Stanford Clarification: The sponsor will permit both assistant professors with UTL and MCL appointments*. *However, only MCL faculty who are able to devote a high percentage of 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.
- Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- 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.)
- PLEASE NOTE: Searle funds may not be used to pay costs associated with general facilities or administrative overhead, such as costs of providing space, utilities, library facilities and administrative services.
OTHER FUNDING RESTRICTIONS: There are no restrictions on other sources of funding.
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 (see Stanford eligibility clarification).
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 9, 2012, 4 p.m. please submit one PDF file containing the following in the order listed below to:
Jeanne Heschele
Research Management Group
Phone: 650-245-2351
Email: jheschele@stanford.edu
Format:
Proposal documents should be single-spaced, single-sided, font size 12, margins 1/2 inch. A budget and a PDRF form are NOT required for the internal selection process. You do not need to submit your internal proposal through your institutional representative.
a) Title Page (printed on your department letterhead)
Include:
Searle Scholars Program
Your Project Title:
Your name, appointment, department, contact information (address, phone, email)
b) Nomination letter printed on department letterhead signed by either your division chief or your department chair
Letter should include:
the date (month/day/year) that appointment was formally approved by the Provost Office**(your first appointment should have been on or after July 1, 2011)
the type of appointment (i.e., MCL or UTL)
the percentage of time the candidate can devote to his/her laboratory research
c) 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.
d) CV (2 pages)
e) List of current and pending funding, name of sponsor, amount of funding, and term
Your proposals will be reviewed by the School of Medicine Awards Committee members. The top three proposals selected by the Awards Committee will be forwarded to the Dean of Research Office internal review committee by July 26th for review with the proposals from the top candidates submitted from other schools. That committee will select the two applicants to represent the university by the sponsor's Sept. 28, 2012 deadline.
