The Clowes ACS/AAST/NIGMS Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) announce a program that will provide supplemental funding totaling up to $75,000 per year to an individual who has received a Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08/K23) directed at surgeon-scientists who are working in the field of trauma and are in the early stages of their research careers. The award supports a three, four, or five-year period of supervised research experience that may integrate didactic studies with laboratory or clinically-based research.

This award program offers a means to facilitate the career development of individuals pursuing careers in trauma-surgery research by enhancing salary support over and above that offered by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) K08/K23 mechanism (http://www.nigms.nih.gov/).

The application deadline is October 12, 2010, and is made by submitting the completed K08 or K23 application simultaneously to the NIGMS and to the ACS Scholarships Administrator. Preexisting applications and awards are not eligible for consideration. If applicants receive a K08 or K23 from NIGMS, their applications will undergo further review by a special committee for prospective supplemental funding. Funding begins July 1, 2011.

Awardees must be members in good standing of the College and eligible for membership in AAST. For further details, please see the College’s scholarships Web page, http://www.facs.org/memberservices/research.html, or contact the ACS Scholarships Administrator at kearly@facs.org.

 

 

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