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2007 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award - Deadline February 16, 2007

Call for Applications: The Edwin Beer Research Fellowships in Urology and Urology-Related Fields - Deadline March 26, 2007

January 16, 2007

MEMORANDUM

TO: Chairs, School of Medicine (copy to Administrators)

Center and Institute Directors (copy to Administrators)

Vice Deans, Senior Associate Deans, Associate Deans,

and Assistant Deans, School of Medicine

Faculty, School of Medicine

FROM: Linda G. Phillips, M.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

The Association of American Medical Colleges is requesting nominations for the 2007 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award. A medical school may nominate one (1) current faculty member for this award. A candidate must:

· be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident;

· hold the rank of full-time assistant professor in a LCME-accredited U.S. medical school department;

· have held the assistant professor position for no more than three (3) years;

· have received only one appointment as assistant professor; and

· hold a M.D. or Ph.D., or have earned another doctoral degree.

The recipient receives a $15,000 grant to support his or her academic and professional activities. The award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated leadership in the United States in addressing inequities in medical education and health care; demonstrated efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities; and is committed to a career in academic medicine. If you are, or know of someone who might be interested in applying for this program, please send the following information to my attention, Office of the Dean of Medicine, Route 0133: a personal statement from the applicant that does not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages discussing his or her motivations and objectives for a career in academic medicine, research interests, and specific details on how the fellowship funds will be used, a current copy of the applicant's CV, and a letter of support from the applicant's Chair or Division Chief. Please submit this information by Friday, February 16, 2007 to allow time for review of materials prior to the April 2, 2007 external deadline. For detailed information, please visit: http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/nickensfellowships.htm.

Thank you.

February 21, 2007

MEMORANDUM

TO: Chairs, School of Medicine (copy to Administrators)

Center and Institute Directors (copy to Administrators)

Senior Associate, Associate, and Assistant Deans, School of Medicine

Faculty, School of Medicine

FROM: David G. Gorenstein, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research

Charles Marc Pomerat Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences

William New

Associate Dean for Research Administration

The Edwin Beer Research Fellowship program provides two-year grants of up to $80,000 for research projects commencing July 1 of the award year. The grants are made to the awardees’ institutions for the direct support of their salary and research activities. Fellows are required to devote at least fifty percent of their time to the research funded by the program. The program uses a two-stage process in selecting fellows: preliminary applications are solicited in the winter of the year before the award start date and, after careful evaluation, the Edwin Beer Selection Committee invites the most promising of the preliminary candidates to submit full applications, which are due late that summer (normally, in early September). Notification of the award is usually made by January of the award year.

Candidates must hold an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree and are expected to conduct research in a supervised program in the United States. Applicants should have completed residency and fellowship or postdoctoral training, having demonstrated their ability to perform and direct research, and should currently be under the mentorship of a senior researcher. Fellowships are awarded to qualified candidates who are at a stage of transition prior to receiving major independent funding. Because the program seeks to increase the number of investigators in urology and urology-related fields, applicants must have a direct association with the department of urology at their sponsoring institution. A preliminary proposal describing a well-defined research project in no more than three pages should be submitted, along with the candidate’s curriculum vitae. The deadline for preliminary applications is March 26, 2007. For a full description of the required materials, please visit the website at http://www.nyam.org/grants/beer.shtml.