IDSA ERF/NFID Joint Research Awards
The IDSA Education and Research Foundation (ERF) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) have joined forces to offer the IDSA ERF/NFID Joint Research Awards. Our goal is to support needed research by promising young researchers who may not otherwise find funding as federal and other institutional research support becomes more difficult to obtain. By co-sponsoring awards we hope to expand the awareness of our awards among the research community and attract the best possible candidates each year.
Extended Deadline for application: February 19, 2010
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Young Investigator Awards
Joint Research Awards application and instructions
Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to individuals who are enrolled in accredited graduate training programs in infectious diseases. The fellowship is provided on a competitive basis. Selection criteria will include but not be limited to the applicant’s scholarship performance and professional qualifications, scientific merit of the proposed project, validity of the research rationale, and adequacy of the facilities to the applicant. Postdoctoral fellows who hold comparable fellowship are not eligible. Applicants and their sponsors must be members of IDSA unless otherwise noted.
Merle A. Sande/Pfizer Fellowship Award in International Infectious Diseases
This award is intended to encourage young physicians interested in international medicine. The award will be given for important clinical research in infectious diseases and/or HIV/AIDS conducted in a resource-limited setting. The successful applicant will be expected to spend a significant amount of time during the year in country. The award amount is $60,000 for one year.
The applicant should note the following specific requirements for this award and address these requirements in the applicant letter and application:
- The applicant’s research must be conducted in a resource-limited country as defined by the World Bank (low- income and low-middle-income countries).
- The application must indicate how much time during the year will be spent in the resource-limited country.
- The applicant’s sponsor must be from the resource-limited country and does not necessarily have to be an IDSA member.
Reporting Requirements
The fellow will be required to submit a two-page, single-spaced report at the conclusion of the fellowship. A manuscript submitted for publication in a scientific, peer-reviewed journal, resulting from work accomplished during this fellowship, may be submitted in lieu of the final report. Each recipient of an IDSA ERF/NFID Postdoctoral Fellowship or Young Investigator Award is required to acknowledge the sponsorship of his or her award. All publications under the award must explicitly state that the awardees' work has been performed as a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award recipient of the IDSA ERF and NFID. Acknowledgement must also be given to the sponsor supporting the award.
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Young Investigator Awards
Young Investigator Awards are for junior faculty members only. Candidates for Young Investigator Awards must have a medical or equivalent doctoral level degree, are young investigators, and should not be more than four years out of a training program. The candidates also must be assured of a faculty position at a U.S. institution. The awards are provided on a competitive basis. Selection of awardees includes consideration of each applicant’s commitment to clinical and laboratory investigation, the research program envisioned by the applicant, and creativity, originality, and excellence in prior performance. Priority will be given to qualified investigators without active grant support. Researchers with R01 grants are not eligible for Young Investigator Awards, but those with K grants may apply. Applicants and their sponsors must be members of IDSA.
Association of Specialty Professors-IDSA Young Investigator Award in Geriatrics
(sponsored by the Atlantic Philanthropies [USA] Inc. and the John A. Hartford Foundation)
This award provides support to infectious disease faculty within the first four years of appointment who are interested in academic careers focused on the geriatric medicine aspects of the subspecialty. As the population ages, infectious diseases specialists will play an increasingly important role in caring for older patients, and this award will provide the impetus required for long-term career development in this area. The award amount is $100,000 over two years ($50,000 per year). Additionally, the award includes $3,000 in travel funds to be used to attend the required meetings of the American Geriatrics Society in years one and two of the award and IDSA in the second year.
The applicant should note the following additional requirements for this award and address these requirements in the applicant letter and application:
- The applicant must provide a letter from both the department chair and the division director noting that the applicant possesses a faculty appointment and that the applicant’s institution is willing to contribute $25,000 each year to support his or her research efforts (in kind support is acceptable).
- All eligible award candidates must have a faculty appointment as of July 1, 2008. Candidates must have completed a subspecialty internal medicine fellowship leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine and be within four years of a first faculty appointment.
- The applicant must commit 75 percent of his or her professional effort to research activities; 40 percent of professional effort should be committed to this award.
- The applicant must develop and implement a basic, clinical, or health services research project focused on the geriatric aspects of the infectious diseases subspecialty. This should be outlined in the research proposal.
- The applicant must generate and implement a career development plan focused on the geriatric aspects of infectious diseases. This plan must include organizing and interacting with a mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, an infectious diseases subspecialist, and one other member; the applicant’s research mentor must be the leader of this team. The plan must also include specific measures for the continued involvement of the applicant in structured geriatrics activities including, for example, developing appropriate education resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspects of infectious disease, or developing clinical services focused on geriatric patients.
- The applicant must have U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status classification in the United States.
Astellas Young Investigator Awards
(sponsored by Astellas USA Foundation)
These awards provide funding to young investigators who have demonstrated outstanding research in any area of current interest in the field of infectious diseases. Two one-year awards of $50,000 will be awarded.
Wyeth Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development
(sponsored by Wyeth Vaccines Research)
This annual award provides funding for outstanding research in vaccine development, either through clinical or laboratory investigation. The candidate must have a demonstrated commitment to vaccinology as a career, and must be conducting research or working in a recognized and accredited U.S. institution of higher learning or in a government agency. The award amount is $60,000 over two years ($30,000 per year).
Reporting Requirements
Young investigators who receive two-year awards will be required to submit a one-page, single-spaced progress report at 12 months. Failure to do so will result in the delay or discontinuation of the award. In addition, all young investigators will be required to submit a two-page, single-spaced report at the conclusion of the award. A manuscript submitted for publication in scientific, peer-reviewed journal, resulting from work accomplished during this fellowship, may be submitted in lieu of the final report. Each recipient of an IDSA ERF/NFID Young Investigator Award is required to acknowledge the sponsorship of his or her award. All publications under the award must explicitly state that the awardee’s work has been performed as a Young Investigator Award recipient of IDSA ERF and NFID. Acknowledgement must also be given to the sponsor supporting the award.
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2010 Joint Research Awards application and instructions.Deadline for application: February 19, 2010
For further questions contact:
Stephanie Cox at IDSA at scox@idsociety.org or (703) 740-4788
Sharon Cooper-Kerr at NFID at SCooper-Kerr@nfid.org or (301) 656-0003 ext. 14.
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