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Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Internal Competition Completed
Principal Investigators Selected:
- Michael Federle, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Program Summary
Five-year awards provide $500,000 for opportunities for accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and microbial biology. The program is intended to shed light on the overarching issues of how human hosts handle infectious challenge. The awards are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of inquiry and higher-risk research projects that hold potential for advancing significantly the biochemical, pharmacological, immunological, and molecular biological understanding of how infectious agents and the human body interact.
- Candidates will generally have an M.D., D.V.M., or Ph.D. degree
- Candidates must have an established record of independent research and hold a tenure-track position as an assistant professor or equivalent (at the time of application)
http://204.85.36.154/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=105
UIC is restricted to two applications.
Institutions that nominate a researcher who holds the D.V.M. will be allowed three nominations.
- Institutions may have a single additional nomination if they nominate a researcher working in pathogenic helminths, mycology, or reproductive science.
Deadlines
| UIC Internal Notice of Intent (Required) | August 10, 2011 |
| UIC Internal Competition (If necessary) | N/A |
| Sponsor Letter of Intent | N/A |
| Sponsor Application | November 1, 2011 |
Letter of Intent
OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor. For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.
Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program. White paper instructions will be posted if necessary.
eLOI Form & Instructions – Adobe Acrobat Requirements
- Download the file directly to your computer or to a disk, right click on the link, then select "save link as" or "save target as" from the dropdown options.
- Open eLOI.
- Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click.
- To accept the field change and go to the next field, press Tab or use your mouse to click on the next form field.
- To accept the field change and go to the previous field, press Shift + Tab or use your mouse to click on the previous form field.
- Complete the form fields.
- After completing the form, click “Save” then click “Submit to RDS@uic.edu”.
Letter of Intent (LOI): eLOI Form (Fillable PDF*)
*Please note:
- Fields highlighted in red are required to successfully submit the form.
- Do not print then submit scanned version of e-LOI via email.
Please contact Tony Halford at ahalford@uic.edu or 6-7036 with any questions.
If an authorized principal investigator is not listed above, please consider the limited competition still open. Contact RDS@uic.edu for further information. |
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