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The Pew CharitableTrusts (PEW)
Pew Scholars Program
Internal Competition Completed
Principal Investigators Selected:
- Jaehyung “Gus” Cho, Pharmacology
Program Summary
UIC has been invited to submit one nomination to the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. Strong proposals will demonstrate particularly creative and innovative approaches. Risk-taking is encouraged. The major elements upon which selection of the successful candidates will be based are a detailed description of the work the applicant proposes to undertake, evaluations of earlier performance from previous mentors, and notable past accomplishments, including honors, awards and publications. In evaluating the candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight to evidence that the candidate is an independent investigator and to significant published work. The award provides $240,000 in flexible support - $60,000 per year for a four-year period. In 2012, the Trusts will name 22 Pew Scholars.
Eligibility
- Open to individuals with a doctorate in medicine or biomedical sciences.
- As of November 1, 2011, candidates must hold full-time appointments at the rank of assistant professor or equivalent.
- On July 1, 2012, they must not have been in such an appointment for more than three years, whether or not such appointments were on a tenure track. This time may have been spent at more than one institution.
- Individuals with committed support from similar private foundation awards in excess of $50,000 a year for the first two years of the Pew Scholarship, until June 30, 2014, are ineligible. Individuals chosen to be Pew Scholars may not simultaneously be supported by similar private foundation awards in excess of $50,000 a year during the first two years of the Pew support. These awards include but are not limited to those of the Searle, Damon Runyon, Rita Allen, Ellison, and Kimmel foundations. Institutions are strongly encouraged to nominate a candidate who is not applying for and is not already funded by such awards. Funding from the NIH, other government sources, and project grants from public charities and nonprofit associations such as the American Cancer Society do not pose a conflict with the Pew Scholars Program.
UIC is restricted to one nomination.
Additional Information
Deadlines
| UIC Internal Notice of Intent (Required) | August 16, 2011 |
| UIC Internal Competition (If necessary) | TBD |
| 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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