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Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research

Internal Competition Completed

Principal Investigators Selected:

Ying Liu, Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering
Jessica Pedersen, Occupational Therapy Department, College of Applied Health Sciences
Bharati Prasad, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Department, College of Medicine (Chicago)

Program Summary

The Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research is intended to support the development of outstanding investigators who plan careers in pulmonary research. The purpose is to help them as they make the transition to independent, self-supporting, faculty members. Grants are made for three years of support. Fellows supported by a Parker B. Francis Fellowship must be assured of having at least 75 percent of their time available for research. This means that a total of no more than three months per year may be spent in clinical or other non-research activities.

Appropriate topics include a broad array of approaches to pulmonary and critical care medicine, ranging from cell and molecular studies, to those involving epidemiologic and clinical aspects of human subjects. Also encouraged are applications from pulmonary medicine specialists interested in pursuing research in bioethical aspects of pulmonary medicine or critical care. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the ethics of clinical trials in critical care, end-of-life decisions and resource allocation. The context of all these topics should be pulmonary biology and lung disease.

The total budget is limited to $50,000 for the first year, $52,000 for the second and $54,000 for the third. These totals include a stipend plus fringe benefits and may include travel to a maximum of $2,000 per year.

Eligibility Criteria include:

Two to five years of research experience at time of fellowship application
Participated as an author on a minimum of two or three research publications
Candidates from under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply
Must not have an NIH K series or similar award at the time of application
Must not be a principal investigator on an NIH R01 or similar research grant when applying for this Fellowship
Applications will not be considered if either the mentor or the Fellow has a relationship with the tobacco industry as described in the American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines (see sponsor website for more details)
If a current Fellow or his/her mentor enters into a relationship with the tobacco industry, the Fellowship support will be immediately terminated

UIC is allowed to submit only one application per department per year.

For departments who currently have a Parker B. Francis Fellow in their department: The sponsor will award a maximum of two fellows per department at a given time. If a department currently has two Parker B. Francis Fellows, they cannot submit an application. If a department currently has one Parker B. Francis Fellow, they may submit one application for an additional award this funding cycle.

Additional Information
http://www.francisfellowships.org/learn.htm

Deadlines

UIC Internal Letter of Intent (Mandatory)	July 21, 2009
UIC Internal Competition	N/A*
Sponsor Full Proposals	October 12, 2009

*If an investigator has not been authorized from your department, you may still submit an LOI
to rds@uic.edu.

Letter of Intent

By submitting this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets the sponsor's eligibility criteria for this program. The LOI can be emailed to RDS@uic.edu, Attn: Chang Lee.
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.
IMPORTANT: The Department Head must complete Section 3 of the LOI form.

LOI form: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/funding/forms/0600.doc

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 issued to those submitting LOIs, if necessary.

Please contact Chang Lee at clee10@uic.edu or 6-1961 with any questions.