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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI): Early Career Scientist Program
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services, announces the following funding opportunity from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for early career scientists. Detailed information is below. Anyone interested in applying to this program should contact Mr. Chang Lee, Research Development Services (RDS) at rds@uic.edu.
Deadlines:
Intent to Apply (required): April 30, 2008 – 2:00pm (E.S.T.)
Full Application: Between May 1 and June 10, 2008 – 2:00pm (E.S.T.)
Program Summary:
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced a national competition to select as many as 70 outstanding early career scientists. This competition will enable HHMI to identify the nation's best biomedical scientists at a critical early stage of their faculty careers, and to provide them with flexible funding to develop scientific programs of exceptional merit. HHMI seeks scientists in all areas of basic biological and biomedical research, and in areas of chemistry, physics, computer science, and engineering that are directly related to biology or medicine.
Successful applicants will receive full salary support as well as research funding and equipment, allowing them to devote their time and energy to making discoveries in the laboratory and mentoring the next generation of scientists. HHMI seeks to enable these scientists to pursue research for which they have a passion—and which may hold the potential for achieving the greatest impact—rather than tailoring their research plans in order to win approval from funding agencies.
Eligible applicants must:
- Have a doctoral degree
- Hold a tenure-track position as assistant professor or higher academic rank
- Have between two and six years of experience since first appointed as an assistant professor or equivalent position
Please carefully review additional eligibility requirements, application instructions, and award details at http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/earlycareer2009/ prior to submission.
Application guidelines do not limit number of submissions from each institution. However, they do indicate an award mechanism that is not standard. Anyone interested in applying to this program should contact Mr. Chang Lee, Research Development Services (RDS) at rds@uic.edu to learn about the submission process and how an award would be handled.
Please contact Chang Lee directly at clee10@uic.edu or 996-1961 with any questions.
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