HHMI Investigator Competition 2008

HHMI Submission Deadline: June 13, 2007

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is holding a national competition for investigators and plans to name as many as 50 new researchers by spring 2008. This competition will strengthen HHMI's community of researchers and fund new approaches to the research of biological problems not only in the biomedical disciplines but in related fields including chemistry, physics and biophysics, biomedical engineering, and computational biology. This is the first time that HHMI has offered a general competition with a direct application process.

Successful candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree
  
• Hold a tenured or tenure-track position (or the equivalent) as Assistant Professor or higher
  
• Have at least 4 but no more than 10 years of experience since their initial appointment as an Assistant Professor (or equivalent)
  
• Be the principal investigator on at least one active, national, peer-reviewed research grants of at least three years duration

Detailed information - including access to the secure application site - may be found at the HHMI web site: www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/investigator2008

Please Note: Due to the nature of the HHMI Investigator program, SOM ORA does not need to review applications. However, Grace Bigelow in the Provost's office is tracking the Hopkins applicants and requests that copies of completed applications are forwarded to her via email at graceb@jhu.edu.

Burroughs Wellcome Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research

Internal Deadline: 6/20/07

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research provide $750,000 over a period of five years ($150,000 per year) to faculty at the Assistant or early Associate Professor level. The purpose of this research program is to develop and increase the productivity of established physician-scientists who bring new approaches to translational research and are mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists. For the purposes of this award, translational research includes studies which involve etiology, pathogenesis, and mechanisms of disease; clinical knowledge and improved diagnosis; and disease management, molecular epidemiology, and limited small-scale clinical trials that provide evidence for effectiveness of therapy.

The BWF will allow the School of Medicine to nominate up to FOUR (4) candidates to the program. Of these four candidates, the foundation requires that at least one candidate is female and one candidate is a member of the following minority groups: African American, Hispanic, or Native American. Each Department Chair may nominate ONE (1) candidate to the internal selection committee for consideration.

Nominations must include a letter from the Department chair, an NIH-style biosketch, a one-page abstract of the nominee's clinical research program, and the cover sheet located here: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/research/ora/funding/tools/BWF_Cover_Sheet.doc.
All nomination materials must be sent directly to Amanda Gibson (agibson8@jhmi.edu) in BRB Suite 117 no later than Wednesday, June 20th at 5:00PM. The internal selection will be completed as soon as possible so that the selected candidates have ample time to prepare applications for the August 15th deadline.

Additional details regarding this program are posted on the BWF website at: http://www.bwfund.org/programs/translational/clinical_scientists_main.html.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

New Funding Opportunities from the Department of Defense Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Program

This program promotes innovative research that advances the understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder and leads to improved treatment outcomes. There is a Concept Award, an Idea Development Award, and a Clinical Partnership Award. For details, including eligibility requirements, specific application information, and deadlines, click here: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pdf/07asdrpreftable.pdf. Note that for the Idea Development and Clinical Partnership Awards, letters of intent are due June 22, 2007. Letters of Intent for the Concept Award are due July 10, 2007.

AACR Funding Opportunity for Metastatic Colon Cancer Research

Application Deadline: June 26, 2007
Grant Term Begins: October 1, 2007

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is Now Accepting Applications for the 2007 Jeannik M. Littlefield-AACR Grants in Metastatic Colon Cancer Research. These grants will provide support for innovative cancer research projects designed to accelerate the discovery and development of new agents to treat metastatic colon cancer and/or for pre-clinical research with direct therapeutic intent. Special emphasis will be placed on research that holds promise for leading to individualized therapeutic options for treatment in the near future or for developing promising new cancer therapeutics for metastatic colon cancer, which will translate into clinical applications within a one- to two-year period. Grants will be provided in an amount between $500,000 to $1,000,000. The AACR will award 3-5 grants in 2007.

For information about eligibility, the grant terms, and application instructions, please visit the AACR website ( http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/travel-grants--research-funding/research-funding/littlefield-aacr-grants-for-metastatic-colon-cancer-research.aspx )or visit proposalCENTRAL ( https://v2.ramscompany.com/default.asp ) to access the online application.

Inquiries may be directed to Ms. Julia Laurence at awards@aacr.org.

Julia Laurence
Staff Assistant, Program Administration
AACR
215.440.9300 x102
215-440-9372 fax
laurence@aacr.org

Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care

Application Deadline: July 18, 2007

"Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care," an online, open source competition co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Changemakers, seeks to identify ways in which the health and health care marketplace can offer services, tools and choices that consumers want-but are currently out of reach because of cost, complexity, or because the right idea hasn't come along.

Innovators submit their ideas on the Changemakers web site and the Changemakers community provides feedback on the problem and proposed solutions. Twelve competition finalists will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges. The Changemakers community will then vote on the competition site for three winners, who each will receive a $5,000 award from Changemakers.

In addition, RWJF's Pioneer Portfolio will review competition entries and may award up to $5 million to support projects with potential for the greatest impact. Full details at http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19853

NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association Invites
Applications for Young Investigator Award Program

Deadline: July 25, 2007

NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association is a private, not-for-profit
organization which raises and distributes funds for scientific research into the causes, cures, treatments, and prevention of severe psychiatric brain disorders. The organization provides support to scientists conducting neurobiological research at a
university or research institution. Both U.S. and international applicants are eligible to apply.

NARSAD's Young Investigator Award Program offers award opportunities of up to $30,000 per year each for up to two years (maximum of $60,000). The program is open to advanced postdoctoral fellows or assistant professors to either extend their research
fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to schizophrenia, major affective disorders, or other serious mental illnesses.

Application materials are available on the NARSAD Web site. http://www.narsad.org/
research/ apply

Talecris Biotherapeutics' Talents Program Accepting
Applications for Research Grant Awards

Deadline: August 15, 2007 (Letters of Intent)

Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. ( http://www.talecris.com/ ), a global biotherapeutic and -technology company, has announced that it is accepting applications for its 2007 Talents Research Awards. It will award grants of up to $150,000 per project.

The Talents, or Talecris New Trials Support program is designed to advance basic and clinical research addressing the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in antibody replacement as well as immune modulation therapies. Talents research grants provide a source of funding for research scientists investigating the cause and treatment of
immune disorders. Selection of proposals for funding will be based on scientific merit, quality of applicant and research environment, and consistency with the overall program goals.

In 2006, the program's inaugural year, Talents grants were made to seven investigators representing major universities, clinics, and institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The grants funded studies ranging from a multicenter
clinical registry to establish the efficacy of IGIV in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) who do not meet normal diagnostic criteria to basic cellular mechanisms by which IGIV mediates immune response.

All information about the Talents program, including how to apply, is available on the Talents Web site. http://www.talecristalents.com/apply-how-to.htm

J.P. McCarthy Fund Developmental Grant Award Program

Application Deadline: August 15, 2007

The J.P. McCarthy Fund is seeking project proposals for its 2007 Developmental Grant Award Program. The objective of this program is to strengthen the base of high-quality research in hematological diseases in the major research universities and medical centers across the country. Innovative hypothesis-driven developmental projects in basic, translational, and clinical research will be considered for funding. The maximum grant is $25,000 per year for each individual research project, or for each individual component application of an interactive program project grant. Grants will be made for a period of two years.

If you have any questions about how to apply, please do not hesitate to call Cassandra L. Joubert, ScD or Marty Calvert at 1(888) 933-6369.

An internal review is not required for this Award Program.

For more information go to: http://www.cfsem.org/grants/special_grants/index.html

Please Note: An internal review of applications by the Provost's Office is not required for this program. Before submitting directly to the sponsor, proposals must be first submitted through the candidates' divisional research administration office.

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