NEW NIH Funding Opportunity: NIH Early Independence Award Posted By: David Kennedy - Oct 21, 2010Tool/Resource: NITRC Community The NIH Common Fund announces the highly selective NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Program to provide a mechanism for exceptional, early career scientists who are U.S. residents or permanent citizens to omit traditional post-doctoral training and move into independent academic positions at U.S. institutions directly upon completion of their graduate degrees (Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent). The NIH expects to issue 10 awards through this program in fall 2011. Early Independence Awards are targeted to exceptional junior investigators with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity to flourish independently without the need for traditional post-doctoral training. Early Independence Award projects will receive up to $250,000 in direct costs each year for up to 5 years. Junior scientists must identify a host institution. Alternatively, institutions may actively recruit exceptional junior scientists to apply for these positions. An institution may elect to host an applicant for this program with the commitment to a position being contingent upon receipt of the award. These awards will be very selective, and each institution may only submit two applications. The deadline for submitting Early Independence Award applications is January 21, 2011. See the instructions in the Funding Opportunity (RFA-RM-10-19). Additional information, including Frequently Asked Questions about the Early Independence Investigators Award Program is available at: http://commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindepende... Send questions to earlyindependence@mail.nih.gov. The NIH Common Fund (formerly the NIH Roadmap) encourages collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high impact, trans-NIH programs. These programs are supported by the Common Fund, and managed by the NIH Office of the Director in partnership with the various NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices. Additional information about the NIH Common Fund can be found at http://commonfund.nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) –“The Nation's Medical Research Agency” – includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov. |
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