Apply for NIH Director's Pioneer Award
By News Staff
12/7/2005
If you thrive on doing groundbreaking research and if $500,000 each year for five years would come in handy, apply for an NIH Director's Pioneer Award. It is part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, a series of initiatives intended to transform research capabilities and speed research results from the bench to the bedside.
Most NIH grants support research projects; the Pioneer Awards support individual scientists.
"To maximize the diversity of those considered for Pioneer Awards, we continue to encourage women, members of groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research, individuals in the early to middle stages of their careers, and scientists working in a broad range of fields to apply," said Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and co-chair of the committee overseeing the Pioneer Award program in a Nov. 28 news release about the awards.
Submit your application between Jan. 15 and Feb. 27. The electronic application process includes submission of an abstract, essay and biographical sketch; identification of your most significant publication or achievement; and transmittal of three reference letters.
"To maximize the diversity of those considered for Pioneer Awards, we continue to encourage women, members of groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research, individuals in the early to middle stages of their careers, and scientists working in a broad range of fields to apply," said Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and co-chair of the committee overseeing the Pioneer Award program in a Nov. 28 news release about the awards.
Submit your application between Jan. 15 and Feb. 27. The electronic application process includes submission of an abstract, essay and biographical sketch; identification of your most significant publication or achievement; and transmittal of three reference letters.
