American College of Surgeons Australia/New Zealand Traveling
American College of Surgeons Professional Association
Award: $10000 – $10000
Deadline: December 1.
To support for the research of a promising young surgical investigator. Qualifications: Applicants must be a Fellow or Associate Fellow of the ACS who has completed an accredited residency training program in surgery in the United States or Canada within the preceding seven years, not including time off for parental leave, military deployment, or medical leave; applicant must have a full-time faculty appointment not above the level of assistant professor at a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in the United States or by the Committee for Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools; the applicant must provide evidence (by publication or otherwise) of productive initial efforts in laboratory or health services research; a minimum of 50 percent of the Fellow’s time must be spent in the research proposed in the application; extramural and intramural K awardees are permitted and encouraged to apply; preference will be given to applicants who have received or are working toward a career development award, such as an NIH K award. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee's criteria. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form; research proposal (6-page maximum) containing the following: specific aims (1-page maximum); significance (½-page maximum) innovation (½-page maximum); approach (4-page maximum) - should include preliminary data and research design; budget for 5 years with justifications (1-page maximum); references (no page limit); formatting should be single-line spacing, Arial 11 font, and 1” margins; a letter is required from the fiscal officer of the institution reflecting approval of the application, which does not allow any indirect costs to the recipient or institution (1-page maximum); a letter from the Chair of the department is required; the letter should clearly state that the applicant holds a full-time position in the department and indicate a commitment to the continuation of the applicant’s academic position and facilities for research; the letter must also state that a minimum of 50 percent of the applicant’s time will be spent on the research proposed in the application; this percentage may run concurrently with the time requirement of NIH or other accepted funding (1-page maximum); a letter from the primary mentor who will be supervising the applicant’s research must be submitted, with content including a mentoring and training plan; the primary mentor must be an ACS Fellow; ACS Scholarships Committee members cannot serve as primary or co-mentor for this application; if the Chair is the mentor/co-mentor of the applicant, two separate letters should be submitted (2-page maximum); a NIH-style Biosketch is required for each the applicant and their primary mentor (5-page maximum). Focus: Surgery.