Grant details

Funding Body:

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Internet link: http://www.jdrf.org

Title:

Career Development Award

Research Areas:

Health Sciences

Type:

Fellowships & Awards

Description:

JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independent researchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.

In the five-year term of the award, awardees will focus their research efforts on a subject directly related to JDRF mission goals and research priorities, and position themselves to work at the leading edge of type 1 diabetes research. These awards are designed to assist exceptionally promising investigators. Although JDRF is especially interested in fostering careers in clinical investigation, Career Development Awards may emphasize either basic or clinical topics.

Eligibility:

The Career Development Award is intended for individuals in a relatively early stage of their career. Ordinarily, their first degree (MD, PhD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received at least three but not more than seven years before the award.

The applicant must hold an academic faculty level position (including assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the application, at a university

Amount awarded:

Up to US$150,000 across 5 years

Application guide:

JDRF Grant Mechanism Descriptions & Application Guidelines (PDF)

For further information please click here.

Indirect cost recovery:

This scheme is exempt from University of Sydney indirect costs.

Research Office Contact:

Gab Fuller on 8627 8113

Email: gabrielle.fuller@sydney.edu.au

Closing date:

07 January 2011

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