Grants & Funding

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Published Date: February 21, 2007

Program Information

Program Name:

Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Program URL:

http://www.bwfund.org/programs/CAMS/index.html

Type of Scientists Funded:

Advanced MD Postdoc

Program Description:

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is committed to fostering the development of the next generation of academic medical scientists. By providing funding to help bridge the gap between the postdoctoral and early faculty years, the Fund hopes to bolster the careers of the most promising up and coming scientists. The Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) addresses the on-going problem of increasing the number of physician scientists and keeping them in research. BWF believes that this bridging award, supporting the last year(s) of a mentored position in addition to supporting the beginning years of an independent position, will facilitate the transition to a career in research and buy time from service commitments. CAMS program provides $700,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term    3  Years
• Maximum Term    5  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Institution
• Is there a training component to this grant?   
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  10/01/2007
• Deadline Comments   
  Applications due at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative stipend amount?    $ 700,000
• Stipend Details:   
  payable over five years

  up to $190,000 for postdoctoral fellowship (2 years max.) and around $510,000 for faculty support. See website for more specific details on award flexibility.

• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative research allowance?    $ 3,000
• Research Allowance Detail:    and up
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative research allowance?    $ 17,000
• Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Details:    up to
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Cancer, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epidemiology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Structural Biology, Toxicology, Virology, Other (specify): Translational Research

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

Other (specify): applications from underrepresented minorities and women encouraged

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

Yes

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Yes

Details (specify region, state or other restrictions)?

USA and Canada

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

North American Degree-Granting Institution

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

Yes

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

• Time:    25%
• Activity Description:    clinical

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?    Yes
  .
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year