Grants & Funding

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Published Date: November 11, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

ASP-Infectious Diseases Society of America Young Investigator Award in Geriatrics

Program URL:

http://www.im.org/CareerDevelopment/GrantsandScholarships/TFWS/TFranklinWilliamsAwards/Pages

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty

Program Description:

In partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) offers a 2-year $100,000 award to fund the early stages of career development for infectious diseases specialists interested in geriatric medicine. The award supports research in a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases. ASP offers the recipient travel grants to attend two American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meetings and one IDSA annual meeting.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term     
• Maximum Term     
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  02/15/2010

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Biology, Clinical Research, Disease-Specific Research: Infectious Diseases, Other (specify): Geriatrics, Basic Research, Translational Research, Health Services Research

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

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

Yes

Details:

Applicants must be US citizens or have applied for permanent US resident status.

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

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

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

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  Applicant must have a faculty appointment equal to the level of assistant professor by July 1, 2010.
  Applicant must have completed a fellowship in infectious diseases leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
  Be within four years of his or her first faculty appointment.
  Commit 75% of professional effort to research.
  Develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases.
  Generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from infectious diseases and geriatric medicine. The plan must include: (1)A mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, and infectious diseases specialists, and a research mentor. (2)Specific measures for the continued involvement in structured geriatrics activities, including, for example, developing appropriate educational resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspects of infectious diseases, or developing specialty clinical services focused on geriatric patients.

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?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year