Call for Applications
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Tosteson and Fund for Medical Discovery (FMD) Fellowships
One Year MGH ECOR Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
for Basic and Clinical Research
First of two calls in 2012 (Second call will be in early August 2012)
Application Deadline: Monday, April 9, 2012 – Midnight
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Applications are invited for MGH ECOR Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards. In 2012, ECOR will, for the first time, be dividing the ECOR funding for postdoctoral awards into two groups to offer our post docs more flexibility in planning. Half of the funded awards will be made available with each call.
Three Awards are designated as Tosteson Awards and six Awards are designated as Fund for Medical Discovery Awards (FMD). Each Award includes a stipend of $40,000 plus applicable fringe benefits and 15% indirect costs. The Awards are unrestricted as to area of study and MD fellows and PhD postdocs in either basic or clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital are encouraged to apply.
These Awards will be effective on or about July 1, 2012 and all applicants will be notified of funding decisions in late May 2012. The application deadline is midnight, Monday, April 9, 2012.
Eligibility and other Award information is provided below. Incomplete or improperly assembled applications will not be reviewed. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are included.
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APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Eligibility
• Applicants and their Fellowship Supervisors/Mentors must both have full-time primary appointments at
MGH during the entire Award period.
• These Postdoctoral Fellowships are only for Fellows/Post Docs working full-time in an MGH research laboratory.
• MD, PhD and MD/PhD applicants pursuing either basic or clinical investigation at any MGH location (CNY, Simches and the Main Campus) are eligible to apply.
• If an applicant/awardee already has or subsequently receives other fellowship awards, he/she is eligible for the Tosteson/FMD Award funds only if allowed by the other sponsor and only to the extent that the total combined stipend does not exceed $40,000.
• Previous Tosteson/FMD Award recipients are not eligible to reapply.
Award Expenditures and Award Start Date
• The Award is for $40,000 plus applicable fringe benefits and 15% indirect costs. Awards may be used only for salary and fringe benefits. If applicable, approved Human or Animal Use protocols must be current prior to Award activation.
• Awards are not transferable to any other institution.
• Awards will be effective on or about July 1, 2012.
Review Process
• Award applications are evaluated and ranked for funding priority by the ECOR Subcommittee on Review of Research Proposals (SRRP), whose recommendations are forwarded for final approval by the ECOR Executive Committee. In evaluating applications, SRRP will consider the candidate, the training environment, and the quality and relevance of the proposed study. Candidates will not be provided with written critiques of their applications.
Application Format
• 12-point font, with 1-inch margins
• Include a page header with your name on the top right corner in the following format: Last name, First name, degree (i.e. Smith, Jane, PhD/MD)
• Do not number the pages in your application
1. Cover page, including:
a. Applicant's Name, Service or Department and Unit, MGH and HMS professional appointments
office or laboratory address, telephone and e-mail address
b. Title of research project to be supported by the Tosteson/FMD Award
c. Name of current Faculty Supervisor and Grant Manager/Supervisor office or laboratory address, telephone and
e-mail address
d. Type of request: indicate that the application is for an MGH ECOR Post-Doctoral Award
e. Total direct funds requested: $40,000
f. Other stipends and awards currently held, indicating type and amount of award
g. Number of years of post-doctoral training the applicant has completed
2. Completed Standard Partners Research Proposal Coversheet with original signatures. The form is available at the following address: http://resadmin.partners.org/RM_Home/documents/forms/PartnersResearchProposalCoversheet.pdf
Insert the following information on the coversheet:
• Applicant Org: MGH
• Chief Code: (your department chief code)
• Department Contact Name: (Grant and/or Business Manager)
• Immediate Sponsor: ECOR: Tosteson Awards/Fund for Medical Discovery Awards
• Proposal Due Date: 4/9/12
• RFA/RFP/PA No./or cut and paste the Sponsor URL: Leave this box blank
• Project Start Date: 7/1/12 - Project End Date: 6/30/13
• Activity Type: Indicate if it is clinical or non-clinical research
• Agreement Type: Grant
• Proposal Type: New
• Total Project Costs: $40,000
• Compliance Section: Indicate Yes or No in each box
3. Summary of research project (500 word limit)
4. Research plan (5-page limit, excluding references), including:
• Specific aims
• Background and significance
• Preliminary data
• Experimental design and methods
• References
5. Applicant’s description of long-term career plans (1 page limit). Include a statement of why/how this Award will contribute to the applicant’s achievement of these goals.
6. Biosketches of both the applicant and the fellowship supervisor, in NIH format.
7. Listing of current and pending other support with amounts for both the applicant and the fellowship supervisor, in NIH format.
8. Two letters of support, one from each category below, (address letters to ECOR Review Committee and include with grant application):
1. Fellowship Supervisor This letter should specify the contributions of the applicant to the hypotheses, preliminary data, and research plans described in the proposal and indicate the respective roles of the supervisor and applicant in preparing the application. Include a statement of why this candidate should receive this Award.
2. Previous supervisor or colleague who is familiar with the applicant’s prior research. This individual must be from outside the applicant’s current laboratory.
9. Unit, Service or Department Chief statement. The applicant should have a signed statement from the Unit or Service/Department Chief indicating that the Chief and the Department support this application for an ECOR post-doc award.
How to apply
Please submit your application, as a single PDF file, entitled “2012 ECOR Postdoc – Last name, First name” (i.e. “2012 ECOR Postdoc – Smith, Jane. PDF”) to the ecor@partners.org mailbox. Questions may be submitted by e-mail to ecor@partners.org.
Deadline: April 9, 2012 Midnight