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Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2008 Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) Program
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2008 Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) Program
WHO: PIs who are clinical fellows, residents, non-tenure track instructors or postdoctoral researchers at degree-granting institutions. Researchers who hold or have accepted a faculty appointment as an assistant professor or the equivalent are not eligible.
WHY: Awards made by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will be $700,000 over a period of five years, including the first two years in a postdoctoral/fellowship period ($190,000) and the next three years in a faculty period $(510,000).
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of June 25, 2007.
HOW: PIs, including HSC PIs, should submit an internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:The funding agency below has limited the number of solicitations to five per institution, including its medical school. If the number of faculty wishing to submit a proposal exceeds the number allowed by the agency, we will conduct an internal selection process. Below are due dates for the program, including the due date for the internal proposal for review by the internal selection committee, the date for announcement of the internal selection and the due date for submission of the proposal to the agency.
AGENCY: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
AGENCY PROGRAM TITLE: 2008 Career Awards for Medical Scientists
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2008 Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) are intended to support the physician scientist during the final one or two years of a mentored position and then allow the physician scientist to carry that support to an independent position. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic or pharmacological epidemiology research.
The award consists of a postdoctoral/fellowship period (1-2 years) and a faculty period (five years minus the time spent in the postdoctoral period). All faculty positions must be taken at U. S. or Canadian degree-granting institutions. Candidates should not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate. During the award period at least 75% of the awardee’s time must be devoted to research-related activities.
Candidates must be PIs with M.D.; D.D.S.; D.V.M.; M.D., Ph.D; D.D.S., Ph.D; D.V.M., Ph.D. or equivalent clinical degrees. In addition, candidates must be a clinical fellow, resident, instructor (non-tenure track) or a postdoctoral researcher and have completed at least two years of research experience. As a general guideline, candidates should not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate.
Candidates must be nominated by a dean or department chair at the degree-granting institution where they will take their postdoctoral/fellowship training under the award. In addition, researchers who hold or have accepted a faculty appointment as an assistant professor or the equivalent are not eligible.
The full announcement can be found here.
AGENCIES ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT: Eligible organizations include degree-granting institutions in the United States and Canada.
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS: Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Indirect costs are not allowed. Burroughs Wellcome Fund will pay an administrative fee of 10% to the institution to cover the awardee’s fringe benefits, such as health insurance and retirement. The support allocated for research is under the control of the awardee and may be used flexibly for items such as equipment, consumable supplies, travel to scientific meetings and laboratory personnel working with the awardee.
Prior approval by Burroughs Wellcome Fund is required when, within an award year, purchases of equipment exceed $20,000 or travel costs exceed $8,000. Further, awardees may receive a no-cost extension up to the time they are reviewed for tenure. Requests explaining why an extension is needed must be submitted in writing at least four months prior to the end of the award.
AWARD INFORMATION: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2008 Career Awards for Medical Scientists are for $700,000 over five years. The first two years of the award are the postdoctoral/fellowship period ($190,000), while the next three years are the faculty period ($510,000).
COST SHARING: Institutions are expected to make a contribution to the awardee’s salary to maximize the amount that can be used for research. In addition, BWF requires institutions to make a monetary commitment to an awardee’s career before the awardee begins the faculty portion of the award.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES
June 22, 2007: Deadline for an email of intent, including the name of the PI, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent.
June 25, 2007: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Sponsored Projects for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:
- A proposal summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Program Announcement
- Project and management plans
- Summary budget
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted electronically for review by the internal selection committee.
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here. Selection of pre-proposals will be based on Burroughs Wellcome Fund evaluation guidelines. Meeting the needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PI’s.
July 6, 2007: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
October 1, 2007: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Deadline: (required) Full Proposal Deadline (all materials are due by 4 p.m. EST).