Office of Research

Career Awards at the Scientific Interface

Limited Submissions

Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Program: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface

http://www.bwfund.org/pages/558/Career-Awards-at-the-Scientific-Interface/

Award amount: $500,000

Number of applications UW can put forward: n/a

OSP deadline: 8/25/14

Sponsor deadline: 9/1/14

 

 

*Note: This is not a limited submission and is being announced as a courtesy only*

 

 

Program Description

BWF's Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as to U.S. temporary residents.

 

Scientific advances such as genomics, quantitative structural biology, imaging techniques, and modeling of complex systems have created opportunities for exciting research careers at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences. Tackling key problems in biology will require scientists trained in areas such as chemistry, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering.

 

Recognizing the vital role such cross-trained scientists will play in furthering biomedical science, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund has developed the Career Awards at the Scientific Interface. These grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.

 

Prior to 2010, candidates for this award were nominated by North American degree-granting institutions.  Since 2010, eligible candidates for this award may self-nominate.

 

 

 

 

 

Application Instructions

*Note: This is not a limited submission and is being announced as a courtesy only*

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2014

Deadlines
08/25/2014 UW Internal Deadline Closed
08/25/2014 OSP Deadline
09/01/2014 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Funding amount

$500,000

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.