Graduate Fellowship grant opportunity in Pharmacology/Toxicology

From David Eaton, dean of the Graduate School:

As Chair or Program Director of a PhD degree granting program in Pharmacology/Toxicology, I would like to bring to your attention the following ‘Limited Submission opportunity”, titled

Graduate Fellowship grant opportunity in Pharmacology/Toxicology, from the PhARMA Foundation.  This is a ‘limited submission’, as the UW is allowed to submit only one application.  The Graduate School will be coordinating the institutional selection process.

To that end, if your Department/Program would like to nominate one candidate for this award, please submit the following information to Jerry Pangilinan at the Graduate School, no later than 5 pm, Wednesday, July 19. (Please limit the nominations to no more than person from your program). 

Pharmacology/toxicology awards support career development activities of scientists embarking on research that integrates information on molecular or cellular mechanisms of action with information on the effects of an agent observed in an intact organism, in experimental animal or clinical studies or both.

Highest priority will be given to applicants whose research will attempt to integrate information on a drug or chemical’s mechanism of action at the molecular or cellular level with a drug’s effect in a human or laboratory animal. Applicants should describe the significance of a hypothesis being tested in the context of potential influences of biochemical, physiological, behavioral, or social systems.

These awards intend to encourage multidisciplinary training to apply the perspective of molecular, cell, and systems biology to pharmacology and toxicology research. Their scope includes basic drug action studies, detection of cellular responses to drugs at the gene level that create opportunities to optimize individualized drug therapy, and the corresponding evaluation of pharmaceuticals in human and clinical populations.

Application Instructions

Please note the following stipulation before deciding whom to nominate:

The awards may not be used to supplement funds from other fellowships, traineeships, or assistantships, unless necessary to make stipend levels compliant with institutional policy. The goal of the program is to assist in the candidate’s pre doctoral training. Pre Doctoral Fellowships should not be seen as a way to fund a research project.

The preproposal application should contain the following:

1.  Name of Graduate Student, Program of doctoral study, date of enrollment, and approximate expected date of graduation.

1. Letter of nomination from the Department Chair or Program Director (no more than 2 pages; it is anticipated that the student’s mentor will assist the chair in preparing this nominating letter.  Both the Chair and the Mentor will be required to write separate letters if the candidate is accepted to go forward.  See the application materials for more information on what the foundation expects in these letters).  The letter should include a statement that the student meets all of the eligibility requirements as outlined in the PhRMA call for proposals.   (http://www.phrmafoundation.org/2015-awards/pre-doctoral-fellowship-awards/pharmacology-toxicology/)

1. Statement of research plan that clearly addresses how the research is consistent with the PhRMA goals and program announcement (no more than 2 pages, including figures and any references)

1. A Resume/Biosketch/CV of the candidate (limit 5 pages).

Nominees will be notified of the results of the internal competition by July 25, 2017.  Note that the selected candidate will need to have a final proposal to the Foundation by Sept. 1, 2017. 

Please send all of the materials, as a single pdf file to Jerry L. Pangilinan jlpang@uw.edu at the Graduate School no later than 5 pm, Wednesday, July 19, 2017.