Office of Research

Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award

Limited Submissions

The Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars program will support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who have an MD or PhD degree (or both) and who have completed a minimum of three years of a post-doctoral fellowship by July 1, 2023 in the field of neurosciences and hold a post-doctoral research position at a United States medical school, research institute or academic hospital.

These awards are given as a transitional post-doctoral award for recipients to enable their advance to a full-time faculty member at the Assistant Professor level or higher and/or to assist in the development of a laboratory program that would lead to independent funding. The medical school, research institute or academic hospital appointing the scholar will be awarded $200,000 annually for two years to cover their salary, lab costs, and related expenses. Under certain circumstances, the awardee may transfer funding to support their faculty position. Indirect cost of up to 15% of direct costs, may be included in the $200,000. All applicants are required to provide 75% effort.

The dean or chief academic research officer is invited to nominate one candidate. Scholars will be chosen on the basis of the success in their prior post‐doctoral work as well as in the importance and creativity of their continued work. The Foundation expects to make five awards in 2023.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI
  4. A letter of support from the Dean or Chair that includes verification of the candidate’s start date. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, August 17, 2022. Proposals are due to the sponsor 11/1/2022, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 10/21/2022 if given the go‐ahead by the review committee. 

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2023

Deadlines
08/17/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
10/21/2022 OSP Deadline
11/01/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Warren Alpert Foundation

Funding amount

$200,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

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.