{"id":6655,"date":"2020-10-30T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T21:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/?page_id=6655"},"modified":"2021-01-06T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T01:00:15","slug":"mcabee-awards-call-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/funding-opportunities-2\/mcabee-awards-call-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"McAbee Award Call 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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McAbee Award Call 2021<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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The Diabetes Research Center (DRC) at the University of Washington (UW) is soliciting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship designed to broaden participation in diabetes and related metabolic\/endocrine disease research at the UW. This fellowship is made possible by an endowment from UW benefactors Dick and Julia McAbee, who were dedicated community leaders committed to the fight against diabetes.<\/p>\n

Purpose:<\/strong>\u00a0 To support the training of promising postdoctoral fellows in diabetes-related research.<\/p>\n

Eligibility:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Postdoctoral fellows with M.D. or Ph.D. degrees engaged in full-time research training with UW faculty sponsors. The primary sponsor should be an active investigator in the area of the proposed research training and have sufficient research support and facilities available for the fellow to undertake high-quality research training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Support:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>One award is available, providing stipend and benefits based on National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship guidelines.\u00a0 The tenure of the fellowship is two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funding begins July 1, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Application:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Prospective applicants must submit a <\/span>mandatory<\/u><\/strong> letter of intent (LOI) that summarizes pertinent information needed to assess eligibility. In addition to the LOI, applicants will be required to submit a list of suitable reviewers. Please download the\u00a0<\/span>2021 McAbee Letter of Intent Form<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Reviewer Nomination Form.<\/a> LOIs submitted in other formats will not be accepted. \u00a0Click\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>\u00a0to download a copy of these instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n

LOIs and reviewer nomination forms are due by\u00a0January 20, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0and are to be uploaded below.<\/p>\n\n

Eligible applicants will be given detailed instructions regarding the application process.\u00a0 Applicants are encouraged to discuss their research plans with either Dr. Sakeneh Zraika (Director, P&F Programs) or\u00a0Dr. Mario Kratz (Associate Director, P&F Programs)\u00a0prior to submission.\u00a0 Applications require approval by the applicant’s departmental chairperson or division head.\u00a0 Approvals for human subjects, animal use and\/or biohazards must be obtained prior to initiation of funding but are not required for submitting the application.<\/p>\n

Deadline:\u00a0 Applications are due by February 26, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sakeneh Zraika, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/td>\nCorinne Lovato<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director of Pilot and Feasibility Programs
Diabetes Research Center<\/td>\n		Manager
Diabetes Research Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
206-768-5391; zraikas@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n206-764-2692; lovcor@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mario Kratz, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/td>\nCelia Chor<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate Director of Pilot and Feasibility\u00a0Programs
Diabetes Research Center<\/td>\n		Program Operations Specialist
Diabetes Research Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
206-667-7362; mkratz@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n206-764-2695; celiacc@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":744,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6655","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7178,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6655\/revisions\/7178"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}