Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Scholar Award Program
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**New limited $400,000 funding opportunity-only two applicants are permitted, so a university-wide internal selection process is required for all early career Stanford assistsant and associate professors who are in their fifth to eighth year of a tenure-track position* who are engaged in biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of disease.
(*The sponsor has approved our Stanford faculty with UTL and MCL faculty appointments -see eligibility).
The internal deadline has passed for 2017. This webpage is for your reference only.
# of applicants: 2 (see the internal submission guidelines below)
Timeline:
Internal deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, 5 p.m. (see the internal submission guidelines below)
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG) deadline: Jan. 8, 2018
Sponsor's deadline: Jan. 15, 2018
Amount of funding: $100,000 per year x 4 yrs (1-2 grants to be awarded)
Funding for years 2, 3 and 4 of Scholar Award is contingent upon approval of a yearly progress report.
The foundation does not provide overhead.
Guidelines
IMPORTANT: To view the information on the Scholar Award you'll need to scroll half-way down the webpage (see the title in red).
http://www.emallinckrodtfoundation.org/Guidelines.html
Current awardees:
http://www.emallinckrodtfoundation.org/Current_Awardees.html
Purpose
Stanford University is one of thirty institutions invited to submit two applications in 2018. This program is designed to fund early stage investigators who are engaged in biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of disease.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must hold an M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree, and be in their fifth to eighth year** of a tenure-track* --as of the sponsor's application deadline, Jan. 15, 2018.
- **Stanford eligibility clarification: The sponsor has approved Stanford faculty who are in their fifth to eigth year of their UTL and MCL faculty appointment. Time spent in a tenure-track faculty position in another institution prior to coming to Stanford must be counted.
- No citizenship restriction but research must be done in a domestic institution.
- Candidates may have an R01.
INTERNAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
By Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, 5 p.m., please submit one PDF file containing the following in the order listed below to:
Jeanne Heschele
Research Management Group
jheschele@stanford.edu
650-245-2351
File name: Last name_Mallinckrodt_Scholar.pdf
Institutional representatives: not applicable. You do not have to submit your proposal to your institutional representative (RPM/RMG or OSR) for their approval. You can submit it directly to Jeanne.
1) Title Page
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar Award
Project title:
PI name, title, department, address, phone and email address
2) Recommendation letter printed on your department letterhead, addressed to Dr. Peter Sarnow and the Awards Committee members, and signed by your division chief (if applicable) or your department chair. This letter should indicate your support for your candidate and how his or her research proposal has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of disease.
3) Proposal (up to five pages)
Proposal with objectives and aims. References are not included in the page total, but text (the project description) and figures/charts are.
Format: single-spaced size 12 Times New Roman or Ariel font.
4) A one-two page lay summary
Applicants should bear in mind that the foundation's Board includes non-scientist members, making this summary of particular importance.
Format: single-spaced size 12 Times New Roman or Ariel font.
5) NIH Biosketch- 5 pages, inclusive of publications
NIH biosketch sample/template webpage >>
6) Other support-both current and pending (include sponsor, amount of funding, term)
Selection process
The School of Medicine Awards Committee will be reviewing the proposals submitted from eligible faculty from all Schools. The committee will select the two applicants to represent Stanford University by the sponsor's Jan. 15, 2018 deadline.
