Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program
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**Limited submission funding opportunity for early assistant professors with PI eligibility, academic staff-research (research associates, senior research scientists, senior research scholars), Instructors, Clinical Instructors, and postdoctoral and medical fellows involved in pulmonary, critical care, or sleep medicine. Clinical or basic science departments are suitable; however, it is expected that the proposed research will focus on lung biology or lung disease. The ideal candidate is one with evidence of strong aptitude in research and who is in transition from post-doctoral trainee or Instructor to independent investigator. See eligibility, purpose and appropriate topics sections below.
The 2017 deadline has passed. This webpage is for your reference only.
# of applicants:
Each Stanford department* may submit only two applications annually to the sponsor and is limited to a maximum of three active fellowships at any one time.
A mentor may only sponsor one application annually but may sponsor more than one internal candidate for this internal selection process.
Timeline:
Internal deadline: Tues., Aug. 22, 2017, 5 p.m. (see internal submission guidelines below)
Sponsor deadline: Oct. 16, 2017
Fellowships begin July 1, 2018
Sponsor website:
http://www.francisfellowships.org/
PBF Fellows
Stanford's most recent fellow is Joe Hsu, Med/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PBF: 2014-2017)
http://www.francisfellowships.org/about/pbf-fellows/
- The total budget is limited to $50,000 for the first year, $52,000 for the second and $54,000 for the third.
- Indirect costs and equipment purchases are not allowed.
- Allowable costs are restricted to the PBF Fellow’s salary plus fringe benefits and may include travel to a maximum of $2,000 per year. Any costs other than the Fellow’s salary support and travel allocation must be approved by the Scientific Director of the PBF Fellowship Program.
- Direct research project costs should be supported by the mentor’s research grants. Such grants are an essential part of the application as documentation of sufficient financial support to complete the fellow’s project. (see the guidelines for additional information)
Purpose:
The Parker B. Francis Fellowship provides research support to clinical and basic scientists embarking on careers in clinical, laboratory or translational science related to Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at a U.S. or Canadian university or research institution. The ideal candidate is one with evidence of strong aptitude in research and who is in transition from post-doctoral trainee to independent investigator. It is essential that there be evidence of accomplishment and proficiency in research. Few applicants who are just beginning research training and have only one or two research publications are funded.
Appropriate Topics
A broad array of approaches to pulmonary and critical care medicine, ranging from cell and molecular studies, to those involving epidemiologic and clinical aspects of human subjects are appropriate. We also encourage applications from pulmonary medicine specialists interested in pursuing research in bioethical aspects of pulmonary medicine or critical care. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the ethics of clinical trials in critical care, end-of-life decisions and resource allocation. The context of all these topics should be pulmonary biology and lung disease. Applicants must meet all the eligibility standards. Mentors and/or applicants considering whether a particular area is appropriate are encouraged to discuss potential projects with the Scientific Director of the PBF Fellowship Program, Thomas R. Martin, M.D.
- We have confirmed with the sponsor that our Stanford early assistant professors with PI eligibility; academic staff-research (i.e., research associates), Instructors, Clinical Instructors, and postdoctoral fellows can be considered as long as they meet all of the eligibility criteria.
- Scientists holding a relevant doctoral degree (e.g., M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D, D.V.M,, Dr. P.H.) who are embarking on a career in clinical, laboratory or translational science related to Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at a U.S. or Canadian university or research institution;
- There are no restrictions regarding discipline or department (note # of applicants permitted at the beginning of this message). Clinical or basic science departments are suitable; however, it is expected that the proposed research will focus on lung biology or lung disease.
- Citizenship requirement: A citizen or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada or have a permanent residency application on file at the time of application with the U.S. or Canadian Immigration Services (note: because this is a career development grant it is exempt from the RPH 1.8 policy about non-discrimination in research).
- A Ph.D. or other non-M.D. scientist must be no more than seven years beyond completion of their doctoral degree or an M.D. scientist must be no more than seven years beyond clinical training (i.e., residency, internship, clinical fellowship) at the time of application (as of Oct. 16, 2017). Candidates with greater than seven years since the doctoral degree require approval for continued training from the Scientific Director of the PBF Fellowship Program, Dr. Thomas Martin at trmartin@u.washington.edu.
- Mentorship of the fellow by an established investigator is required.
- PBF Fellows are required to have at least 75 percent of their time available for research.
- Most successful candidates have two-to-five years of research experience and a minimum of two or three research publications at the time of fellowship application.
- Other funding restrictions:
- individuals are not eligible for a PBF Fellowship if, at the time of application (Oct. 17, 2016), they are or have been principal investigator on an NIH K or R series research award or other nationally competitive research award at the comparable level.
- PBF Fellows in the second or third year of their Fellowship, who receive an NIH K or R series award or similar grant, may request approval to retain the Fellowship and to reallocate a portion of the Fellowship salary support to supplies or other research costs.
- Awards will not be given if either the fellow or mentor currently holds funding from the tobacco industry, even if the tobacco monies will not be used to support the PBF sponsored research.
- individuals are not eligible for a PBF Fellowship if, at the time of application (Oct. 17, 2016), they are or have been principal investigator on an NIH K or R series research award or other nationally competitive research award at the comparable level.
Evaluation Criteria
The appraisal of a PBF Fellowship application is based on consideration of: the qualifications and career trajectory of the candidate; an assessment of the mentor's credentials and the institution as resources for training in research; the scientific merits of the research project proposal. Equal weight is given to each of these three aspects in determining the final priority rating.
Reminder: a mentor may only sponsor one application annually but may sponsor more than one internal candidate for this internal selection process
By Tues., Aug. 22, 2017, 5 p.m., please submit one PDF file containing the following (in the order listed below) via email attachment to:
Jeanne Heschele
Research Management Group
jheschele@stanford.edu
650-245-2351
File name: Last name_Parker.pdf
Institutional representatives: you do not have to submit your internal proposals to RMG or OSR for approval. You can submit them directly to Jeanne.
1) Title page
Title of the RFA: Francis Family Foundation Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program
Title of your proposal:
PI name, title, department, address, phone, email
Mentor name, title, department, address, phone, email
2) Nomination/recommendation letter-addressed to the School of Medicine Awards committee printed on department letterhead prepared by and signed by your mentor and co-signed by your division chief or department chair. The letter should confirm the candidate has at least 75 percent of his/her time available for research. It must also cover the candidate's:
- demonstrated potential for establishing an independent pulmonary research career
- evidence of originality
- adequacy of scientific background and evidence of superior performance
- quality of research publications
3) Research proposal summary (limit: 2 pages*)
Use Arial 11-point font size, margins of 0.5 inch, and single-line spacing for all text. Illustrations & references not included in the page total.
Projects must relate specifically to the section entitled "Appropriate Topics”.
Project title (should be less than 80 characters)
Statement of the problem
Specific Aims
Experimental Approach
Significance of the results
**this is just a project summary. If selected, you will need to prepare a full proposal of up to 7 pages, etc.
d) PI Biosketch
e) Other Funding (include name of sponsor, amount of funding, term of funding start date to end date)
Selection Process
All Stanford internal proposals will be reviewed by the School of
Awards Committee. That committee will select the two applicants to represent each department.
