Posted on October 15, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: January 15, 2010

Applications Invited for American Diabetes Association-Association of Specialty Professors Young Investigator Innovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology

In partnership with the American Diabetes Association, the Association of Specialty Professors offers the ADA-ASP Young Investigator Innovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology.

The two-year, $150,000 award funds the early stages of career development for an endocrinologist interested in geriatric medicine, with a focus on diabetes. The award supports entry-level faculty working to integrate geriatrics with novel basic, clinical, or health services diabetes research. In addition, ASP offers travel grants for recipients to attend two American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meetings and one ADA meeting, as well as funds for the recipient to visit either a geriatrician or an endocrinologist with a professional research background similar to the recipient's research focus and present on his or her research at the host's institution.

At a minimum, award candidates must have a faculty appointment equal to an assistant professorship by July 1, 2010; be a U.S. citizen or have applied for permanent U.S. resident status; have completed a fellowship in endocrinology leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine; be within the first three years of his or her first faculty appointment; commit 75 percent of his/her professional effort to research activities; develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of diabetes and metabolism; and generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from endocrinology and geriatric medicine.

The award is part of ASP's T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, a career development award for internal medicine specialists focusing on geriatric medicine.

For complete program guidelines, visit the Web site of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.

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Primary Subject: Aging
Geographic Funding Area: National

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