Posted on February 18, 2013
Deadline: March 14, 2013

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Faculty Development Program for Physicians from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds committed to achieving senior rank in academic medicine or dentistry and willing to encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians and dentists.

The program offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to universities, schools of medicine and dentistry, and research institutions to support the research and career development of physicians and dentists from historically disadvantaged backgrounds interested in developing careers in academic medicine and dentistry and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. Amos Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000 each, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant toward support of their research activities.

Each scholar will study and conduct research in association with a senior faculty member who is located at an academic center noted for the training of young faculty and who is pursuing lines of biomedical, clinical, or health services research of interest to the scholar.

To be eligible for the award, applicants must be physicians or dentists from an historically disadvantaged background (ethnic, financial, or educational); a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and in the process of or finished with their formal clinical training.

Visit the RWJF Web site for additional information and eligibility and application guidelines.

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Primary Subject: Health
Geographic Funding Area: National

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