Call for Applications: Lupus Foundation of America 2014 Career Development Award

Call for Applications: Lupus Foundation of America 2014 Career Development Award Application Deadline: March 28, 2014 at 5 p.m. ET Purpose: To facilitate the professional development of heumatology, nephrology, and dermatology fellows, in the U.S. and Canada, interested in lupus research to wards a career as an independent clinician-scientist at an academic, medical, or research institution, with a research program having considerable focus on the investigation of basic, clinical, translational, behavioral, or epidemiological lupus research. Award Amount: $70,000 per year (for a maximum of 2 years) ELIGIBILITY To be eligible to apply, applicants must hold an M.D. (or equivalent) from an accredited institution, be a U.S. citizen or legal resident of the U.S.or Canada at the time of application submission, be a first or second year Fellow in an adult or pediatric fellowship program in rheumatology, nephrology, or dermatology accredited by either the American Council on Graduate Medical Education (in the U.S.) or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (in Canada). In addition, to be eligible, applicants must have a documented history of conducting lupus research or must have submitted a lupus-specific abstract to the American College of Rheumatology or similar scientific meeting (or plan to do so) during the fellowship period. Applicants who currently or previously have been awarded any of the following grant awards are ineligible to apply: a me...
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