American Head and Neck Society/American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Young Investigator Combined Award

American Head and Neck Society/American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Young Investigator Combined Award The purpose of this award is to support a collaborative AHNS/AAO-HNSF research project by fostering the development of contemporary basic or clinical research skills focused on neoplastic disease of the head and neck among new full-time academic surgeons. The award is intended as a preliminary step in clinical investigator career development and is expected to facilitate the recipient’s preparation of a more comprehensive individualized research plan suitable for submission to the National Institutes of Health or comparable funding agency. ELIGIBILITY Applicants must be physicians with demonstrated potential for excellence in research and teaching and serious commitment to an academic research career in head and neck surgery. Applicants must be members or candidate members of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and/or the American Head and Neck Society. Priority will be given to fellows or junior faculty who have completed residencies or fellowships within four years of the application receipt date. All candidates must be sponsored by the Chair of his/her Division or Department and by an official representative of the institution which would administer the Award and in whose name the application is formally submitted. Former ASHNS/AHNS or Foundation research grant recipients are eligible to compete for th...

Source: ScanGrants feed - October 6, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Head and Neck Society/American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Source Type: funding