Ethel & Jack Hausman Clinical Research Scholars Award

The objective of the Ethel & Jack Hausman Clinical Research Scholars Award is to assist institutions in the United States (only) to foster promising clinician-investigators early in their careers and to help in their establishment as independent researchers in areas of direct relevance to cerebral palsy. The emphasis of this award is as much on research training as it is on the research itself. Candidates for the Award must either be citizens of the United States or have permanent residency status. The Award is in the amount of $75,000 a year for each of three years. The funds can be used at the discretion of the awardee within the purposes of the Award, the broad confines of the annual approved budget and grantee institutional policy. Supplemental funding from other sources is encouraged. It is expected that Award funds will be used as necessary and appropriate to further the objectives of the Award: the conduct of a clinical research and educational program relevant to cerebral palsy. A minimal commitment of 60 percent research effort is a requirement of the Award. The clinical research program must be patient-based or a combined laboratory–patient endeavor. Candidates for the Award will have completed their formal clinical, graduate, and/or fellowship training. Additional opportunities for formal or informal research training are strongly encouraged during the Award. Special explanation of the need for the Award is required of applicants who have comple...
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