Dear Colleagues,
We are thrilled to announce the launch of two new programs to support researchers that were a direct result of faculty ideas and feedback. First, is the Physician Scientist Career Development Program (PSCDP), which will advocate on behalf of physician-scientists, foster diversity, community, mentoring, and training for laboratory-based physician scientists in the residency, fellowship, and junior faculty stages. Second, is the Principal InVestigator Organizational management Training for early stage investigators (PIVOT), which will help early stage investigators navigate the research ecosystem, organizational management, human resources and finance when starting up as independent researchers. We are proud to support the careers and ambitions of our faculty members and believe these programs will help them thrive. Read on for more information about these programs - including new NIH support for childcare for T32 and F32 scholars - in this month's edition.
All the best,
Diane and David
David Erle, MD, Associate Chair for Biomedical Research
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Career Development Awards |
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UCSF Physician-Scientist Career Development Program (PSCDP)
We are pleased to announce PSCDP, a new initiative launched by the Medicine, Pediatrics, and Neurology Departments to support the development of laboratory-based physician scientists in the residency, fellowship, and junior faculty stages. The goal of this new program is to advocate on behalf of early career physician-scientists and to foster diversity, community, mentoring, and training across the three departments. It will be led by Sanjeev Datar MD, PhD (Associate Director, Pediatrics), Alexandra Nelson MD, PhD (Director, Neurology), Cathy Smith MD (Associate Director, Medicine). Specific initiatives will be announced over the next year, but if you have suggestions for programs, please contact PSCDP leadership!
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DOM PIVOT (Principal InVestigator Organizational management Training)
Application deadline is December 1st
Calling All Early-Stage Investigators!
Are you an early-stage investigator just starting to build your research program as a PI? You know the science, but do you know how to navigate the NIH and UCSF research infrastructure successfully? Do you want to avoid the pitfalls of managing personnel and over committing your budget?
Learn the answers to all these questions and more by applying to PIVOT (Principal InVestigator Organizational management Training) for Early Stage Investigators. This is a 4-session, case based, interactive program designed by DOM research faculty and DOM administrative leadership. It will start in early 2022. Eligible faculty members are those who have a primary appointment in the Department of Medicine and have an active NIH career development award (K08, K23 or named as scholar on K12/KL2) or, recently received their first R01, or equivalent funding. If you are unsure about your eligibility, you are encouraged to apply. Though space is limited, there will be future sessions.
Applications are due on December 1, 2021. For more information including how to apply, please click the button below.
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Career Development Programs |
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REMINDER: DOM K Info Session for Basic Science Physician-Scientists
Are you an MD or MD/PhD bench scientist thinking about submitting/re-submitting a K? Or are you already supported by a K? An informal session will be held on Thursday, 10/21 at 4pm with other pre-independent basic science physician-scientists at various stages of the K (pre-, writing-, on-K) to share advice, resources, and support.
If you would like to attend, please click on the link below to join the session, or email Rachel Rutishauser for an outlook calendar invitation.
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UCSF California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Scholar Research Training Program
Application deadline is October 31st
UCSF has been selected for funding of the CIRM Research Training Program. The overall objective of the program is foster and enhance the research experience of basic and clinical scientists during the doctoral and immediate postdoctoral stages of their career. The program will support 4 graduate students, 7 postdoctoral fellows, and 2 clinical fellows annually. Applications will be drawn from a large variety of graduate and professional programs, departments, and campus-wide discovery/translational/clinical science programs spanning a spectrum of disciplines including stem cell biology, developmental biology, gene therapy, cell engineering, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, systems biology, immunology, translation, clinical trials and more.
Applications are due by 5:00pm on October 31, 2021. For more information, please click on the button below. To apply, click here. For questions, contact Lisa Magargal.
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REMINDER: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center K12 Physician Scholar Program in Clinical Oncology (PSPCO)
Application deadline is December 3rd
The goal of PSPCO is to foster the development of the next generation of clinical scientists to be effective partners with discovery scientists and conduct high impact and innovative patient-centered cancer research. PSPCO will support cancer-focused junior faculty, giving them 75% protected research time for up to 2 years.
Applications are due by 3:00pm on December 3, 2021. To view the RFA, please click the button below.
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Application deadline is November 9th
The NIPLH is seeking proposals for innovative research, clinical program development and medical education in pulmonary medicine. Proposals likely to have the most impact will be funded for 1–2 years. The 2022 Request for Application (RFA) will consider any topic in Pulmonary medicine, however projects related to the undeserved and health disparities, locally and globally, will merit special consideration.
Applications are due on November 9, 2021. For more information including how to apply, please click on the button below. For questions, contact Matthew Lau.
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EXTRAMURAL Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) 2021 Request for Applications Clinical Scientist Development Award
Application deadline is November 13th
The purpose of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) is to provide support to physician scientists at the Instructor or Assistant Professor rank to:
1) conduct an outstanding clinical research project with high significance to improve human health, 2) enable research time protection to ease the tension between research and clinical responsibilities, and to 3) facilitate development of strong mentorship relations in a supportive institutional environment.
Instructors at any qualifying institution are eligible to apply, in addition to physician scientists at the Assistant Professor level. At present this award is not open to those with adjunct appointments but we are engaging with leadership here and at DDCF to determine if there is flexibility in this requirement.
Pre-proposal applications are due by 12:00pm on November 13, 2021. For more information including how to apply, please click on the button below.
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SOM Bridge Funding: Invitation to Apply to the 30th Cycle!
Application deadline is December 10th
The Bridge Funding program provides up to 12 months of support for full-time faculty members who have independent research programs and are experiencing a temporary, but significant, loss of funding.
The COVID-19 pandemic has particularly impacted faculty members who have child and dependent care responsibilities. The bridge funding program will consider applications from faculty for whom pandemic-related caregiving responsibilities have negatively impacted their research program, particularly delayed submission of renewal or revised applications that has contributed to a funding gap.
Applications are due by 5:00pm on December 10, 2021. For more information including how to apply, please click the button below. For questions, contact Michelle Teng.
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New NIH Support for Childcare for T32 and F32 Scholars
We are pleased to announce that NIH will now begin providing childcare cost support to full-time predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees appointed on NRSA institutional research training awards. This is anticipated for awards made beginning in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2022.
The NRSA childcare costs apply to each full-time predoctoral or postdoctoral NIH-NRSA-supported institutional research training award appointment. Each trainee is eligible to receive $2,500 per budget period for childcare costs provided by a licensed childcare provider. For more information from NIH, see the Guide Notice (NOT-OD-21-177) and visit the FAQ page by clicking on the link below. We will be reaching out to training program administrators in the DOM to provide more information on the details of the program administration. This is great news and stay tuned.
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Help with Grant Preparation |
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DOM PREPARE Program
Requests for grant reviews are accepted on an ongoing basis
Get peer reviews for your proposal via the PREPARE program! You do not need to have a draft to request a review – just enter the study name and a brief description and we'll match you with experts who will provide feedback and guidance. Submit a request today!
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ReSearch ReSource Newsletter
The Office of Research delivers a monthly communication of news and resources dedicated to the research enterprise, a helpful companion to DOM Research News! Read the newsletter here.
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Resources for Space Planning Updates
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Diane Havlir, MD, Associate Chair for Clinical Research (diane.havlir@ucsf.edu)
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