Applicants should be full-time early-career BUSM/BMC faculty
(Instructors, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professors in their first year)
We are delighted to announce that a grant funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation will allow us to support early career investigators engaged in high impact clinical health research who have struggled with additional caregiving responsibilities due to, or exacerbated by, the pandemic.
Available Funding
Receive $40,000 starting 4/1/22 for a period of one year to support "extra hands" (e.g. technicians, research assistant effort), grant writing support or to buy-out clinical time to increase time for the conduct of research.
Additionally, receive a $5,000 voucher from the CTSI to further support research needs (e.g., biostatistical support, RA time). For a full list of services and resources provided by the CTSI, please go here.
Required Documents for Application
Summary of your area of research focus, research activities/projects and research-related career goals, with a focus on how your work advances medical science for a condition with significant clinical burden.
NIH biosketch that includes all of your current sources of research funding.
Personal statement detailing how pandemic-related caregiving needs have impacted your research career and how receipt of supplemental support would allow you to successfully continue on your research trajectory.
Letter of support from your Department Chair or Section Chief detailing her/his commitment to the applicant, including protection of research time and discussing the impact of the person’s research on human health.
A clear budget and justification regarding how the $40,000 funds will be used and a separate budget and justification for how the $5,000 voucher funds will be used.
The Funding Acknowledgementguides recipients of BU CTSI services, resources, or funding for projects or research through the grant citation process. All recipients are required to cite our grant number in associated presentations and journal publications.
