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Roslyn Faculty Research Award

Awarded every odd year

Purpose:
The intent of this award — which is supported by the Journal of Surgical Research and its publisher, Elsevier Science — is to provide early-career research support to junior faculty members of the AAS.

Eligibility/Application:

  • Applicants must be full-time faculty who are within five years of completion of their surgical training and have not yet attained the rank of Associate Professor
  • Faculty in any surgical specialty or discipline are eligible
  • Applicants must be active members of the AAS
  • The awardee must not be a principal investigator on a NIH R01 or a VA Merit Review Grant and may not hold a career development type of award
  • Applicants must submit an application form and a NIH-style biosketch
  • The research proposal must include an abstract/summary of the project, a comprehensive research plan, and documentation of institutional approval
  • There must be at least one mentor who is an active or senior member of the AAS
  • Letters of support are required from the applicant’s department chair and the sponsoring AAS mentor
  • The deadline for RECEIPT of applications is 11:59 pm PST on August 1, 2012
  • Finalists for the award will be invited to interview with the selection committee at the 2013 Academic Surgical Congress
  • See the application form for additional details

Winner Receives:

  • $35,000 per year for two years to be used for direct-cost expenditures incurred in the conduct of the proposed research project; the award may not be used for salary support
  • Award certificate presented at the AAS Awards Session during the Academic Surgical Congress
  • Name published in the AAS newsletter and in the program of the Academic Surgical Congress

AAS 2011 Joel J. Roslyn Faculty Research Award winner:
Timothy Donahue, MD, UCLA

 
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