Postdoctoral Fellowships


Announcement "closed"
Organization:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Scope:
International
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Internal deadline:
Official deadline:
Description:

Description

Fellowships are designed to attract qualified, promising scientists entering their professional career in the T1D research field; intended for those in a relatively early state in their career.

Institutional Eligibility

- Domestic & foreign non-profit organizations

- Public & private universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories

- Units of state & local governments

- Eligible agencies of the federal government

Eligibility

- The applicant must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DMD, DVM). It will have been received no more than 5 years before the application is submitted.

- To assure continued excellence and diversity, the awards encourage proposals from all qualified individuals and also from people with disabilities, women, and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences.

- The applicant is required to work with a sponsor who can provide a training environment conducive to beginning a career in type 1 diabetes-relevant research.

- The applicant must be sponsored by an investigator who is affiliated full-time with an accredited institution.

- The research project must be type 1 diabetes-related.

Documentation

- Proposal

- Research Plan

- Future Career Plans Statement

- Training Plan Statement

- Recommendation

- References

- Institutional Assurance

Proposals should be submitted electronically through the Research Management System (RMS360): https://jdrf.smartsimple.us/s_Login.jsp

All proposal information and templates are available in this system.

Prize

Award amounts are based on years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the time of activation.

Terms

In case of interest, please contact with Research Management Department until 21st of June 2017.

For more information: http://grantcenter.staging.wpengine.com/information-for-applicants/grant-mechanism-descriptions/postdoctoral-fellowships/