Award Information
This fellowship will support a junior faculty member in a clinical research project that supports the mission of the Surgical Infection Society. Fellowship funding is $45,000 for 1 year with the opportunity to apply for a competitive renewal to earn a second year of funding.
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2025
Award winners will be notified at the SIS Annual Meeting Awards Banquet in May, 2025. The funding period will begin July 1, 2025.
Note: Unexpended funds must be remitted back to the Foundation at the end of the award period.
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Eligibility Criteria
- SIS Fellowship online application form
- NIH-style Biosketch
- Research proposal (5 pages, single space, 11 point font, 1 inch margins)
- Including Abstract, Significance, Innovation, Preliminary Studies, Approach
- Research budget
- Current and pending financial support
- Letters of support
- Department Chair (sponsor letter if appropriate)
- Letter must indicate institutional support.
- Letter must indicate that all funds provided will be used for the award recipient's salary or direct research costs.
- SIS Member (if Chair is not an SIS member)
- Mentoring Plan
- Mentoring is an important part of faculty development; therefore each applicant should identify a mentee who will participant on the proposed project. A description of a mentoring plan for this appointed mentee should be included.
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Questions? Please contact:
Diane Catalano
Administrative Assistant
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