Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) RFA Released
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has released this year's Request For Applications for the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) R03 awards, a partnership with the T. Franklin Williams and Dennis W. Jahnigen scholars programs. These faculty career development awards for junior physician faculty interested in aging research, either in the internal medicine subspecialties or surgical and related specialties, provide up to $100,000 in direct NIA research funding, with an additional $50,000 in professional development support through the Williams or Jahnigen programs. Letters of intent are due September 1 and applications are due October 1, 2012 for awards that begin summer 2013. Please visit the NIA for more information.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has released this year's Request For Applications for the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) R03 awards, a partnership with the T. Franklin Williams and Dennis W. Jahnigen scholars programs. These faculty career development awards for junior physician faculty interested in aging research, either in the internal medicine subspecialties or surgical and related specialties, provide up to $100,000 in direct NIA research funding, with an additional $50,000 in professional development support through the Williams or Jahnigen programs. Letters of intent are due September 1 and applications are due October 1, 2012 for awards that begin summer 2013. Please visit the NIA for more information.
The T. Franklin Williams Scholars program for internal medicine subspecialists is administered by the Association of Specialty Professors/Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholars program for surgical and related specialists is administered by the American Geriatrics Society. Funding for both programs for junior faculty specialty physicians with an interest in aging research is provided by grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation and funding from the below partnering specialty societies.
T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program Society Partners
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation American Society of Nephrology American Diabetes Association Infectious Diseases Society of America Society of Hospital Medicine
Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholars Program Society Partners
American Society of Anesthesiologists American College of Emergency Physicians American College of Surgeons American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation American Urological Association
