Association of Specialty Professors Invites Applications for Infectious Diseases Society of America Young Investigator Award in Geriatrics
Association of Specialty Professors Invites Applications for Infectious Diseases Society of America Young Investigator Award in Geriatrics
In partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Association of Specialty Professors offers a two-year $100,000 award to infectious diseases specialists to fund the early stages of their career development in geriatric medicine.
The award, part of ASP's T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, supports research in a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases. In addition, ASP offers the recipient travel grants to attend two American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meetings and one IDSA annual meeting.
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have applied for permanent U.S. resident status; have a faculty appointment equal to the level of assistant professor by July 1, 2010; have completed a fellowship in infectious diseases leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine; be within four years of his or her first faculty appointment; commit 75 percent of professional effort to research; develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases; and generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from infectious diseases and geriatric medicine.
Visit the ASP Web page for complete program guidelines
