Eligibility: Junior Faculty.
Award Amount: This grant provides $50,000 a year for two years. The second year of funding is contingent on satisfactory review of a first year progress report. Numerical value: $100,000
[box type="alert"]Duke Internal Deadline: Aug. 20, 2012; Sponsor Deadline: Dec. 14, 2012[/box]
SIR Foundation supports a robust portfolio of grant programs intended to encourage the development of interventional radiology research. SIR Foundation grant programs form a continuum of funding opportunities that range from research training, to seed grants, to academic development grants. Our grant program is designed to benefit researchers at all levels, from medical students to established practitioners. Since the grant program's inception, SIR Foundation has funded over ninety research projects and has awarded more than $2 million in support of original research. A recent survey revealed that SIR Foundation grant recipients report receiving close to $50 million in grant funding since receiving their SIR Foundation grant.
This grant program, named after Ernest J. Ring, MD, the founder of the SIR Foundation, is designed to provide support to junior Interventional Radiology faculty members early in their academic careers to allow time for the conduct of research. The goal of this program is to have the grant recipient subsequently obtain additional funding from other sources, e.g., National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.
Only one application may be submitted in a given year from each institution. The official announcement and description of this award may be found on the funding agency's website.
Nomination text: Owing to the sponsor's restriction on the number of applications that may be submitted from Duke, anyone wishing to pursue nomination should submit the following materials via the upload feature on the Duke ORS website.
- A letter of support from dean/chair - 1 to 1.5 pages
- Project summary - 2 to 4 pages
- CV - 2 pages