The Graduate School

Burroughs Wellcome Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Deadlines
Graduate School receipt of departmental nomination: July 25, 2007
Application materials for internal competiton: 12:00 Noon August 1, 2007

Program Description
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced a call for nominations for the Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) program. The program supports the physician scientist (M.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm. D., or equivalent clinical degree.) during the final one or two years of a mentored position and then allows the physician scientist to carry that support to an independent position. The awards provide $700,000 over five years. The University of Wisconsin has been invited to nominate up to five candidates for these awards. BWF encourages institutions to nominate underrepresented minorities and female candidates.
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/CAMS/index.html

Eligibility
Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. BWF encourages applications for candidates who work in reproductive science. A candidate must be a clinical fellow, resident, instructor, or a postdoctoral research, should have at least two years of research experience, and generally, should not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate. See the full list of eligibility criteria on the BWF web site shown above.

How to send the notice of intent to apply and application for internal review
Please see the instructions on the Graduate School Institutional Nominations and Internal Competitions web page.

Questions?  E-mail gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu or call Jane Sherwood (263-7274) or Petra Schroeder (265-4868).