Boettcher Investigator Deadline Approaching | Initial Application Materials Due by February 12

The University of Colorado and the Boettcher Foundation are pleased to announce the 2016 Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program.
– The Boettcher Foundation will provide five grants of $235,000 covering up to three years of research activity for promising and talented early-career investigators at the University.
– Awardees will carry the prestigious title of “Boettcher Investigator.”
– Eligible faculty researchers from all four CU campuses are encouraged to apply.

TIMELINES
Applications, including a biographical sketch and eligibility certification, are due to the campus pre-award office no later than 5:00 pm on February 12, 2016. Do not contact the Boettcher Foundation directly.

PURPOSE
The program is designed to support research that has a direct impact on human health.
– The biomedical research supported pursuant to this grant program will be designed to find ways to prevent disease and improve human health through basic and applied biomedical research.
– The intent of the program is to fund meritorious research that has the potential for new discoveries or advances a discovery to the proof of its potential value as an application to improve human health.
– This research will help improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of human disease.

ELIGIBILITY
For purposes of this program, an eligible early-career investigator (ECI):
– Is within four years of appointment to his/her career-track academic position (i.e., whose career-track appointments began no earlier than January 1, 2011);
– Has not previously received a major independent research award;
– Has received a terminal degree or completed his/her medical residency within the 10 years preceding the application (i.e., on or after January 1, 2005); and
– Is either a U.S. Citizen or a Permanent Resident.
For more details, go to: http://www.cu.edu/bfww/eligibility

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Go to: http://www.cu.edu/sites/default/files/BFWW-ApplicantInstructions-CU-Denver-AMC.pdf