{"id":6648,"date":"2016-01-14T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impact.ucdsehd.net\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2016-01-14T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:19:02","slug":"boettcher-investigator-deadline-approaching-initial-application-materials-due-by-february-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2016\/01\/14\/boettcher-investigator-deadline-approaching-initial-application-materials-due-by-february-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Boettcher Investigator Deadline Approaching &#124; Initial Application Materials Due by February 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Colorado and the Boettcher Foundation are pleased to announce the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cu.edu\/boettcher-foundation-webb-waring-biomedical-research-awards\">Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards<\/a> program.<br \/>\n&#8211; 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.<br \/>\n&#8211; Awardees will carry the prestigious title of \u201cBoettcher Investigator.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Eligible faculty researchers from all four CU campuses are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p><b>TIMELINES<\/b><br \/>\nApplications, 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.<\/p>\n<p><b>PURPOSE<\/b><br \/>\nThe program is designed to support research that has a direct impact on human health.<br \/>\n&#8211; 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.<br \/>\n&#8211; 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.<br \/>\n&#8211; This research will help improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of human disease.<\/p>\n<p><b>ELIGIBILITY<\/b><br \/>\nFor purposes of this program, an eligible early-career investigator (ECI):<br \/>\n&#8211; 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);<br \/>\n&#8211; Has not previously received a major independent research award;<br \/>\n&#8211; 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<br \/>\n&#8211; Is either a U.S. Citizen or a Permanent Resident.<br \/>\nFor more details, go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cu.edu\/bfww\/eligibilit\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cu.edu\/bfww\/eligibilit<\/a>y<\/p>\n<p>FOR MORE INFORMATION<br \/>\nGo to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/BFWW-ApplicantInstructions-CU-Denver-AMC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/BFWW-ApplicantInstructions-CU-Denver-AMC.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Colorado and the Boettcher Foundation are pleased to announce the 2016 Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program. &#8211; 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. &#8211; Awardees will carry the prestigious title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}