Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation Clinical Investigator Award
The Clinical Investigator Award program is specifically intended to provide outstanding young physicians with the resources and training structure essential to becoming independent clinical investigators in the area of cancer research. The definition of clinical research includes: (a) Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes patient-based studies of mechanisms of human disease, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, clinical trials and development of new technologies for the detection, treatment and prevention of human cancers. (b) Epidemiologic and behavioral studies. (c) Outcomes research and health services research. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues but do not deal directly with patients. In other words, clinical or patient-oriented research is research in which it is necessary to know the identity of the patient(s) from whom the cells of tissues under study are derived. Eligibility requirements can be found on the Web (www.research.umich.edu/research/news/research_reporter/fy00/000124/Damon.html).
The University may nominate only one individual. A letter of nomination from the department chair, a CV and a one-page summary of the research to be pursued should be sent to Jan Rosan, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, M7300 Med Sci I, Box 0624, for consideration. Internal deadline: Feb. 1. DRDA contact is Julie Feldkamp, 763-4522 or feldkamp@umich.edu.
Special Opportunity Award Program
The Special Opportunity Award Program supports the development of quality programs that substantially enhance the field of biomedical engineering. The emphasis is on education, rather than on solving specific research problems. Limited to two preliminary applications per institution. See the Web for guidelines (www.whitaker.org/grants/specanc.html).
Preliminary applications must be received by DRDA no later than Feb. 29 for internal review and selection by a joint OVPR/Medical School/Engineering panel. DRDA Contact: Julie Feldkamp, 763-4522 or feldkamp@umich.edu.
Workshops for Graduate Students
DRDA will collaborate with the Graduate School in two workshops designed mainly for graduate students: