USA – DEAN’S POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2010 – SU
Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowships 2010 in Stanford University of USA
About the University:
In 1876, former California Governor Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his famous Palo Alto Stock Farm. He later bought adjoining properties totaling more than 8,000 acres. The little town that was beginning to emerge near the land took the name Palo Alto (tall tree) after a giant California redwood on the bank of San Francisquito Creek. The tree itself is still there and would later become the university’s symbol and centerpiece of its official seal.
Detail:
The Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage and support young investigators in the first one or two years of their postdoctoral (Ph.D. or M.D.) research training. These fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars in order to carry on postdoctoral research training in the Stanford University School of Medicine and who are under the mentorship of faculty in the School of Medicine. With the goal to support current postdocs at Stanford and to facilitate the recruitment of new postdoctoral scholars, the partial support of a Dean’s fellowship is often used as “seed” money while outside funds are sought, providing up to $21,500 in stipend for one year.
Eligibility Criteria:
1. The applicant must be appointed as a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford University School of Medicine at the time the award begins. If the applicant is not an appointed scholar at the time of the application deadline, additional documents must be submitted with the application (see application checklist below).
2. The faculty mentor/sponsor must be appointed in the School of Medicine. Acting, consulting and courtesy appointees are not eligible.
3. Awardees cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program while funded.
4. Applicants in the first one or two years of postdoctoral research training are preferred.
5. Foreign fellows must have visas that allow stipend support (typically a J-1 & F-1 visa). H1-B and TN visa holders are not eligible. Citizenship is not a selection factor.
Additional Application Guidelines:
1. Faculty members may not have more than one funded Dean’s fellow at a time, except for Assistant Professors who may have two funded scholars at the same time.
2. A faculty member may not serve as mentor/sponsor on more than one fellowship application per cycle. This applies to Assistant Professors as well.
3. Funding is restricted to support investigative activities. Awardees must spend at least 80% of their time in research. If effort is reduced to less than 80% research while receiving funding, an exception must be requested and approved in advance.
4. Funding is limited to stipend support paid directly to the postdoctoral scholar. The award may not be used to support research expenses or towards travel and tuition costs.
5. If the proposed research will involve animal and/or human subjects/protocols, the applicant should apply for the required protocols at the time of submission and not wait to be funded. Funding of the fellowship cannot begin until all protocols are approved. The protocols need to list the School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship as a possible funding source.
6. Re-applications from previous applicants or from current Dean’s Fellows are accepted. See application checklist below for more information.
Selection Criteria:
The Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship selection committee assigns priority scores to applications based on:
1. Scientific merit of the proposal and its training relevance. The proposal must be written by the fellow and reviewed by the faculty sponsor.
2. Number of years of postdoctoral research training since latest doctoral degree, with preference to junior scholars: Clinical residency years are not considered relevant research years. If considerable time has elapsed since the doctoral degree, and that time was not spent engaged in research or clinical residency, the applicant is expected to describe in the application how the time was spent.
3. Seniority of the faculty sponsor: Preference will be given to junior faculty.
4. Proposals for second-year funding from current Dean’s Fellows are reviewed on a competitive basis and are given a critical review of research progress. Additional application materials are required for second-year funding applicants as part of the application (see below section on How to Apply – Application Materials).
Funding Requirements and Guidelines:
Fellows are awarded up to $20,000 per year for stipend support only. Funding starts January 1 for the Fall cycle and July 1 for the Spring Cycle. If the postdoctoral scholar currently has other fellowships, or has applied to fellowships that may be awarded during the dean’s fellowship award year, full disclosure of the amounts and dates of the other award(s) must be made on the BioSketch form.
Applicants should be prepared for the Dean’s fellowship to begin on time and be awarded for one full calendar year. The recipient must be in active postdoctoral scholar status at the School of Medicine through the duration of the award. The award is suspended during any leaves of absence, including maternity leave, but the funds are not forfeited. Arrangements for re-distribution of the remaining funds or extension of the award year are typically made.
The Dean’s Fellowship must be made in the form of a stipend to the scholar. The award may not be used towards research expenses, travel or tuition payments.
The Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to offset existing support from other sources at Stanford rather than add to existing support. The Dean’s fellowship is meant to replace department budgeted funds and not be paid in addition to the normal level of pay. Postdocs emerging from residency or other clinical training programs may be paid at current PGY levels, if this is the policy of the department.
In accepting this award, the postdoctoral scholar’s home department is responsible for adhering to the funding requirements and guidelines. If guidelines are not met, the postdoctoral scholar may be asked to return all or part of the fellowship, if any
1.overspending occurs above award amount
2.incorrect expenditure code(s) are used, or
3.falsified or misrepresented information is later determined that effects eligibility
Application Process:
Applicants submit ONE original, single -sided, collated set of all application materials in the order below to the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, 1215 Welch Road, Modular A, room 90
Submission Deadline for all Materials: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 by 12:00 PM.
Important Notes:
A complete set must be received by the application deadline.
Recommendation letters, reprints, or other attachments and/or other support materials are NOT allowed.
NO OTHER ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION REQUIRED. No SU Proposal Routing Form Required (SU-42)
contact:
Dean’s Fellowship Committee
Attn: Teri Hankes
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University School of Medicine
1215 Welch Road, Modular A, Room 90
Stanford, CA 94305-5402
Source: http://www.stanford.edu/
