In partnership with the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Foundation for Health in Aging, ASP offers a two-year $75,000 award to fund the early stages of career development for geriatricians interested in another internal medicine specialty. The award supports research of a geriatric aspect of an internal medicine specialty. In addition, ASP offers travel grants for the recipient to attend two AGS Annual Scientific Meetings and one annual meeting of the corresponding specialty.
At a minimum, an award candidate must:
- Have a faculty appointment equal to the level of assistant professor at the time of receiving the award.
- Have completed a fellowship in geriatrics leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Be a US citizen or have applied for permanent US resident status.
- Be within four years of first faculty appointment.
- Commit 75% of his or her professional effort to research.
- Match this award with existing support from his or her institution or another grant-funding agency.
- Develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of a specialty.
- Generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from a specialty and geriatric medicine. The plan must include:
- A mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, a specialists, and a research mentor.
- Specific measures for the continued involvement in structured geriatrics activities including, for example, developing appropriate education resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspects of a specialty, or developing specialty clinical services focused on geriatric patients.
The award is part of ASP's T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, a career development award for internal medicine specialists focusing on geriatric medicine. Award applications are due January 8, 2010. For more information on the award, please contact Li-Chia Ong at long@americangeriatrics.org. Applicants can request an application at the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging website. For more information about the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, please contact the ASP Policy Team at Policy@im.org.