In partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), ASP offers a two-year $100,000 award to fund the early stages of career development for infectious diseases specialists interested in geriatric medicine. The award supports research in a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases. ASP offers the recipient travel grants to attend two American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meetings and one IDSA annual meeting.
At a minimum, an award candidate must:
- Have a faculty appointment equal to the level of assistant professor by July 1, 2010.
- Be a US citizen or have applied for permanent US resident status.
- Have completed a fellowship in infectious diseases leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Be within four years of his or her first faculty appointment.
- Commit 75% of professional effort to research.
- Develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of infectious diseases.
- Generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from infectious diseases and geriatric medicine. The plan must include:
- A mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, and infectious diseases specialists, and a research mentor.
- Specific measures for the continued involvement in structured geriatrics activities, including, for example, developing appropriate educational resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspects of infectious diseases, or developing specialty clinical services focused on geriatric patients.
The award, part of ASP's T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, is a career development award for internal medicine specialists focusing on geriatric medicine. Award applications are due February 15, 2010. For more information on the award, please contact IDSA Communications and Web Programs Coordinator Stephanie Cox at scox@idsociety.org or view the award description in the IDSA Award brochure. For more information about the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, contact ASP at Policy@im.org.