In partnership with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), ASP offers a two-year $112,500 award to fund the early stages of career development for allergy and immunology specialists interested in geriatric medicine. The award supports research in a geriatric aspect of allergy and immunology. In addition, ASP offers travel grants for recipients to attend two American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meetings and one AAAAI meeting. Additional funds are also available for a scholar to visit a senior professor at their institution.
At a minimum, award candidates must:
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Have a faculty appointment equal to an assistant professor at the time of receiving the award.
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Be a US citizen or have applied for permanent US resident status.
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Have completed a fellowship in allergy or immunology, leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
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Be within the first four years of his or her first faculty appointment.
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Commit 75% of professional effort to research activities.
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Develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of allergy and immunology.
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Generate and implement a career development plan with mentors form allergy or immunology and geriatric medicine. The plan must include:
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A mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, an allergists or immunologists, and a research mentor.
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Specific measures for the continued involvement in structured geriatrics activities including, for example, developing appropriate educational resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspect of allergy and immunology, 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. The 2010 award application deadline has passed. For more information on the award, please contact AAAAI Program manager Jerome Schultz at jschultz@aaaai.org. For more information about the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, contact ASP at Policy@im.org.