In partnership with the CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), ASP offers a two-year $112,500 award to fund the early stages of career development for pulmonary or critical care medicine specialists interested in geriatric medicine. The award supports research on a geriatric aspect of pulmonary and critical care medicine. In addition, ASP provides travel awards for the recipient to attend two American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meetings and one ACCP annual meeting.
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.
- Be a US citizen or have applied for permanent US resident status.
- Have completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine and/or critical care medicine leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Be within the first four years of his or her first faculty appointment.
- Commit 75% of professional effort to research activities.
- Develop and implement a basic, clinical, translational, or health services research project focused on a geriatric aspect of pulmonology or pulmonary and critical care medicine.
- Generate and implement a career development plan with mentors from pulmonology or pulmonary and critical care medicine and geriatric medicine. The plan must include:
- A mentorship team comprised, at a minimum, of a geriatrician, a research mentor, and a pulmonologist.
- Specific measures for the continued involvement in structured geriatrics activities including, for example, developing appropriate educational resources, teaching the geriatric medicine aspects of pulmonology or pulmonary and critical care medicine, 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. For more information on the award, please contact the CHEST Foundation Senior Project Coordinator Sue Ciezadlo at sciezadlo@chestnet.org. For more information about the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program, please contact ASP at Policy@im.org.