Thrasher Research Fund – Early Career Awards
Purpose
To encourage the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area.
Research Interests
The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. They do not focus on a particular disease, but all our funded projects deal directly with children’s health.
In the Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children’s health through medical research. Both an applicant’s aptitude and inclination toward research are considered. The quality of the mentor and the mentoring relationship are also considered to be important predictors of success.
Summary of Details
- Selection criteria considers the applicant, mentor, research question, distance to applicability, medical problem, and potential impact
- Up to 32 awards total with two funding cycles (16 awards each cycle)
- The grant amount is based on the actual budgetary needs of the project, with a maximum of $25,000 in direct costs for the entire grant
- Indirect costs of no more than 7% of direct costs will be paid on Early Career Award Program grants, for a maximum total budget of $26,750.
- Up to $12,500 in total of the proposed budget may be used for salary (including fringe) of the new researcher. Funds not needed for salary are to be used for research supplies or other research-related expenses.
- The duration of the project can be up to two years.
Eligibility
- Physicians who are in a residency/fellowship training program, or who completed that program no more than one year before the Concept Paper deadline.
- Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years before the Concept Paper deadline.
Application Process
- Complete and submit the Concept Paper through the online portal.
- Applicants whose concepts generally fit with the current priorities of the Fund are invited to submit a full proposal.
Key Dates
- Concept Submission Deadline: 19 March 2024
- Concept Approval/Rejection: by 9 April 2024
- Proposal Submission Deadline: 7 May 2024
- Notification of Awards: 20 June 2024
See here for full award information, criteria, and instructions.