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The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship Programs

UCSF may submit 1 application per Fellowship opportunity

WHAT:
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship Programs

  • The Fellowship in Child and Adolescent ADHD
  • The Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Depression

PURPOSE:

  • To support post-doctoral investigators so they may go on to lead larger, groundbreaking projects in child and adolescent psychiatry
  • To help post-doctoral investigators bridge the early stages of their careers and establish careers as funded scientists through K awards or other grants

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Must hold PhD and/or MD
  • Must have completed all clinical training
  • Should be at the junior faculty level, although the Foundation will consider applications nominating candidates in research training programs
  • Must have a commitment to pediatric psychiatry
  • Investigators who have K awards or have applied for K awards are eligible
  • Investigators who have not applied for Ks and hope to use KTGF fellowship as a stepping stone to a K award or other funding are eligible
  • Investigators who have already received R01 awards from NIMH are not eligible
  • The Foundation generally funds human research but is willing to consider translational studies conducted with animals, provided there is clear and demonstrable relevance to human populations

BUDGET AND PROJECT PERIOD:

  • $30,000 per year for two-year project period

NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS UCSF MAY SUBMIT: 1 for each opportunity

DUE DATES:

  • INTERNAL DEADLINE: 3pm, Tuesday October 26, 2010 (note change of deadline receipt time)
  • Contracts and Grants Deadline: 9am, Friday, January 7, 2011
  • Agency Deadline: Friday, January 14, 2011


Please note:
the aforementioned dates refer to Phase I (Nomination Phase) of the application process. Should the nominee be invited to apply to Phase II (Fellowship Application Phase), full applications have the following due dates:

  • Contracts and Grants Deadline: 9am, Thursday, March 17, 2011
  • Agency Deadline: Friday, March 25, 2011

Submit the following in ONE PDF file by 3pm, October 26, 2010, to: limitedsubmissions@ucsf.edu

  1. Limited Submission Pre-proposal Cover Sheet with signatures (form attached to email)
  2. Project Abstract (1-pg. max., 12-point, Times New Roman font, with one-inch page margins; it may be single-spaced and must be written for a layperson’s understanding) addressing the following:
    • Hypothesis
    • Methods
    • Designs
    • Outcomes/goals
  3. NIH Bio-sketch (4-pg. max., including publications) (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/biosketch.doc)
  4. One Letter of Support from Department Chair addressing the following:
    • Availability of time, space and resources
    • If grant is awarded, access to appropriate faculty support
    • Statement of support for the proposed study
  5. List of Current and Pending Support
  6. Sent by Gail Fisher on behalf of the Office of Sponsored Research, Limited Submission Program (LSP)