NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program |
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Online information: Award: Awards of up to $500,000 in direct costs per year for five years Deadline: The Grants.gov application may be submitted beginning December 1, 2006, and must be successfully received by Grants.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. local time (of the applicant institution/organization) on January 16, 2007.The letters of reference may be submitted beginning December 1, 2006, and must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 16, 2007. Purpose: To support individual, visionary scientists of exceptional creativity who take innovative approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. The award gives recipients the intellectual freedom to pursue new research directions and highly innovative ideas. Who may nominate? Self nominate. Who is eligible? The program is open to scientists at all career levels, but must be US citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents. Scientists may currently be engaged in any field of research provided they are interested in exploring biomedically relevant topics and willing to commit the major portion of their effort to Pioneer Award research. The nomination packet: Three- to five-page essay, a biographical sketch, a list of current research support and the names of three references Send to: Nominations may be submitted on the Pioneer Award website: http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer Contacts: Ann Dieffenbach, 301-496-7301; and Sara Alden, 301-496-5787 |