Mastercard Pilot Grant Program Application Due December 13th

Event Date

December 13, 2021 - 11:00pm

Application Deadline December 13, 2021

We are excited to announce the Weill Cornell Medicine Mastercard Pilot Grant Program, which provides support for junior faculty interested in pursuing careers as physician-scientists or translational scientists.  This new program provides funding during the early years of the first faculty position at Weill Cornell Medicine, a crucial period of career development.  The Mastercard Pilot Grant Program focuses on faculty from groups that are underrepresented in science and medicine, and who have a promising research project but have not yet garnered a federal career-development grant (the so-called “K award”), or the equivalent.  Individuals who are Instructors or Assistant Professors at Weill Cornell Medicine are eligible to apply.

Candidates may apply for a year of research funding, thus freeing them from clinical obligations and supporting their ability to collect preliminary data needed for a competitive K award application.  A candidate who receives an award through this program may apply for up to one (1) additional award in the immediately following year, for a total of up to two (2) years of funding.  The program will fund approximately five (5) faculty members per year, over a period of five (5) years.  Applications are due on November 15, 2021 and will be evaluated by a scientific review committee.  Interested candidates should contact their Department Chairs, Division Chiefs, and/or Center and Institute Directors to seek nomination for the Mastercard Pilot Grant Program. For eligibility criteria and more information on how to apply, please see the attached guidelines.  Please contact the Office of Faculty Development at facultydevelopment@med.cornell.edu with any questions.

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