Current & Upcoming Awards
Requests for Applications for Clinical Innovator Awards and Young Clinical Scientist Awards are now available. FAMRI will not be requesting applications for Centers of Excellence during this funding cycle.
Important requirement for proposal submission:
Prior to applying for an award, you must first determine if your institution can agree to the terms of the FAMRI's nonnegotiable, three-party Grant Agreement. FAMRI is making this document available in advance of August 3, 2009, (the date that the on-line proposal submission will be available), so that your institutional official can access whether your institution can agree to the terms or not. A proposal will not be considered unless your institution can accept the terms of the Grant Agreement.
To download a copy of the Grant Agreement click here
Please read this important change in topic area for this funding cycle:
This year FAMRI will limit the subject matter of applications to the effect of second hand tobacco smoke on respiratory diseases. The only proposals that will be considered will deal with the following topic areas:
chronic sinusitis
cilia abnormalities
chronic bronchitis
COPD/emphysema
asthma/allergies.
FAMRI is interested in clinical and translational research on the aforementioned topics in the following areas:
- Studies on the etiology and pathogenesis of tobacco-caused respiratory diseases in humans
- Therapeutic interventions
- Clinical trials
The following information is currently available for the 2009-2010 funding cycle:
Clinical Innovator Awards Program
The Clinical Innovator Awards (CIA) Program was established to stimulate novel medical and clinical scientific research studies on the topic of second hand tobacco smoke. Click here to download the RFA for the Clinical Innovator Awards Program
Submissions for this funding cycle are due September 11, 2009.
Young Clinical Scientist Awards Program
The purpose of the FAMRI Young Clinical Scientist Award (YCSA) Program is to help prepare and support new clinical investigators with a MD or PhD as they begin their careers as independent researchers. The program is limited to the development of young researchers in smoking-related disorders.
There are two types of YCSA Awards; one for individuals who are currently faculty members, or who expect to be before July 1, 2010 (YCSA faculty), and one for individuals who are research fellows and do not expect to become faculty before July 1, 2010 (YCSA fellow)
Click here to download the RFA for the YCSA faculty award
Click here to download the RFA for the YCSA fellow award
Submissions for this funding cycle are due September 11, 2009.
On-line submission will be available at this site on August 3, 2009
Questions or problems regarding the use of this Web site should be submitted to famri@aibs.org.
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