| Mary
Louise
Andrews
Award for
Cancer Research Allan T. Gwathmey Chemistry Award (will NOT be awarded in 2010) J. Shelton Horsley Research Award Competition Small Project Research Funds |
VAS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2009-2010 A message from the Chair, VAS Research Committee
Who is Eligible? Post-doctoral, research associate and graduate students should include their advisors or mentors as Co-PI. This will enhance their chance for funding if they submit a quality proposal. The academy would like to insure the availability ofresearch facilities for this group of applicants through association with well established research facilities should the proposal be successful? What are the Requirements? By policy, the academy requires the applicants be members. Membership for at least 6 months is required. Also, the academy encourages all members who successfully received grants, to present their findings at the annual meeting of the academy. In addition, new findings and interesting research should be publicized as a mean to strengthen our academy. If the applicant had previous funding from VAS, a brief report on the accomplishments or activities should be submitted by the PI to the Chair of the Research Committee. The authorized institutional representative must sign off on the proposal and indicate how funds are to be transmitted, when the proposalis funded. Who to Contact? Please feel free to contact Chair of the research committee or Dr. R.G. Bass, the Executive Officer of the academy for further information if needed. What are the Funding Programs? The following are the program funded by the Academy: 1. Mary Louise Andrews Award for Cancer Research. 2. Allan
T. Gwathmey Chemistry Award. (will NOT be awarded
in 2010) 3. J. SHELTON HORSLEY Research Award Competition. 4. Small
Project Research Funds. |