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| Introduction |
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The urologic research needs of our growing and aging population are increasing.
At the same time, the pool of highly trained researchers and funding to support these
talented individuals is shrinking. In response to this trend, the AUA Foundation and
the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborated on the Surgeon-Scientist Award to support urology faculty
with the potential and desire to become independent investigators.
The Surgeon-Scientist Award program goals are to:
- ensure the grant salary compensation of career development awardees is competitive with other academic urology faculty;
- encourage and support the careers of young urologists who are making a long-term commitment to focus on urologic research;
- enable mentors in strong research environments to guide career development awardees in the skills, methodologies and concepts necessary to establish independent research programs.
This grant provides up to five years of funding,
on an escalating basis, solely for salary supplementation.
Eligible applicants must be board-certified or -eligible urologists or participating
in a training program to obtain Board Certification in Urology, and have successfully competed
for NIDDK or NCI career development (K07/K08/K23) funding within the federal fiscal year 2008.
Awardees must remain in academic practice for a minimum amount of time equal to the number of years supported.
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| 2007 AUA Foundation/NIDDK/NCI Surgeon-Scientist Award Winner |
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Hyung Kim, M.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Heat Shock Protein Vaccine Targeting Carbonic Anhydrase IX in Renal Cell Carcinoma
John Subjeck, Ph.D.; James Mohler, M.D.; and Elizabeth Repasky, Ph.D.
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| The next application cycle for the AUA Foundation/NIDDK/NCI Surgeon-Scientist Awards Program will be in the fall of 2008.
For more information, e-mail grants@auafoundation.org. |
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2008 Surgeon - Scientist Program Announcement [.pdf]
