SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  AUGUST  7, 2009.

Funds are also available through the Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DDRCC) for partial salary support of a New Investigator interested or engaged in research of digestive physiology and disease. Projects related to the “mission” area of the DDRCC (IBD and intestinal inflammation, immunology, microbiology, and epithelial biology/cancer) will be given higher priority.  These funds are available starting December 1, 2009 for a one or two year period to a junior faculty member (Instructor or Assistant Professor) in a clinical or basic science department.  The candidate must devote at least 40% effort to a Gastrointestinal-related project and must submit and be selected for a Pilot and Feasibility Award from the DDRCC (see Funding for Pilot and Feasibility Projects).
Nominations for this award must include:

• Current CV
• Nominating letter from the applicant's Department Chairperson.
• Brief description of the applicant's research program (two page maximum, single-spaced).
• A completed application (see Pilot and Feasibility Projects Application Format)

Applications for this award are due August 7, 2009.

PLEASE SEND TOTAL APPLICATION IN PDF OR WORD FORMAT (one document) TO FRAN VUKOVICH NO LATER THAN AUGUST 7, 2009 5:00 PM (email: fjackson@medicine.bad.uchicago.edu)

For questions about the new investigator awards, please contact:

Bana Jabri, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: (773) 834-8670
FAX: (773) 702-2281
Email:  bjabri@bsd.uchicago.edu

Eugene B. Chang, M.D.
Phone: (773)-702-6458 FAX (773)-702-2281
Email: echang@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu