SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2008.

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, 2008 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 September 8, 2008.

PLEASE DELIVER ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AS WELL AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED DOCUMENTS AND 8 COPIES TO LYNN KACZMARZ, ROOM BH M410 (4-5811)

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.eduu>