Letter of intent
Yes
LOI Date
Application
Standard AIDS dates apply
No
Maximum Funding: $150,000
Performance Period: October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2020
Deadlines
Register for Portal Log-in and Instructions (REQUIRED) – 3:00 PM EDT, June 7, 2018
Letter of Intent Submission – 3:00 PM EDT, June 11, 2018
Background
The goal of amfAR’s Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research is to:
- Facilitate the exceptional postdoctoral researcher’s transition to an independent career in HIV/AIDS research within an academic institution or nonprofit organization
- Support two years of postdoctoral basic biomedical research (phase I)
- Provide the possibility of one additional year of research funding during the first year of an independent research position (phase II)
Applicant Eligibility and Qualifications
Applicants must:
- Hold a research or clinical doctorate completed between three and six years prior to May 3, 2018*
- Be positioned to secure an independent research position no later than March 2021
- Be the first author on significant publications in leading peer-reviewed journals
- Propose a line of research sufficiently distinct from the mentor’s own research that it indicates future independence
- Have made oral and poster presentations at major scientific conferences and meetings
- Be affiliated with a nonprofit research institution anywhere in the world
- Be mentored by an experienced investigator at the same institution who: (a) is qualified to oversee the proposed research; (b) has successfully supervised postdoctoral fellows; and (c) is at the associate professor level or higher.