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The Wound Healing Foundation, through the support of 3M Health
Care, is pleased to announce the Wound Healing Foundation's 3M Fellowship
for the year 2001. The purpose of this one year, $15,000 Fellowship
is to stimulate scientific research and career development of young
investigators or junior faculty who are pursuing a career in academic
research in wound healing.
Candidates for this award must have a Ph.D., M.D. or an equivalent
degree and meet either set of guidelines:
1) If the candidate holds a regular faculty appointment, it must
be at a U.S. or Canadian University or Medical School and the appointment
must not be tenured (i.e., at the Instructor or Assistant Professor
level) and be within five (5) years of his/her initial faculty appointment
at the time of the award.
2) If the candidate does not hold a regular faculty appointment,
he or she must conduct full-time research in a U.S. or Canadian
laboratory of a regular faculty member who agrees to serve as the
Sponsor for the Fellow.
The award will be given as a gift to the institution accepting responsibility
for the research environment of the awardee. It must be expended
solely for the purpose of the sponsored research. The award shall
be used only for salary support or direct cost expenditures of the
funded research project conducted in the laboratory of the Awardee
or the Awardee's Sponsor. No part of the award may be used for indirect
costs or the support of routine clinical duties. A Fellow may apply
for one additional year of support.
The Fellow is expected to submit research results for consideration
at the annual meeting of the Wound Healing Society and is encouraged
to submit them for publication in Wound Repair and Regeneration
. The Fellow is also expected to acknowledge support provided from
the Fellowship.
Fellowship applications must be received by April 1, 2001. Applications
will be reviewed by the Awards Committee of the Foundation and the
Awardee will be notified by May 1, 2001. The award will be announced
at the annual meeting of the Wound Healing Society, May 17 in Albuquerque,
NM and the new Fellow will be expected to be present to accept the
award. The Fellowship will begin on July 1, 2001.
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