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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, the National
Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) have collaborated to offer a Surgeon-Scientist Award. This career
development initiative will provide supplemental salary support to urology faculty with the
potential and desire to become independent investigators. The AUA
Foundation/NIDDK/NCI 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 in
the 2009 federal fiscal year.
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2009 Surgeon - Scientist Program Announcement [.pdf]
On-line application
