Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program College of Medicine Nomination Announcement DEADLINE July 15, 2007

Please submit to the Research Office by July 15, 2007.

1. a letter of support from your Department Chair or Unit Director

2. a letter of support from your mentor

3. a curriculum vitae

4. the executive summary pages of the application

Send all documents electronically to comresof@email.arizona.edu

The Dean's Research Council will review all nominations and forward one nomination to the Dean of the College of Medicine for final approval as the institution's applicant. Please view the full program announcement at http://rwjfpfsp.stanford.edu/index.html

CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY: Each candidate must meet the following requirements:

* Be a physician (M.D. or D.O.) who is a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or its territories.

* Be a junior faculty member in any discipline in a regular line position that could lead to tenure. For the purposes of this program, junior faculty are those who are the instructor or assistant professor level and have beem in a faculty position for four years or less.

* Have had a least two papers published in peer-reviewed journals at the time of the application deadline.

* Care for patients at least one half day per week.

* Physicians who have served as the principal investigator on a grant (whether research or career development) that carries more than 48 months of funding are not eligible. This rule does not apply to grants for which the notice of award of funding is dated after the application deadline.

PROGRAM

Under the Physician Faculty Scholars program, talented junior faculty, nominated by their medical schools and selected by the program, will receive support to enhance their skills and productivity through institutional and national mentoring, protected time, and research experience. The program will enable these committed physicians to engage in research which will inform change in health policy and health care. The Foundation will make grants to sponsoring institutions to help cover the Scholars' salary and research costs. Additionally, Scholars will have a unique opportunity to interact with medical leaders who serve on the program's National Advisory Committee (NAC).

The Program will assign each Scholar to a NAC mentor who will discuss project management and career development issues with them in person at the program's annual meeting and throughout the year as required. NAC mentors may also offer other assistance, such as reviewing and critiquing manuscripts and grant proposals and writing letters of recommendation.

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