2024 Letter of Intent - Trauma Research Scholarship
Thank you for submitting your Letter of Intent for the Trauma Research Scholarship. The amount of each award is $40,000 for one (1) year only. All Letters of Intent must be submitted by May 12, 2023 for consideration.
Following receipt of the Letters of Intent, the EAST Research-Scholarship Committee will judge the applicants on the basis of the merit of their research proposals, the potential of the applicant of future contributions to the science and practice of the surgery of trauma, and the applicant’s mentor support and dedication of the research proposal. The top applicants will be invited to submit full proposals by July 20, 2023. The EAST Research-Scholarship Committee will review full proposals in August 2023 and select the final awardee. The period of the award is for one (1) year.
Applicants for the Trauma Research Scholarship must have completed their graduate medical education before the award period begins.
Please complete all information being requested. Incomplete proposals will not be considered. Please note, applicants do not need to be i) members of the EAST or ii) within a specific geographic area to submit an application.
Note: All Letter of Intent submissions will be blinded prior to being reviewed and scored. Applicants should not include names, institutions, or identifying information within their actual proposal submission provided that they should remain anonymous.
While EAST membership is not required to submit a scholarship application, consider becoming a member with an unique organization with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 3,000 who are part of the Trauma Service Team and involved in the treatment and care of the injured patient. For additional information or to complete an application click here.
Trauma Research Scholarship Application Instructions
1. The intent of the Trauma Research Scholarship is basic or applied trauma related research project of sufficient substance to have potential for further funding sources as initial studies are produced and published (e.g. basic science, clinical, epidemiology, injury prevention, burns). The scholarship amount is $40,000 for one (1) year only.
2. Applicants must be within five years of completion of their residency or fellowship in a dedicated trauma, acute care surgery or critical care fellowship. Applicant must have completed his/her graduate medical education before the award period begins.
3. Applicant must be an American or Canadian citizen or permanent resident and demonstrate a commitment and opportunity for an academic career in the field of trauma in the United States or Canada.
4. The Trauma Research Scholarship is a career development award and is meant to support young investigators who have not been funded by the National Institutes of Health (other than through a national Research Service Award). This funding will support the salary and the direct costs of research of the young investigator (indirect costs are not covered). If an investigator has received such federal funding, or has received a similar type career development award from another organization such as the American College of Surgeons; the Society for Surgery for the Alimentary Tract, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Association of Academic Surgery or the Society of University Surgeons, they will be ineligible for the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Scholarship.
5. This proposal may be submitted to other funding sources for support. Submission for support elsewhere will not affect the evaluation of the proposal; however, in the event that more than one award is offered, the investigator will be required to accept only one source of funding.
6. EAST membership is NOT required for application. The applicant must identify a mentor to provide academic and scientific leadership. The mentor is not required to be an Active or Mentor member of EAST but must have an expertise in the area of research. If both applicant and mentor are not members of EAST, a sponsor must be identified who is an active EAST member.
7. The scholarship year is July 1 - June 30.
8. Finalists for the Trauma Research Scholarship are required to provide information regarding the status of Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) applications at the time of proposal submission. Finalists will indicate if IRB/IACUC applications are approved, submitted, or not submitted at the time of proposal submission.
9. Recipients of the Trauma Research Scholarship are expected to have IRB/IACUC approval by July 1st of the year in which they receive the award, and must provide documentation of approval to the Research and Scholarship Committee by this date. Scholarship funds will not be awarded until appropriate documentation is provided.
10. If applicant is awarded the Trauma Research Scholarship, at time of initiation of award (when they are named the scholarship recipient/receive communications about being the scholarship recipient) they cannot be in receipt of another scholarship or award of a similar type of monetary value for the same study.
Terms:
- Award is made to the institution only
- Funds must be used for direct support of the awardee, but otherwise unrestricted
- No indirect costs are payable to the institution