Research
& Travel Award Opportunities
 The
College and its industry partners provide significant financial awards
to advance research in cardiovascular disease. For specific deadlines,
application procedures, and contact information click directly on the
awards below.
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Types of Awards
Research Fellowship Awards
Career Development Awards
Education/Travel Awards
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
ACCF/Guidant
Foundation Fellowship and Career Development Award
in Women’s Cardiovascular Health |
Description: |
Two
awards are available to foster the early research career development
of fellows and junior cardiovascular faculty. Candidates in their
final year of fellowship or first year as junior faculty will be eligible
for the Fellowship, while preference will be given to CDA applicants
who are no more than five years out of training. Both awards provide
two years of salary support to enable such individuals to devote time
and effort to clinical research that will broaden scientific knowledge
related to the mechanisms or treatment of cardiovascular disease in
women. Supported research must focus on issues related specifically
to improving the health status of women as it relates to cardiovascular
risk or treatment. |
Eligibility: |
Fellowship
applicants must:
• currently be in an accredited adult cardiology training program
or within one year after completion of such a program;
• have relevant research experience in women’s heart health;
and
• have a mentor with recognized experience in the treatment
or research of cardiovascular disease in women.
CDA applicants must:
• hold the rank of instructor or assistant professor at the
time of the initiation of the award and have completed adult, pediatric,
or surgical cardiology fellowship training in a program approved
by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
or the American Osteopathic Association;
• be no more than 5 years out of training;
All applicants must:
• have the recommendation and agreement of their division
chiefs and the chief's assurance that the awards' support will provide
protected time for the applicants to pursue their research programs;
• submit an agreement with their institutions that the full
amount of the award will be designated for salary support; and
• be members, or be eligible to become members, of the ACCSelection:
Criteria for selection includes scientific quality of the project;
Qualifications and commitment of the applicant; support of the environment
to foster the proposed project and applicant's success.
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Suggested
Curriculum: |
Awardees
in both categories are encouraged to pursue didactic work in research
methodology appropriate to the project. The Career Development Awardee
will be expected to participate in a multidisciplinary women’s
heart health clinical program at least one per day week for the duration
of the grant. A half day of such participation would be expected of
the Fellowship recipient. Additionally, the individuals funded should
also be willing to provide lectures or seminars on topics related
to women’s heart health at least twice annually during the course
of the grant period. Fellowship recipients will be expected to engage
in work with a mentor with recognized expertise in the area of women’s
cardiovascular health, and to pursue clinical or translational investigation.
Applicants from facilities without specific women’s heart health
programs must have access to interface with a clinical program in
women’s health (i.e. cardiovascular centers, practices that
focus on a heavily female client population, internal medicine or
women’s health programs that will support cardiovascular investigation). |
Host
Institution Requirements: |
The host institution must be an accredited U.S. academic medical institution.
Preference will be given to applicants from institutions with a functioning
women’s heart health program. The institution must be committed
to the area of research outlined in the research proposal, including
provision of an appropriate training environment and research facilities
for the proper conduct of the applicant’s research. |
The
Award: |
$65,000
each year for two years |
How
to Apply: |
Please go to http://acc.gsubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex to submit an application. |
Application
Deadline: |
October
6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact
Kelli Bohannon at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635 or kbohanno@acc.org for more information. |
ACCF/Merck Research Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiometabolic Disorders
In selecting applicants, proposals addressing diabetes or the metabolic syndrome as they relate to cardiovascular disease are encouraged. This consideration should not, however, be considered limiting and all meritorious applications will be reviewed.
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Description: |
Four
one-year fellowships will be awarded to support research in adult
cardiology. Preference is given to individuals who have had no more
than two years of prior full-time experience either in clinical or
basic research. Recipients will be expected to pursue a full-time
project in clinical research during their year of supported training. |
Research
Focus: |
In
selecting applications, proposals addressing CVD and Cardiometabolic
disorders are encouraged. Included are proposals that address pathophysiology,
molecular genetics, metabolic abnormalities leading to cardiovascular
disease, hypertension, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, inflammatory
mechanisms and new pathways for drug discovery. Proposals focusing
on clinically relevant outcomes as a result of the metabolic syndrome,
diabetes or obesity are also encouraged. Outcomes studies should focus
on clinical/and or systems of care (e.g., quality improvement) interventions,
and use outcomes measures of importance to both patients and society,
including mortality, significant morbidity or quality of life changes,
or economic effects. |
Eligibility: |
Anyone
currently in an adult cardiology fellowship training program recognized
by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the
American Osteopathic Association and who has the recommendation and
agreement of his/her training program director and institution. |
Selection: |
Judging
will be by the ACCF/Research Fellowship Awards Committee. Criteria
for selection will include:
• Scientific quality of the project;
• Relevance to the research focus as described above
• Qualifications and commitment of the applicant, and
• The quality of the training environment.
Successful applicants may pursue this protected year of research
either within or following their three years of required training.
Preference will be given to individuals who:
• Will pursue clinical research training and experience directly
involving patients or human subjects.
• Have had no more than two years of prior full-time research
experience either in clinical or basic research.
• Will not hold another major external fellowship or salary
award, (e.g., from NIH or AHA) during the ACCF/Merck funded year.
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The
Award: |
Four
fellowships in the amount of $60,000 each. |
How
to Apply: |
Please go to http://acc.gsubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex to submit an application. |
Application
Deadline: |
October
6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact
Kelli Bohannon at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635 or kbohanno@acc.org
for more information. |
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
ACCF/GE
Healthcare Career Development Awards in Cardiovascular Imaging
Technologies
and Targeted Imaging Agents |
Description: |
Two
awards are available to foster the early research career development
of junior cardiovascular faculty in the research area of imaging
technologies and targeted imaging agents. These awards will furnish
a portion of the faculty member's total salary support. It is anticipated
that the balance of the salary will come from other sources. |
Eligibility: |
Applicants
eligible for the award are those who: 1.) Will hold rank of instructor
or assistant professor at the time of the initiation of the award
and have completed adult, pediatric, surgical cardiology fellowship
training in a program approved by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic
Association; 2.) Are members of the American College of Cardiology;
3.) Are no more than five (5) years out of training; 4.) Have the
recommendation and agreement of their division chiefs and the chief's
assurance that the awards' support will provide protected time
for the applicants to pursue their research programs; and 5.) Have
an agreement with their institutions that the full amount of the
award will be designated for the salary support. |
Selection: |
Criteria
for selection includes scientific quality of the project; Qualifications
and commitment of the applicant; support of the environment to
foster the proposed project and applicant's success. |
The
Award: |
$65,000
each year for two years |
How
to Apply: |
Please go to http://acc.gsubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex to submit an application. |
Application
Deadline: |
October
6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact
Kelli Bohannon at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635 or kbohanno@acc.org
for more information. |
Young
Investigators Awards Competition |
Description: |
A manuscript and abstract summarizing any problem that relates to cardiovascular disease whether it be in etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, or therapy. Award Categories: 1) Clinical Investigations, Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiac Surgery 2) Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology 3) Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. |
Eligibility: |
Any physician/scientist presently in a residency or a fellowship training program or who has been in such a program within the past three years; medical students; and Ph.D. candidates. |
The
Award: |
The
first place winner for each category receives $2,000, second place
winners receive $1,000; three honorable mentions in each category
receive $500. Travel, hotel and meals up to $1500 will be reimbursed
for all 15 finalists to attend the YIA Competition at the 58th Annual
Scientific Session in Orlando on March 28 - 31, 2009. |
How
to Apply: |
Click Here |
Application
Deadline: |
Deadline
is October 6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact
Kelli Bohannon, Member Services at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635. |
EDUCATION/TRAVEL AWARDS
ACCF/Bristol-Myers
Squibb Travel Awards |
Description: |
Twenty applicants will be awarded travel expenses to the ACC’s 57th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago, IL, March 29-April 1, 2008. Judging is based on the applicant's major involvement in research activities leading to presentations and publications during cardiovascular-related subspecialty training. |
Eligibility: |
1. The applicant must be from an ACGME- or AOA-approved training program in cardiology.
2. The ACCF/BMS Travel Awards are generally intended for, but not restricted to, trainees beyond their first year in a cardiovascular-related subspecialty training program;
3. There will be no more than one award to any single training program in a given year;
4. Only one applicant from the training program may apply; and Nominees may also be entrants in the Young Investigators Awards competition.
However, if the nominee is named as a Young Investigators Awards finalist, he or she will be ineligible to receive an ACCF/BMS Travel Award. Previous travel award winners will not be considered. |
The
Award: |
Travel
expenses to the ACC's Annual Scientific Session, not exceeding $1,250
will be reimbursed for the awardees coach airfare, accomodations,
and meals. |
How
to Apply: |
Click Here |
Application
Deadline: |
October
6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact Kelli Bohannon, Member Services at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635.
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Description: |
Twenty
applicants will be awarded travel expenses to the ACC's 58th Annual
Scientific Session in Orlando, FL, March 28-March 31, 2009. Travel
awards are available to Cardiac Care members only*.
*Includes Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical
Nurse Specialist, and Physician Assistant members, only. |
The
Award: |
Each travel award will cover up to $1,250 per person in expenses and includes registration, transport, and hotel. Awardees are reimbursed after the meeting and are required to submit the approved expense report template, which will be provided to all awardees. All relevant receipts should be submitted with the expense report. |
How
to Apply: |
Please e-mail the following information to Kelli Bohannon:
Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
E-mail:
Institution:
Winners will be drawn at random. |
Application
Deadline: |
October 6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact Kelli Bohannon, Member Services at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635. |
FIT
Legislative Conference Travel Awards |
Description: |
A
select number of travel awards are available for the ACC's Legislative
Conference each September. For more information contact Molly Nichelson
at mnichels@acc.org.
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Henry
I. Russek Travel Award |
Description: |
The
award honors Dr. Henry I. Russek, who served as Director of the ACC
Extramural Program "New York Cardiovascular Symposium" for
25 years. The award provides funding for 8 Fellows in Training to
attend this seminar held each year in December. |
Eligibility: |
All
current ACC Fellow in Training members are eligible. No more than
one award will be granted from any single training program. |
The
Award: |
Scholarships
of up to $1,250 each will be awarded in a random drawing. This award
will cover the reduced FIT registration fee of $535 and up to $715
in travel and hotel costs for the "41st Annual New York Cardiovascular
Symposium" in New York City December 12-14, 2008. Awardees are
reimbursed after the meeting and are required to document use of funds. |
How
to Apply: |
Your
Training Director must send an email with your contact information
to Kelli Bohannon. |
Application
Deadline: |
September 15, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact Kelli Bohannon, Member Services at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635. |
Pediatric
Cardiology FIT Travel Award to ACC.09
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Description: |
Two applicants will be awarded travel expenses to the ACC's 58th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando, FL, March 28-March 31, 2009. Travel awards are available to Pediatric Cardiology Fellows in Training members only. |
The
Award: |
Each travel award will cover up to $1,200 per person in expenses and includes reimbursement for registration, transport, and hotel. Awardees are reimbursed after the meeting and are required to document use of funds. |
Funding: |
Funding for these awards is provided by the ACC’s Section on Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology. |
How
to Apply: |
Please send the following information to Kelli Bohannon:
• Address
• Phone number
• Email address
• Institution
• Program Director
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Application
Deadline: |
October 6, 2008 |
For
More Information: |
Contact Kelli Bohannon, Member Services at 800-253-4636, ext. 6635. |
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