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Applications are now being solicited for support from the Katherine McCormick Fund to support women in medical careers for the academic year 2007-2008. Eligible applicants must be men or women pursuing careers in academic medicine at Stanford University, School of Medicine (SOM).
Ms. McCormick was a lifelong advocate and supporter of medical research.
In 1969, she made a bequest to the School of Medicine of $5,000,000 to assist and encourage women in academic medicine at Stanford University.
Awards will be made for one-year postdoctoral fellowship support to candidates who possess a MD and/or PhD. Awards are typically $15,000, plus an optional travel supplement of $1,000 (travel supplement may be changed to fellowship funding at the end of the fellowship, upon request). Eligible applicants must be men or women who have already been appointed as a Postdoctoral Scholar, whose faculty sponsor is in the School of Medicine and is not an acting or consulting professor. The fellowship award will be made as stipend; no salary payments are allowed (scholars with H1-B, TN, and O-1 visas are ineligible). In addition to choosing those individuals with outstanding scientific track records and a carefully developed and realistic research project, preference will be given to those candidates with limited current or prospective financial support over the next year. The Katherine McCormick Postdoctoral Fellowship
Committee will hold a meeting in May to distribute postdoctoral
support funds. Funding must start no later than September 1, 2007.
The 2007 Fellowship Application packet is available. Please read all application guidelines carefully before starting the application process.
Awards will not be made on a retroactive basis (i.e. for meetings attended prior to
September 1, 2008.)
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Candidate qualifications |
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Proposal quality |
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Career track |
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Individuals (men or women) who encourage or support (through professional association ) the advancement of women in medicine and/or medical research |
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An individual mentoring a woman, through professional association, for career developement |
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Only individuals who are currently appointed as Postdoctoral Scholars are eligible to apply |
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Candidates must also possess an MD and/or PhD |
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The candidate may be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or foreign national |
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Please note faculty members may be listed as a preceptor on only one postdoctoral scholar application and only one application per faculty member will be accepted |
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Restrictions that may disqualify applicants:
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Faculty sponsor must be appointed in the School of Medicine and not be an acting or consulting professor. |
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Postdoctoral appointment must be in the School of Medicine. |
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Support is restricted to investigative activities only (80% minimum effort required). |
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Candidates must also possess an MD and/or PhD |
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Foreign fellows must have visas that allow stipend support (typically a J-1 & F-1 visa). H1-B, TN and O-1 visa holders are not eligible. |
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Important notes on funding:
In accepting a fellowship award, it will be the responsibility of the awardee's preceptor and/or department for any overdrawn funds and to provide the additional funding for the scholar. The level of support cannot exceed what is normal and average (according to years of experience) in the residing department. The fellowship is meant to offset budgeted funds and not be paid in addition to the normal level of pay. Postdocs emerging from residency programs may be paid at current residency levels, if this is the policy of the department.
If Katherine McCormick Fellowship awardee should receive a fellowship award from an outside agency (or any other source) in an amount that keeps the total support (including the McCormick Fellowship) within the pay level guidelines, the Katherine McCormick Fellowship may be retained. Often the Katherine McCormick Fellowship award, in addition to an outside fellowship award, exceeds the Medical Fellow pay level guidelines. In these instances, the Katherine McCormick Fellowship award may be adjusted below $15,000, but must be disbursed in 12 equal payments. The Katherine McCormick Fellowship cannot be used during leaves of absence, such as maternity leave, but funding can resume when the fellow returns to full-time training.
If an outside award or other funding is used that meets or exceeds the pay levels, the Katherine McCormick fellowship must be declined/turned back. The committee members require preceptors to report in writing the receipt of external support, via e-mail (postdoc.services@stanford.edu) or memorandum, to Chequeta Allen's attention in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
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Application procedures:
Candidates should submit ONE original application plus SEVEN collated stapled sets of all application materials in the order below to the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, 1215 Welch Road, Modular A, Room 90 by the Application Deadline:
NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
For everyone, the Katherine McCormick Fellowship application consists of:
Online entry form (cover sheet) of general information about the applicant and sponsor. |
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One additional page with the applicant's and mentor's publications (limited to 5), in the BIOSketch Form [MS Word.DOC] |
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A Biographical Statement (maximum one page) including the following:
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A two page outline of your research project (proposed by applicant). Include information about the year to be funded and the ultimate goal of the project.
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*Submit ONE Original Collated set of all Application Materials in the order above to: |
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Katherine McCormick Committee, Fellowship Application |
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* One Letter of Recommendation from your faculty sponsor. A Letter of Recommendation from your faculty sponsor. The letter should address the value of the conference to your training and/or career development & be submitted on or before the deadline. |
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Additional Recommendation letters, reprints, or other attachments and/or other support materials are NOT allowed. |
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*PAVAMC scholars: If the web application cannot be accessed from the facility, please try to access the page from another location or call for a hard copy application form: 650-736-0129.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If animal and/or human protocols are involved with your research, apply for the protocol now. Do not wait to be funded. Funding on the fellowship cannot begin until all protocols are in place. The protocols need to list the School of Medicine Katherine McCormick as the funding source.
Funding on the fellowship cannot begin until all protocols are in place. The protocols need to be under the fellow’s name and list the School of Medicine Katherine McCormick Fellowship as the funding source.
Questions regarding the application process or if you want to withdraw your application please contact the Program Support Coordinator at:
Teri Hankes |
*last updated 3/19/08