BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, 2016
BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as to U.S. temporary residents.
These grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.
Scientific advances such as genomics, quantitative structural biology, imaging techniques, and modelling of complex systems have created opportunities for exciting research careers at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences. Tackling key problems in biology will require scientists trained in areas such as chemistry, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering.
Application Process
The competition will employ a two-stage process. Preproposals will be reviewed and full proposal invitations will be sent by November 14, 2016.
The competition will employ a two-stage process. Preproposals will be reviewed and full proposal invitations will be sent by November 14, 2016.
All applicants will be required to complete a web-based questionnaire assessing their eligibility to apply for this award. If eligibility criteria are met, applicants will be automatically directed to the web-based pre-proposal form.
It is strongly recommended that potential applicants review the Request for Proposals prior to accessing the eligibility questionnaire.
Candidates must hold a PhD degree in one of the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering. This includes related areas of physical, mathematical, computational, theoretical, and engineering science. Exceptions will be made only if the applicant can demonstrate significant expertise in one of these areas, evidenced by publications, undergraduate major, or master’s degree.
Candidates whose Ph.D. is in biochemistry/biophysics/ biology/cell biology/etc. may be eligible if significant accomplishment or competence in one of the areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering can be shown (i.e., papers published, advanced coursework, or undergraduate major), and if the proposal draws on that background. Work must be interdisciplinary and making use of nonbiological approaches.
Candidates who hold an M.D. are eligible to apply if they hold both an M.D. and a Ph.D., and the PhD is in one of the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering. This includes related areas of physical and computational science. Exceptions will be made only if the applicant can demonstrate significant expertise in one these areas, evidenced by publications, undergraduate major, or master’s degree. In addition, the applicant cannot have spent more than 48 months in postdoctoral research since receipt of the terminal degree. If the candidate holds an M.D. without also holding a Ph.D., the candidate is not eligible to apply to this program.
Candidates who meet the other eligibility criteria must demonstrate that their work is truly interdisciplinary. n Candidates must have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research by the date of the full invited application deadline. If your entire work experience since receiving your PhD has been in any scientific research field (including outside academia) and exceeds 48 months, you are not eligible. However, if part of your work experience was not in a science research field, and your scientific work experience doesn’t exceed 48 months, you may be eligible but must gain prior approval from BWF program officer. No exceptions to this requirement will be made.
Candidates who are not titled “postdoctoral” fellows may be eligible if (1) you have at least 12 months, but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research experience, including time as, for example, an instructor, research associate, or non-tenure track research faculty, and (2) you meet all other eligibility requirements.
Candidates cannot hold nor have accepted, either in writing or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at the time of application –both pre-proposal and full application. This award cannot be made to a tenure-track faculty member because it is a transition award. If you accept a faculty position after the full application deadline, you cannot start before the award begins.
Candidates cannot hold nor have accepted, either in writing or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at the time of application –both pre-proposal and full application. This award cannot be made to a tenure-track faculty member because it is a transition award. If you accept a faculty position after the full application deadline, you cannot start before the award begins.
Candidates must be committed to a full-time career in research as an independent investigator at a North American degree-granting institution.
Candidates must have at least one first-author publication, including papers on which “ the first authorship” is shared.
Candidates who have submitted a first-author manuscript from graduate or undergraduate studies, but it has not yet been published, may apply if the manuscript is accepted for publication or in press–otherwise you are not eligible.
Candidates must be based on a non-profit degree granting institution [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada. A 501(c)(3) organization is an American tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. Candidates should check with their institutional officials to confirm the institution’s classification.
Candidate’s primary postdoctoral mentor must also hold an appointment at the same accredited, degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada. Two postdoc mentors are permitted; one must be designated as the primary mentor who will sign off on the pre-proposal application form. Mentors or institutions may not be changed after submitting a pre-proposal. Candidates moving to a new institution after submitting the preproposal will not be able to submit a full application, even if invited to do so.
Candidates cannot hold nor have accepted, either in writing or verbally, a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor at the time of application –both pre-proposal and full application. This award cannot be made to a tenure-track faculty member because it is a transition award. If you accept a faculty position after the full application deadline, you cannot start before the award begins.
Candidates must be committed to a full-time career in research as an independent investigator at a North American degree-granting institution.
Candidates must have at least one first-author publication, including papers on which “ the first authorship” is shared.
Candidates who have submitted a first-author manuscript from graduate or undergraduate studies, but it has not yet been published, may apply if the manuscript is accepted for publication or in press–otherwise you are not eligible.
Candidates must be based on a non-profit degree granting institution [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada. A 501(c)(3) organization is an American tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. Candidates should check with their institutional officials to confirm the institution’s classification.
Candidate’s primary postdoctoral mentor must also hold an appointment at the same accredited, degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada. Two postdoc mentors are permitted; one must be designated as the primary mentor who will sign off on the pre-proposal application form. Mentors or institutions may not be changed after submitting a pre-proposal. Candidates moving to a new institution after submitting the preproposal will not be able to submit a full application, even if invited to do so.
Citizens and non-citizen permanent and temporary residents of the U.S. and Canada who are legally qualified to work in the U.S. or Canada are eligible. Candidates who are temporary U.S. residents must hold a valid U.S. visa (J-1, H1B, F-1 or O-1 visas). Temporary Canadian residents must hold a valid Canadian visa (Study Permit, C-43, C44, C-10, or C-20 work permits/visas). If a grant is awarded and your visa does not allow for such a stay, BWF may terminate the grant. BWF will not intercede on behalf of non-citizens whose stay in the U.S. may be limited by their visa status. If you are invited to submit a full application, your institution must verify your immigration status as part of your application.
Candidates must not hold nor have accepted a K99 award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. n Candidates may apply from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) or HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research Campus, with the same restrictions listed above. The NIH/Janelia Farm will support these award recipients during the postdoctoral years, and BWF will support them for the faculty portion of the award only, for a total of $360,000.
Candidates with a K01 award from the NIH may apply for this award as long as they meet all the remaining criteria, however, if granted a CASI award, the NIH will need to fund the postdoc portion and BWF will only fund the faculty portion of the award.
Candidates may not submit more than one pre-proposal.
Candidates may not submit more than one pre-proposal.
Deadline:
Preproposal Deadline: Sep 6, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline: Jan 9, 2017.
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