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From the Office of Foundation Relations (MIT)</div>
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<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">Below you will
find information on a call for applications from
the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical
Research.</p>
<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal">Please forward
to anyone who might be interested. </p>
<p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal"><b
style="font-style: italic; ">NOTE:</b><span
style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "> </span><b
style="font-style: italic; ">The Office of
Foundation Relations is pleased to provide
assistance to anyone applying for a grant from
this program.</b><span style="font-style:
italic; font-weight: bold; "> </span><b><i>Please
also let us know if you apply, whether or not
we assist you. For more information,
including a list of recently issued RFPs,
please visit our website (</i></b><b><a
href="http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/">http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/</a>).</b></p>
<div><b><i>NOTE: All proposals must be routed
through the Office of Sponsored Programs prior
to submission.</i></b></div>
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<div><b>Deadline: February 3, 2014 (for
application); February 15 (Letter of Reference,
Sponsor Letter, Certifications Page)</b></div>
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<div><b><i>NOTE: Award is a fellowship--it will not incur
underrecovery</i></b></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">The conditions under which these
awards are made are as follows: Applicants in general
should not have more than ONE YEAR of postdoctoral
experience and MD'S should not have received their
degree more than THREE YEARS from the date the
application is due February 1, 2014. You must hold
either the M.D. degree or the Ph.D. degree in the
field in which you propose to study or furnish
evidence of equivalent training and experience.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">The appointment will be for three
years. The Fund recognizes that in some instances
there may be valid reasons for changing both
laboratory and sponsor. During the course of your
fellowship. Such changes require the permission of
the Director with the advice of the Board of
Scientific Advisers. Applicants who, at the time of
initiation of the fellowship, will have completed one
year in a position as postdoctoral fellow or
equivalent will usually be awarded a maximum of two
years of fellowship support from this foundation. Only
under exceptional circumstances will an award be made
to an individual who will have had two years or more
of postdoctoral research experience.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">Applicants may be citizens of any
country but for foreign nationals awards will be made
only for study in the United States. American citizens
may hold a fellowship either in the United States or
in a foreign country.</span></div>
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text-align: left; "><br>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">An applicant in addition to
submitting evidence as to pre and postdoctoral
training must supply (a) the names and addresses of
three individuals personally acquainted both with the
applicant and with the applicant’s professional work,
one of whom is to be the principal
predoctoral advisor, (b) letter from the Sponsor c) a
suitably documented outline of the research problem
proposed, and (d) the written consent of the Chair of
the Department and a responsible fiscal officer of the
host institution indicating their willingness to
accept and provide necessary facilities for the Fellow</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">(certification form)</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">. (Please note that in the event
of multiple applications, it is the policy of the Fund
to initiate no more than one fellowship under a
particular sponsor in any fiscal year)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; "><br>
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<div><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; ">Stipend and
expense allowance</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: left; ">The basic stipend at present is
$50,000 the first year, $50,000 the second year, and
$50,000 the third year, with an additional $1000 for
each dependent child. There is no dependency allowance
for a spouse. An allowance of $1,500 a year toward the
cost of the research usually will be made available to
the laboratory sponsoring the fellow. The research
allowance is not to be used for travel. The Fellow
will have access to $1,800 for travel to science
meetings, please look at the travel polilcy. In
addition to the travel allowance the Fund provides a
travel award for the Fellow and their family to travel
to the sponsoring laboratory. Return travel for
Fellows will be considered depending upon the Fellow’s
plans and situation at the time.</span></div>
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rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; "><br>
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<div style="text-align: left; "><span style="text-align:
-webkit-auto; ">Visit the</span><b style="text-align:
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Medical Research</span><span style="text-align:
-webkit-auto; "> website for complete program
information and application procedures: </span><a
href="http://www.jccfund.org/fellowship-information"
style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">http://www.jccfund.org/fellowship-information</a><span
style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">.</span></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Nicholas Marmor</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Development Associate</font></div>
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