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Funding Type:
Travel Stipends for Scholarly Meetings
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Opportunity From:
The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award Program
Opportunity Description:
The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award Program is offering up to 5 travel awards to early stage clinically-trained investigators who could benefit from the opportunities provided by the Beeson Annual Meeting and who could potentially enhance and diversify the Beeson Scholars pool in the future. The travel award (up to $1,500 per person) is intended to cover travel to and from the meeting, and hotel accommodations. Successful applicants will be conducting basic, translational, clinical, or patient-oriented research in disciplines relevant to aging and geriatrics. Individuals from underrepresented groups, as defined by the NIH, are particularly encouraged to apply.
The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76) (Beeson Award) aims to develop of a cadre of talented scientists prepared to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will result in improved health care outcomes for older persons. Beeson Scholars are clinically trained (primarily physician) early-stage investigators who have begun to establish research careers and have shown leadership potential; they will use their Beeson award to further acquire the skills, tools, and resources to have a significant impact in their field of expertise. The meetings are an essential component of the Beeson program and provide resources to these early-stage investigators who are prepared and willing to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will lead to improved health care outcomes. The most recent requests for K76 applications are available at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-020.html (no clinical trial) and https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ag-21-021.html (clinical trial required).
The first Beeson Annual Meeting took place in 1995, and an annual meeting has been held each subsequent year. The annual meetings support career development and help advance leadership skills. In addition, the annual meetings facilitate the development of a collective identity and cohesiveness among the Beeson Scholars and other members of the Beeson community. The meetings support the mission of the NIA by fostering the development of clinician-scientists in aging, and by providing a platform for exchanging and disseminating information about aging/geriatrics and advances in aging research to the scientific community.
This year’s meeting will be held November 16 - 19, at Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, California. There are typically about 100 meeting participants, which include current and alumni award recipients, mentors, and foundation and NIH staff. A preliminary program may be accessed at this link: https://www.afar.org/2022-beeson-annual-meeting.