Research grants 2009
Do you have a ground-breaking research idea in the field of clinical microbiology and/or infectious diseases? ESCMID provides grants to support young members.
Purpose
These grants help young and excellent investigators to pursue groundbreaking research in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Eligibility criteria
The research project may be based on laboratory investigations, clinical studies, experimental animal studies, or a combination of these. Research must be carried out in Europe. Applications will be peer-reviewed and the best projects will be selected based on the application and research proposal (see application procedure).
Applicants must be principal investigators for the proposed research. They must be ESCMID members in good standing and should be born on or after 1 January 1969. Members of the ESCMID Executive Committee are ineligible.
Application procedure
The deadline for submission is 1 November 2008.
Please submit seven copies of your application including:
1. A research proposal consisting of:
- Project title
- Personal and affiliation details of the principal investigator (name, professional affiliation, address, email address, telephone and fax numbers)
- Summary (1 page)
- Introduction (objectives, background, rationale or purpose of the project)
- Research plan (including study design, material & methods, data analysis)
- Time frame (start date, proposed duration)
- Personnel and co-investigators
- Budget (personnel, equipment, consumables)
2. A description of the applicant’s present research, his/her CV, list of publications
If there are collaborators, applicants must make their personal role in planning, undertaking and supporting the planned project clear.
3. Two supporting letters from outside the institution in which the project will be carried out
4. A colour photograph
as tiff, eps or jpg file at least 4x6 cm with 300 dpi resolution.
The ESCMID Awards Subcommittee will select the project(s) and determine appropriate grant support. Applicants will be notified of the decision by 28 February 2009 at the latest. Please refrain from inquiring on the status of your application before this date.
Report
The grantee must submit a two-page report to ESCMID upon completion of the research project. It should include:
- A short introduction summarizing current knowledge for the non-specialist
- The study hypothesis
- The main findings
- Conclusions from the investigation.
This will be published in ESCMID News and on the ESCMID website.
