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The Robert F. Furchgott Society

The Robert F. Furchgott Scholar

This award is given to a post-graduate level trainee in the basic and/or clinical sciences and residents who has made outstanding scientific contributions to their chosen area of study. The award provides support in the form of a grant of up to $10,000, to be used at the scholar's discretion, to underwrite the cost of research related activities, including supplies, equipment, and travel costs. In addition, the Furchgott Scholars will be asked to present their research at a center- wide seminar within a year of receiving the award.

Who is eligible?

To qualify for this award, applicants must posses a MD, a PhD, or the foreign equivalent of these degrees; they must currently be actively engaged in post-graduate or fellowship-level training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The applicant may also have a non-tenure track appointment, however, tenure-track faculty members and paid support staff (i.e. laboratory technicians) are not eligible to apply. The research upon which the scholarship is judged must have been done in association with SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Nominations can be submitted by the applicant's research advisor, or by the applicant directly.

Application process

The nomination package should include:

  1. A letter from the research advisor that includes a statement of the applicant's role in designing, executing and interpreting the results of the project.
  2. An abstract about the research project (no more than 250 words)
  3. The applicants' curriculum vitae
  4. Final applicants will be required to give a 15 minute oral presentation before members the Robert F. Furchgott Review Committee in March, 2012

The Robert F. Furchgott Scholar

The Robert F. Furchgott Scholar will have a grant account established at the Research Foundation of New York. This grant must be used in one year (with the possibility of a six month no cost extension). In addition, the Scholar will be presented with a plaque at the Annual Robert F. Furchgott Visiting Professorship Lecture, and will invited to attend the RFFS members-only dinner at The Brooklyn Museum in 2012.

The application package should be submitted electronically to RFFS@downstate.edu by Thursday, March 1, 2012.