Advance-CTR

Nominations Are Open for the Award for Clinical and Translational Research Excellence

This special opportunity award has been created in honor of the 10-year anniversary of Advance RI-CTR and to celebrate our collective Decade of Discovery. We are pleased to announce that we will be awarding $10,000 to an early career investigator who embodies clinical and translational research excellence in the state of Rhode Island.

Do you know an assistant or associate professor who has made significant contributions to clinical and translational research? Maybe it’s you! We invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague or mentee who has been engaged with Advance RI-CTR over the past decade.

To nominate yourself or another individual please SUBMIT THIS FORM no later than Friday, October 17th. A committee of representative Advance RI-CTR faculty will convene to select the awardee by October 31st. The award will be presented to the recipient on November 6th at the Advance RI-CTR Decade of Discovery Celebration.

Selection criteria for nominations

  • Assistant or Associate professor status
  • Employed at one of Advance RI-CTR’s partner institutions: Brown, Care New England, Brown University Hospital, University of Rhode Island or the VA Providence Healthcare System
  • Has been engaged with Advance RI-CTR during the past 10 years (awardee, speaker, Advance-R Scholar, Advance-K Scholar, mentorship training, grant writing training, studios, etc.)
  • Demonstrated track record of clinical and translational research excellence
  • Current and past faculty who were effort supported on the grant are not eligible (does not apply to awardees)
  • The resulting award funds will be used to support an active research project

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