Fall Institutional Nominations and Internal Competitions
(INIC)
To: Chairs, Departments in the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences
From: Heather Daniels, Graduate School
Date: June 4, 2009
Subject: Fall Institutional Nominations and Internal Competitions (INIC)
Deadlines:
Deadline for internal competition is Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 4:30 pm.
Project Description:
The Graduate School is announcing procedures for nominating and selecting junior faculty members for fellowships that limit the number of applicants that may be submitted from an individual institution. Departments must submit their nominees applications by the July 29th deadline.
Programs covered in this internal competition include:
- Beckman Young Investigators Program (not offered 09-10)
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Program (not offered 09-10)
- W.M. Keck Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Award
- Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program
- Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
- Searle Scholars Program
Note: Some of the competitions for this fall have not yet been announced by their funding organizations.
Eligibility:
The department is responsible for determining the eligibility for the nominees based on the previous year’s agency guidelines. We assume the eligibility criteria will remain the same as last year. For last year's eligibility guidelines, please refer to the program links above. As in previous years, each department is limited to nominating one candidate per fellowship program.
Internal Competition Application Instructions:
Applications for internal competition:
1. Prepare applications in 12-point font, single-spaced.
2. Include the following sections in the candidate’s application for the internal review.
- Cover sheet that includes the applicant’s departmental affiliation, full contact information, the name or names of the programs for which the candidate is applying, the applicant’s appointment begin date, and visa status.
- Abbreviated CV or Biosketch including publications and current/pending support (3 pp. maximum)
- Most significant research to date (1 p. maximum)
- General research description and statement of research goals (3-4 pp.)
- Letter of support from the department chair
- One external letter of support (from thesis or postdoc adviser or other recommender) is strongly encouraged.
3. Save application as a pdf file.
4. Submit the application as an email attachment to gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu by Wednesday, July 29, 2009 with INIC Application-applicant’s name in the subject line of the email message.
The review committee will meet in mid August to select the nominees. Applicants will be notified promptly after the selections have been made.
A separate call will be sent this fall regarding the competition for the John Merck Fund Scholars Program in the Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children; David and Lucile Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering; and Shaw Scientist Program.
Questions about the competition?
E-mail gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu or call Heather Daniels (263-7274) or Petra Schroeder (265-4868).