January 8, 1999

Applications for the 1999 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards are now available for those interested in supplemental funding for research. Sponsored by the Executive Committee on Research and the MGH Office for Women's Careers, the purpose of the awards is to provide funding for junior faculty to sustain research productivity during the child-rearing years.

The awards will be given to two eligible candidates to cover up to $30,000 in direct costs per year over two years.

To qualify, MGH staff members must be MDs or PhDs with academic appointments at the instructor level or above at Harvard Medical School and must provide evidence of strong research training, productivity and a focus in either basic or clinical research.

Each candidate must submit a description of a research project in which she or he is the principal investigator. Candidates also must be responsible for the care of young children to be eligible.

The awards are named in honor of Jane D. Claflin, honorary MGH trustee, who originally chaired the Women in Academic Medicine Committee, which helps facilitate the academic careers of women in science at the MGH.

Applications must be turned in by Feb. 11 at 10 am to Research Affairs, Bartlett 3. Awards will be announced in March and will be effective April 1. For more information, call Karen Faria in Research Affairs at 4-2724.