Because a limited number of applications can be submitted for the following program, an internal screening process may be required. If you are considering submitting an application for the program listed below, an on-line Notification of Intent to Submit must be completed by the requested Intent to Submit Deadline.
Those submitting Intents to Submit will be notified if a full competition is determined to be necessary. Please refer to the Guidelines for the internal screening process and any updates. Pre-proposals not adhering to these guidelines will be returned.
Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study the pathogenesis of infectious disease at its most fundamental level – the points where human and microbial systems connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of this encounter: how colonization, infection, commensalism and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones.
Limit: Up to two candidates; three candidates if one nominee holds a D.V.M.; and a single additional nomination for working in a pathogenic helminthes, mycology, or reproductive science.
Intent to Submit Deadline: 7/26/2013
Internal Screening Deadline: 8/7/2013
Sponsor Deadline: 11/1/2013
For more information, contact: Larisa Zagorski at Larisa.Zagorski@uconn.edu