Established in 1996, the BWH Minority Faculty Career Development Award is granted annually to two early-career underrepresented minority academicians and aims to assist them in obtaining and developing the skills necessary to attain a faculty appointment at BWH and Harvard Medical School. This is an unrestricted $150,000 award which is paid out over a 7-year period. Each department chair nominates up to 2 individuals that should be considered for the Award.
The applicant must:
- Be a member of an underrepresented minority group (Per AAMC guidelines, at BWH, this means African-American, Alaskan/Hawaiian Native, Hispanic American, Native American)
- Be a US citizen or non-citizen national with a permanent residence visa
- Hold a primary appointment at BWH
- Be a 3rd or 4th year resident, clinical or non-clinical fellow, or new faculty member in his/her 1st faculty position
- Hold an MD, MD/PhD, PhD or equivalent degree
- Commit to a career in academic medicine
Call for Nominations Friday, March 6, 2009
Application Deadline Friday, April 3, 2009
Award Notification Monday, May 18, 2009
For more information please contact Jabbar R. Bennett, PhD, Administrative Director in the OMC at
jrbennett@partners.org or by calling (617) 525-9324.
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