Qualifications/eligibility:

• Candidates must have an MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DMD, or equivalent clinical doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution and must have a professional license to practice in the United States.
• The program is intended for early-stage investigators. At the time of application, applicants must be no more than 10 years from completion of their core residency training.
• Applicants will generally have completed or be completing a post-residency clinical fellowship, and will have demonstrated significant patient-oriented research experience to qualify for a tenure-track level appointment.
• Scholars do not have to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

How To Apply

See the Research Funding Announcement for application instructions. The application deadline is June 24, 2013.

Direct general questions to:

Charles R. Dearolf, Ph.D. 
Assistant Director for Intramural Research
National Institutes of Health 
Building 1, Room 152 
Bethesda, MD 20892 
e-mail: LaskerScholar@nih.gov

 

Emphasis on diversity: The NIH and the Lasker Foundation recognize a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the clinical research workforce.

 

http://www.nih.gov/science/laskerscholar/what_we_seek.html

http://www.nih.gov/science/laskerscholar/apply.html