Graduate Students

FHCRC Viral Pathogenesis Training Grant Application Form

For your application:

  1. Fill out the form below completely (including a title and abstract of 250 words) and submit online.

  2. Send your CV and proposal as attached word or PDF documents in an e-mail to Marci Burden, mburden@fhcrc.org. The proposal should be no more than 2 single spaced pages (12 pt. type, references may be on a third page). The general NIH format should be used [Specific Aims, Significance, Innnovation, Approach]. The Title and 250-word maximum Abstract is not included in the 2 page limit. 

    The proposal must be relevant to viral pathogenesis and the relevance should be discussed in the application. Please include an explanation of how your research reflects the training grant's goals. This may be included in the Abstract, Background and Significance, or a paragraph at the end of the proposal.

  3. Request letters of recommendations from 2 individuals that are NOT your mentor.  In addition, the mentor should fill out the mentor summary form.  In the past, we have asked for more traditional letters.  But all the mentor letters said their student was one of the best they have ever seen and they should be funded, which was not helpful to the review committee.  This year we are trying out a mentor summary form that we hope will be more informative to the committee.   Since the success and future funding of the training grant depends on the success of the students it supports, the review committee would appreciate an honest and realistic summary of the student.

 

Letters and mentor form should be sent to:

Marci Burden
1100 Fairview Ave. N., A2M-015
(if sending from UW: Box 358080)
P.O. Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
mburden@fhcrc.org
Fax: (206) 667-6525

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If you are a predoctoral applicant, please fill out the following six questions. If you are a postdoctoral candidate, skip the next six questions, then continue.

 
 
 
 
 
 
US Citizen or Permanent Resident:
 
 Yes
 No
Are you of Hispanic origin, such as Mexican-American, Latin American, Puerto Rican or Cuban?
 
 Yes
 No
 Prefer not to answer
What is your race? Please check all that apply
 
 American Indian or Alaska Native
 Asian American
 African American/Black
 Caucasian/White
 Pacific Islander
 Prefer not to answer
Are you from a disadvantaged background?
 
 Yes
 No
 Prefer not to answer
* "Disadvantaged" includes researchers with disabilities, those whose family incomes fall below federal low-income thresholds, as well as those who come from environments, such as certain rural or inner-city communities, that can be shown to have recently and directly inhibited their efforts to obtain "the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to develop and participate in a research career."
Eligible for NIH Training Grant:
 
 Yes
 No
 
 
 
 
(81 characters or less)
 
(less than 250 words)

Thank you for your application.

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