The Committee on Special Awards (CoSA) – Funding Opportunities
The Committee on Special Awards (CoSA) is part of the Dean's Research Council and is charged with identifying new strategies for improving our ability to compete for the numerous highly prestigious awards and grants for which Icahn School of Medicine faculty are invited to apply for each year.
CoSA works closely with faculty with the appropriate scientific expertise to critically evaluate research applications to identify the most suitable candidates to compete successfully for awards. CoSA identifies and reviews special awards as well as awards for which new investigators, newly recruited faculty, and senior faculty are eligible.
Many foundations restrict the number of grant applications that can be submitted from any single institution. Email announcement to the Mount Sinai community of these opportunities request pre-proposal versions of applications that are then evaluated by CoSA. Based on the resultant ranking, the committee recommends applications to the Dean for his approval. In addition to ranking the candidates, feedback for improvement of their applications is given to all candidates.
CoSA assists in the preparation of applications and letters of support required from the Dean. In addition, CoSA provides any administrative support required for processing and mailing the application to the sponsor.
Current Opportunities
| AAMC | Nickens Minority Faculty Fellowship | Assistant professor - help achieve institutional diversity objectives/ eliminate health care disparities. | Award Amount: $15K Deadline: April One application per institution. |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Infectious Diseases |
MD, DVM, or PhD
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Award Amount: $500K over 5 years
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| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards in Biomedical Science | Bridging support for advanced postdoc training and initial faculty years. | Award Amount: $700K for 5 yrs Deadline: October Up to five applications per institution. |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards at the Scientific Interface | Bridging support for advanced postdoc training and initial faculty years. | Award Amount: up to $500K for 3 yrs Deadline: September |
| Charles A. Dana Foundation | Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging | Application of imaging research to improve understanding of the brain, the immune system, and their interactions in health and disease. |
Award Amount: up to $200K over 3 years
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| JP Morgan Bank | Sinsheimer Scholar Award | Assistant Professor in first 3 yrs - research on prevention or cure of human disease. | Award Amount: $150K payable over 3 yrs Deadline: April One application per institution. |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award | Candidate must be MD or MD/PhD in clinical research within first 4 years of assistant professor appointment. | Award Amount: $150K/yr for three years Deadline: February Three applications per institution. |
| Doris Duke Foundation | Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award | MD or MD/PhD physician-scientistsat associate professor level engaged in translational research. | Award Amount: $1.5M over five to seven years, incl $100K/yr for training/ mentoring junior investigators Not currently awarding |
| Ellison Medical Foundation | New Scholar Award in: Aging | New faculty - first 3 years after postdoctoral training. | Award Amount: up to $100K/yr for four years Deadline: March Two applications / institution |
| Irma T. Hirschl Trust | Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trust Research Awards [PDF] | Jr. Faculty | Award Amount: $35K/yr for five years Deadline: November Internal - Two awards @ MSSM |
| Mary Kay Ash Foundation | Mary Kay Ash Award | Focuses on funding research for innovative grants for translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast or cervical cancer. | Award Amount: up to $100K for two years Deadline: March One application per institution. |
| Pew | Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences | Assistant professors, not more than 3 yrs at this rank. | Award Amount: $60K/yr for four years Deadline: November One application per institution. |
| Searle | Searle Scholars Program | Assistant Professors - not more than two years in first assistant professor appointment. | Award Amount: $100K/yr for three years Deadline: September Two applications from institution. |
| Charles H. Revson Foundation | Senior Fellowships in the Life Sciences | Postdocs with 2-3 yrs experience currently in a NYC medical school. | Award Amount: ~$65K/yr for 2 yrs Deadline: March Two applications per institution. |
PRIZES/CASH AWARDS |
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Sponsor |
Name of Award |
Eligibility |
Restrictions |
| AAMC | Abraham Flexner Award - contributions to medical education | Highest honor academic medicine presents for sustained contributions to American Medical Education. | Award Amount: $10K Deadline: May One application per institution. |
| AAMC | Herbert W. Nickens Award | To an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health equity in the United States | Award Amount: $10K Deadline: May One application per institution. |
| AAMC | Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences Award | Honors outstanding medical research related to health and disease | Award Amount: $5K Deadline: May |
| AAMC | Spencer Foreman Outstanding Community Service Award | Institutional award for broad-based continuing commitment to community service. | Award Amount: Commemorative crystal piece Deadline: May One application per institution. |
| AAMC | Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award | Honors a medical school faculty physician (MD or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students | Grant of $1K or 5K to institution Deadline: May |
| AAMC | Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award | Assistant Professor or higher rank. | Award Amount: $10K to recipient, $5K to institution; $1K to chapter Deadline: May One application per institution. |
| AAMC | David E. Rogers Award | To a member of a medical school faculty who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people. | Award Amount: $10K Deadline: May |
| MSSM Donor | Dr. Haroldand Golden Lamport Research Award | Jr. faculty (first five years of tenure track assistant professor appointment) in either basic science or clinical research. | Award Amount: $5000 – up to 4 awards/yr Deadline: March Internal - by nomination of Chair or Medicine Division Chief. |