2025 IMG Early Career Development Award - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

2025 IMG Early Career Development Award

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) is now accepting applications for the 2025 cycle for a new Early Career Development Award for international medical graduates (IMG). This is a one year, $25,000 award.

The goal of this program is to foster the research of IMG physicians who have recently completed a Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship. Research in clinical, translational, and basic sciences relevant to Pediatric Infectious Diseases is encouraged, including public health, epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, health disparities, infection control, outcomes research, pharmacokinetics, pathophysiology, molecular pathogenesis, and vaccine development.

The completed application should be submitted as a single pdf file through the website portal by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on April 1, 2025.

An acknowledgment of your completed application will be sent via email.

Questions regarding the IMG Early Career Development Award, including eligibility, application process, or other issues, can be addressed to pids@idsociety.org.

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Applicant Information

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Proposed Research Information

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The statement from the applicant's division director should summarize the applicant's qualification and potential for success and provide support for the applicant's choice of research mentor and research project. This statement should also document the division's commitment to preserve the appropriate amount of protected time for the fellow to conduct research during the award period.

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Supporting Materials

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The application must include the following items (please click here for additional instructions):

Applicant’s biosketch in current NIH format (5-page limit)
Career development statement (1 page)
Research proposal (5-page limit, including the statement of overall hypothesis and specific aims)
References (no page limit)
Budget justification (no page limit)
Letter of support from the Division Director or Chair for the applicant’s primary appointment

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