Innovation in Regulatory Science Awards provide up to $500,000 over five years to support academic investigators who are addressing research questions that will lead to innovation in regulatory science, with ultimate translation of those results into improving the regulatory process. Awards are intended to provide support for academic researchers developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions the Food and Drug Administration and others make. This would necessarily draw upon the talents of individuals trained in mathematics, computer science, applied physics, medicine, engineering, toxicology, epidemiology, biostatistics, and systems pharmacology, to name a few.
Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements below may self-nominate by submitting an electronic preproposal by the deadline. It is important to understand the Terms of Grant, and the FAQs will answer any additional eligibility questions. After making that determination, take the eligibility quiz through BWF's grant application system link provided below. If eligible, you will be directed to the next application step.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Candidates must hold an M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., or M.D.-Ph.D. degree.
- Candidates must be based at a non-profit institution [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada.
- Candidates must hold a faculty position tenure-track or non-tenure track, or adjunct faculty position at an accredited, degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada.
- Candidates must be an investigator at the assistant, associate, or full professor level.
- Candidates must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application. Persons who have applied for permanent resident status but have not received their government documentation by the time of the preproposal application deadline are not eligible.
- Temporary residents of the U.S. or Canada are not eligible.
- Applications may be submitted by individual candidates, or may have up to a total of three co-investigators. Co-investigators need not be at the same institution; however, one person must be designated as the primary investigator, and must meet all eligibility requirements.
During the award period:
- Grants must be made to non-profit institutions [501(c)(3) or equivalent] in the U.S. or Canada on behalf of the award recipient.
- Indirect costs may not be charged against BWF grants.
Candidates with questions regarding their eligibility should contact BWF in advance of the application deadline by emailing Rusty Kelley, program officer, or calling 919-991-5120.
BWF makes no exceptions to its policies.
Preproposals will be reviewed by the Regulatory Science Advisory Committee and selected candidates will be invited to submit a full application. Applicants will be notified via email mid-February, 2014 as to whether they have been selected to submit a full application and additional application instructions will be posted on this website at that time. The committee will interview finalists and make recommendations for awards to the BWF Board of Directors.