Grant Information
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces a one-time award program providing support for faculty time spent on developing improved approaches to training graduate students for a more quantitative and statistically-informed approach to thinking and a more model-driven approach to doing research in the biomedical and related life sciences.
Up to four grants of $150,000 will support faculty effort and relevant administrative support for up to two years of work on curricular development, and/or pulling together elements from multiple departments, and/or course and workshop development, as well as other efforts focused on building or substantially restructuring didactic elements of graduate training. We hope to seed development of Ph.D.s who will be more quantitative, more formally prepared in experimental design, and more able to think with and from models and statistics.
Advisory Committee
There is currently no advisory committee for this funding opportunity.
Application Files
Please note:
Supplements and appendices are NOT to be included in the proposal
Budget Form
Budget Form
Signature Page
Signature Page
Progress Reporting
Due Date: As stated in the contract
Progress and financial reports are required for all BWF grants. These reports let us know how your pilot project worked and help us understand how we might make our programs better. Our advisory committees, Board of Directors, and staff rely on timely reports. Late reports set back our annual work cycle and are a considerable inconvenience.
The program officer is happy to talk with you if you have concerns about the process, or if you would like insight into how to write about elements of your project that may have gone differently than planned.
BWF has provided Progress Report Guidelines to assist in the preparation and submission of Progress Reports. Institutions must provide a financial report. Both reports must be submitted by the due date on forms that will be provided and according to the instructions below. All PDF on-line forms and instructions referenced on this page can be accessed below. Failure to submit progress or financial reports in a timely fashion will result in deferment of payments and/or termination of funding.
Progress Reporting for Awardees
Sections of the Progress Report
I. Cover Sheet
The Cover Sheet for your Progress Report must be completed on-line (see below) and should contain the following information:
- BWF Request ID number for your grant
- Name of Awardee
- Institution and Department
- Current title of awardee
- Project title
- Progress report period
- Date report submitted
II. Progress Summary
- Abstract. Include as a PDF file the < 300 word abstract from your original proposal.
- Proposal. Provide a brief summary of the original goals of the proposal.
- Progress and Results (3 pages maximum). Describe the progress made toward the original goals of the proposal. Be sure to include the impact of the project, how it has changed the career readiness of those impacted, how it was delivered to the trainees, strategies used for evaluating its impact, and, if appropriate, how the project has been expanded to reach more trainees or adopted by other institutions.
III. Biosketch
Include a current Curriculum Vitae or an updated NIH-style biographical sketch.
IV. Financial Report
The Financial Report must be completed by the institutional financial officer using the on-line form provided. The report should contain the typed name of both the awardee and the institutional officer completing the report. Original signatures are not required, only typed names.
The Financial Report may be submitted under separate cover, as a PDF file, to Muno Sekhon, program associate, at msekhon@bwfund.org.
Report Format
Number each subsection separately and use a minimum 11-point font size with one inch margins on all sides. Combine all subsections, including the cover sheet, into one PDF file. The Financial Report may also be submitted as a separate PDF file.
Report Submission
Submit your entire Progress Report in one PDF via email to Muno Sekhon by the deadline stated in the contract. If you have questions, please contact Muno Sekhon by email or phone 919-991-5122.
There is currently no FAQ for this funding opportunity.
2018
University of Chicago Stefano Allesina, PhD Quantitative biology fellowships
University of Tennessee-Knoxville Louis Joseph Gross, PhD Enhancing Quantitative and Data Science Education for Graduate Students in Biomedical Science
University of Washington Bingni Wen Brunton, PhD Transforming biology graduate training through quantitative experimental dialectics (QED)
Award Timeline
Aug 01, 2018
Notice of Award
Oct 01, 2018
Award Start Date
Oct 01, 2020
Award End Date
Program Contacts
