Grants Focused on Health Care-Associated Infections

Career Development Opportunities
Dear Colleague,

We are excited to let you know about a new Special Emphasis Notice AHRQ recently issued. This notice announces career development grant opportunities for individuals who are focused on reducing and eliminating health care-associated infections within health care settings, including acute care areas within hospitals, same-day surgery centers, dialysis centers, ambulatory outpatient care clinics, and long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities.

We highly encourage you to share this information with colleagues and students who are interested in pursuing research careers related to prevention and more effective management of health care-associated infections. Links to the notice and to each of our individual career development programs, including their content, eligibility, and coverage, follow:

Special Emphasis Notices

Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development (K01, K02, K08) Grants Focused on Health Care-Associated Infections: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-10-009.html

Individual Career Development Awards

We recently expanded our career development opportunities to include support for mentored research scientists. This opportunity will run parallel with our ongoing mentored clinical scientist program. We are also continuing our Independent Scientist Development Program, which is open to students pursuing either clinical or research doctorates.

· Mentored Research Scientists:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-022.html

· Mentored Clinical Scientists:
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm#MCSDA

· Independent Scientist Awards:
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm#ISA

If you have questions regarding any of these opportunities, please contact the appropriate staff member associated with each program. Their names are listed at: http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/trgstaff.htm

Thank you for helping us spread the word on this outstanding opportunity.

Sincerely,

Francis Chesley, Jr., M.D.
Director
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations