TO:        School of Medicine Faculty

FROM:  Katherine L. Nathanson, MD and Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD

               Co-Chairs, PSOM Limited Applications Selection Committee

RE:          Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program

                https://www.dreyfus.org/camille-dreyfus-teacher-scholar/

DATE:    November 23, 2023

 

We are pleased to announce that the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) has been invited to nominate one candidate for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program.  The PSOM Limited Applications Committee will manage the internal selection process for this opportunity. 

 

PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The Award, which requires an institutional nomination, is based on an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment (see below), and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award provides an unrestricted research grant of $100,000.

 

ELIGIBILITY

The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is open to faculty who meet all of the following criteria:

• Hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment focused on the chemical sciences.
• Normally expected to have been appointed no earlier than mid-year 2018.
• From Ph.D. granting departments in which scholarly research is a principal activity and undergraduate education is an important component.

 

AWARD INFORMATION

• $100,000 unrestricted research grant to the Awardee.
• Of the total amount, $7,500 may be allocated for departmental expenses associated with research and education.
• Charges associated with indirect costs or institutional overhead are not allowed.
• Defrayal of academic-year salary is not permitted. Summer salary is allowed.
• Funds are normally expended over a period of five years.

 

SELECTION

The Foundation seeks Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars who, as independent faculty members, demonstrate leadership in original scholarly research of outstanding quality, as well as innovation in and dedication to education.

 

Recommendations for awards are based upon compelling evidence that the nominee’s independent scholarly research has led to important advances in the chemical sciences and will continue to do so. The three outside letters of support (see below for details) are of particular value to the reviewers in this regard. Other considered factors are awards and honors, publication of research achievements in leading journals, success in attracting research funding, and dedication and contributions to education in the chemical sciences, particularly with respect to undergraduates and the larger community.

 

PSOM APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

To be considered, applicants must submit information in a single PDF in the following order:

• Cover Page which must include:
  •  PI name, title, department, address, phone, email
  • Date of faculty appointment to the University including month and year
  • Names of three people from outside Penn who will write letters of support. Include academic rank, and institution
• Nomination letter: A letter of nomination from an institutional representative highlighting the nominee’s research and teaching accomplishments. In addition, this letter may contain institutional and departmental descriptive information (limited to five pages).
• A summary description of the nominee’s research accomplishments as an independent faculty member, and a description of future research plans (limited to five pages, including references, with use of at least one graphic being encouraged).
• A statement that illustrates the nominee’s efforts in education in the chemical sciences (limited to two pages)
• A CV (limited to four pages), which includes a list of publications in which the corresponding author and undergraduate coauthors are clearly identified. Research support should be indicated.

 

Submission should be in a single pdf file in the following order:  cover sheet, nomination letter, research accomplishments and future plans education statement, CV. The pdf document should be titled as follows: Dreyfus__InvestigatorSurname_Investigator first name. For example: Dreyfus _Doe_Jane.pdf. 

 

Applications are due by 9:00AM on Friday, December 15th and should be e-mailed to: Kaitlyn Hagarty at kaitlyn.hagarty@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.