Thursday • January 21, 2021
Research Funding Announcements and Events Professional Development
Research Funding
2021 Pearl and Philip Basser Innovation Research Award

The Basser Center for BRCA has established the Pearl and Philip Basser Innovation Research Award to honor an early career investigator conducting innovative BRCA-related research at the University of Pennsylvania. Candidates will be considered from across a variety of disciplines including basic science, translational and clinical researchers. The award provides the recipient with a $40,000 one year, unrestricted research grant. Nominees can be at the level of Instructor through Assistant Professor. Recipients can only receive the award once. For details: https://www.basser.org/investigators

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Request for Applications-Basser Center Internal Grants for Penn Investigators

The Basser Center will review and consider any application on any area of research relevant to increasing our understanding of BRCA1 and BRCA2 and improving clinical care for individuals carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Example areas of research might include basic science of BRCA1/2 function and haploinsuffiency, population science studies including BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, translational science around understanding tumor biology or relevant drug development. For details: https://www.basser.org/investigators-clinicians/grants-program

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PSOM Limited Application - Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program
calendar February 12, 2021

The University has been invited to nominate two faculty members for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program.

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PMI Pilot Grant RFA - Mitochondrial Transport
calendar March 1, 2021

The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute invites early-stage-investigators to apply for an Exploratory Pilot Study grant to begin May 1,2021 focused on "Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Transport and Positioning

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FY 2021 Head and Neck Cancer Program Grant Announcement & RFP
calendar March 14, 2021

The Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology is excited to announce an RFP for funding a round of “Transformational Grants”.

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Announcements and Events
Call for Volunteers- BPC Symposium

Support our BPP postdocs at our 19th Annual BPC symposium on January 28 & 29, 2021.

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Elizabeth Kirk Rose, M'26, INT'30 Women in Medicine Celebration
calendar February 4, 2021

Please join us in honoring Marie A. Bernard, M’76, Dana Beyer, M’78, and Carmen E. Guerra, GM’06. Please visit https://www.pennmedicine.org/virtualwim to register.

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Professional Development
Your First Years as PSOM Faculty: Connection to Success

There are so many university, school, and health system resources available to PSOM faculty, it often takes years to discover even a fraction of them. Don’t wait years. Find out who and what is here to support you in your research, teaching, and clinical efforts.

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Leading Change in Health Care (online course): Zeke Emanuel & Jennifer Myers

In this 6-week course, you will learn about successful transformative practices in various parts of the health care system, which will enable you to lead transformative initiatives in your own org.

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Behavioral Economics and Decision Making (online course): Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

This 6-week course is for those who are interested in testing and applying ideas from psychology to incentivize behavioral change in their workplace and among patients.

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Teaching Clinical Reasoning I (Online 4/12 - 4/23/2021)

This course fulfills a component of the Professional Development Teaching Requirement for Assistant Professors (AC, CE, Tenure)

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From Millennials to Baby Boomers – Intergenerational Communication - (Online 2/8 - 2/26/2021)

During this fun and interactive course, we will describe and discuss the workplace. This course fulfills a component of the Professional Development Teaching Requirement for Assistant Professors

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What COAP Looks for at Reappointment: Getting Started on Your Track
calendar February 10, 2021

Are you preparing for your reappointment? Learn what is involved in the review process, what the PSOM COAP members look for, what should be included in your dossier and your next steps.

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Promotion to Associate Professor, CE, Research, Tenure: What does COAP Look For?
calendar March 16, 2021

It is never too early to prepare for promotion. Learn what is involved in the review process, what is included in your dossier, what the PSOM COAP members assess during the review process.

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