Teva USA Scholars Grants

Request for Proposals

Award Information

Amount: $100,000 per year for 3 years

Number of awards: 3

Award period: September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2012

Eligibility

An applicant must be a tenured faculty member of a PhD-granting department in the United States, and have received his/her first tenure decision during or after the 2004-05 academic year. Read more about Eligibility, Terms, and Conditions for TEVA USA Scholars Grants.

Research Area and Evaluation Criteria

Applications for the TEVA USA Scholars grants must propose research in the area of organic chemistry, with potential or direct connections with medicinal chemistry, such that the successful results would be of practical benefit to the discovery of organic compounds useful as human medicines. Proposals will be evaluated on: a) scientific merit, creativity and novelty; and b) addressing unexplored fields in organic and/or medicinal chemistry. General aspects of research proposals will also be considered, such as: Is the project achievable within the time frame? Are the personnel and facilities adequate? Does the applicant consider and address potential problems?

Budget Guidelines

The following budget restrictions will apply:

No institutional overhead charges, nor facilities and administrative charges will be charged to the grant, nor will any be provided by ACS-TEVA.

Applications will include a budget in the amount of $100,000 for each of three years (Total = $300,000) with the following categories: personnel (multiple categories – below); reagents and expendables; permanent equipment; travel. A brief budget explanation should be part of the proposal; budget considerations may be part of the evaluation of the proposal.

A maximum of $10,000 per year may be used to support the principal investigator’s salary. Postdoctoral fellows, research associates, technicians, graduate students (stipend and/or tuition), and/or undergraduate students may be supported through the grant, at levels commensurate with the grantee’s department or academic unit.

A maximum of $5,000 per year may be used for travel, including travel to conferences or symposia, or to collaborating laboratories. Travel to present research results must be budgeted for the third year; see below.

At the end of each grant year, the grantee will submit a financial report (and a scientific progress report; see below). Of the support given, funds remaining at the end of each grant year may be carried forward into the next.

Submitting an Application

Proposals must be submitted using the application form downloadable from this web page. This application will consist of:

1. Title page, signed by applicant and institutional officer for grants.
2. Budget page with budget justification.
3. Description of current grant support and research resources, including facilities and personnel.
4. Listed suggested review panelists.
5. Scientific narrative, to total no more than 20 pages, in 12-point double spaced font, and including all figures, tables and illustrations. A recommended outline for this section:

• Abstract
• Background and Significance
• Specific Aims
• Experimental Plan, including personnel and resources

6. References for the narrative section
7. Curriculum vitae for the principal investigator and any critical senior personnel (such as collaborator or technical expert); each CV should be no more than five pages and contain only information necessary for the evaluation of the applicant’s qualifications in the context of the proposal. Highlight names of former mentors.

The preceding portions of the application must be compiled into a single PDF document. It is highly recommended that the PDF be created predominantly or entirely from existing Word documents, rather than created from a scanner. This will keep the file size to a minimum and improve clarity of the document. The entire PDF must be emailed to acs-teva@acs.org. This email address will become active on April 6, 2009, and will close on May 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.

Evaluation Process

Each proposal will be reviewed by a panel of senior U.S. scientists. Final selection of award recipients is scheduled for August 2009. As part of the application, the applicant will list four suggested panelists, more than four years beyond tenure and thus ineligible to apply. Suggested panelists must have no personal or professional relationship with the applicant that would create the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Scientific and Financial Reporting Requirements

Each grant recipient will be required to submit an annual scientific progress report as well as a financial report to the ACS Office of Research Grants during each year of the grant period. ACS shall, in its sole discretion and consistent with its standard practices, determine whether the grant recipient is meeting the goals and objectives appropriately.

Each grant recipient will be required to present a lecture during or promptly following the grant period at a time and place to be agreed upon by the grant recipient and the ACS. Recipients’ travel costs in connection with the lecture should be budgeted in travel for the third year. Preliminary plans are to arrange a symposium for the grantees at an ACS National Meeting.

Program Manager

Dr. Jeffrey Smiley, telephone: (202) 872-6093, e-mail: j_smiley@acs.org