The objective of the Weill Cornell Medicine Mastercard Diversity Mentorship Pilot Grant Program is to provide support for early career under represented minority in medicine (URiM) clinical fellows or faculty interested in pursuing a career as physician-scientists or translational scientists.
The program focuses on underrepresented minority in medicine (URiM) clinical fellows or faculty who have a promising research project but have not yet garnered a federal career-development award (the so-called K-award), or the equivalent. Candidates can apply for a year of research funding, thus freeing them from clinical obligations and supporting their ability to collect preliminary data needed for a competitive K award application. Applicants must be URiM Clinical Fellows, Instructors or Assistant Professors at WCM.
Please contact Amna Aslam at ama4015@med.cornell.edu with any questions.
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