Build My Research Career
If you are serious about research and want it to be a significant part of your career, there are many avenues toward gaining initial funding and experience.
Consider a research fellowship. There are many grants that will fund a fellow, and many institutions have grants that fund the institution for their fellowship. In order to be a truly successful career researcher, you need research training. A fellowship is ideal for this purpose since it typically designates time and training for this purpose.
http://www.saem.org/membership/services/fellowship-directory?Fellowship_Type=Research
Consider a research fellowship. There are many grants that will fund a fellow, and many institutions have grants that fund the institution for their fellowship. In order to be a truly successful career researcher, you need research training. A fellowship is ideal for this purpose since it typically designates time and training for this purpose.
http://www.saem.org/membership/services/fellowship-directory?Fellowship_Type=Research
- Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) grants
http://www.emfoundation.org/EMF.aspx?id=108 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grants
- Overview of all AHRQ grant mechanisms:
http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/mechanisms/index.html - Overview of AHRQ research training programs:
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm
- Overview of all AHRQ grant mechanisms:
- SAEM foundation grants
http://www.saem.org/saem-foundation/grants - NIH “K” (Career Development) awards –
http://grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants.html - Other private foundations
- The Foundation Center is a good source for foundation information:
http://foundationcenter.org/
- The Foundation Center is a good source for foundation information:
- Participation as a “co-PI” for a study: If you are not quite ready for leading a study independently, one way to learn is to be a part of a team of investigators. Ask around your institution or network with others at SAEM.
- Participation as a study site for a multi-center trial – this is another “stepping stone” to more independent work (or can be a career in itself). This may be an option if your department already has the resources and experience in doing such studies.
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, see above)- http://www.ahrq.gov
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)- http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)- http://www.phe.gov
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)- http://www.cdc.gov
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)- http://www.cms.gov
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- http://www.fda.gov
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)- http://www.nih.gov
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA)- http://www.samhsa.gov
- Department of Transportation
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Office of Emergency Medical Services- http://www.nhtsa.gov
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- Department of Justice
- Office of Justice Programs (OJP)- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov
- Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
- Office on Violence Against Women (OVAW)- http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov
- Department of Homeland Security
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)- http://www.fema.gov