CIMIT Career Development Awards

2011 CIMIT Miles & Eleanor Shore Fellowship Career Development Award: Request for Applications is now closed

CIMIT Career Development Awards allow an individual with established expertise in one medical or technical area to acquire knowledge in a second medical or technical area that will allow him/her to make unique subsequent interdisciplinary contributions. A mentor must be identified in the new area, and the applicant and the mentor must together present an educational curriculum to acquire the additional knowledge base, and also a description of the benefits likely to be enabled by this training. The applicant must commit to attending the CIMIT Forum on a regular basis, and participating in other CIMIT activities, such as the annual Innovation Congress.

The 2011 CIMIT Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellowship will be given to an early career Harvard Medical School Faculty applicant who best represents the CIMIT values of academic excellence, near term impact on patient care, interest and aptitude for innovation, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

This fellowship is a Career Development Award and is open to early career Harvard Medical School Faculty applicants such as Fellows and Junior Faculty.

Programmatic fit within an existing CIMIT program area, in the gaps between program areas or expand into a new area within the CIMIT Mission
Collaborative nature of the project (multidisciplinary/ inter-institutional)
High likelihood of rapid impact on patient care, with plans that include early “prove-out” milestones.
Other established funding mechanisms are not appropriate or available as a funding source and CIMIT support (including facilitation support) is essential to its success.
Potential exit strategies for the project including future alternative funding sources, contacts with companies, licensing and venturing opportunities.

Established expertise in a medical or technical area
An explicit plan for acquiring knowledge in a second area
Explanation of how that new knowledge will permit unique interdisciplinary contributions to medical device development or clinical practice.
An identified mentor with expertise in the new area
A curriculum jointly developed by the applicant and mentor to complete the curriculum by devoting the requested % FTE over a 1-year period
Next-stage development direction

The 2011 CIMIT Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellowship will be given to an early career Harvard Medical School applicant who best represents the CIMIT values of academic excellence, near term impact on patient care, interest and aptitude for innovation, and multidisciplinary collaboration

This fellowship is open to Harvard Medical School applicants such as Fellows and Junior Faculty.