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The Brookdale Foundation is pleased to announce the new Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program. This program, based on the Brookdale National Fellowship program, was created to encourage the emerging leaders in the field of aging. The Leadership in Aging Fellowship provides two years of support to junior academics to focus on a project that will help establish them in an area of aging research. The Fellowship is open to a broad range of disciplines including, but not limited to, medical, biological and basic sciences, nursing, social sciences, the arts and humanities. We seek candidates who have: (1) leadership potential; (2) an ongoing commitment to a career in aging; (3) a mentor (or mentors); (4) and who will commit at least 75% of his or her time for career development during each of the two years of the Fellowship. The award* is a two-year grant paid to the candidate’s sponsoring institution in support of the candidate’s research project. The grant amount of up to $125,000 each year is intended to cover 75% of the Fellow’s time, base salary and fringe benefits. The award could also be used to include the support of a graduate assistant if necessary as long as the total amount does not exceed $125,000. The Fellowship, which is to all professionals in the field of aging, was created by the Foundation to encourage the emerging leaders in the field of aging. Applications and Guidelines for the 2009 Fellowship will be available on this site the first week of September.
Reviewers only, please Click here to access the applications. For additional information contact Nora O'Brien at norao@brookdalefoundation.org. |