The Grunebaum Faculty Research Fellowship

The Karin Grunebaum Faculty Research Fellowship, an annual faculty award, will provide $50,000 in funds to a selected faculty member for a period of one year. In addition, upon request, the Foundation will separately provide up to $1,500 for the selected faculty member to travel to seminars and meetings related to their research.

Eligible candidates are BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty who are in the first 4 years of a faculty appointment and conduct laboratory or translational cancer research. Eligible faculty must work in BUSM space and awards must be managed through BU.

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Chair’s nomination letter (one-page maximum)
Candidate’s description of his/her current research, including a description of how this award will help in building an independent research program
Candidate’s full CV

Applications must be submitted as a single PDF file via the BU-BMC Cancer Center website no later than Wednesday May 1, 2024 at 8:00 PM EST.

The funding period is June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. The recipient will be expected to meet in person with the Trustees of the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation (in Boston) on June 14, 2024 and again in June of 2025 to give a brief presentation on their research. All research publications benefiting from these funds must credit the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation.

Please contact Erin McCarthy, Cancer Center Administrator, with any questions about this fellowship opportunity.

Candidate Name*
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Faculty Position*
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Section (if applicable)
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Max. file size: 100 MB.
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Current Fellowship Recipient
2021-2022
Gareth Morgan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Past Fellowship Recipients
2020-2021
Muzhou Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

2019-2020
Maria Dafne Cardamone, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

2018-2019
Joshua Campbell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

2017-2018
Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

2016-2017
Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

2015-2016
Neil Ganem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine