AST Fellowship Grants
Fellowship Grants
The 2010 AST Awards and Grants submission site is now closed.
The goals of the AST Fellowship Grants are:
- To foster training of new young investigators who have the potential to contribute to our understanding of transplant science/immunobiology and/or treatment of transplant recipients.
- To foster research that is of high merit.
- To encourage high quality applicants who want to develop a career in academic transplantation.
The AST Fellowship Grants are 2 year grants of $40,000/year, designed to provide salary support for individuals who have spent two years or less (at the time of the application) performing research in the area of transplantation since obtaining their last post-doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent). See Eligibility Requirements for more detailed information.
The AST Fellowship Grant applications are submitted in one of two primary categories.
The Grants all share the same eligibility requirements, application and review process.
AST Clinical Science Fellowship Grant
The Clinical Science Fellowship Grants relate to the observation and treatment of patients. Clinical science grants cover three main categories: Clinical Trials, Clinical Outcomes, and Translational Research that involves materials from human patients.
Clinical Trials: should be designed to answer specific question(s) about new therapies or new ways of using known treatments. Preference will be given to prospective studies.
Clinical Outcomes or Observational Studies: should be designed to better define the causes and/or consequences of pathological or biological processes in transplantation. Retrospective studies may be appropriate. However, proposals that analyze registry data (e.g. data collected by the United Network for Organ Sharing) are expected to test unique hypotheses or employ new data or methodologies. The analysis, including the statistics, should be performed by the applicant and not by the providing data registry group.
The Influence of Public Policy on Transplantation: such studies are designed to evaluate the effects of public health care policy on health care delivery, medication choices, and/or outcomes pertaining to transplant recipients.
Translational Research: projects involve human tissue or other biologic material for in vitro examination to address a clinical issue related to transplantation. In general, these studies should link the in vitro results to other data or outcomes from the same patients to be considered a clinical research fellowship proposal.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The AST will not assume responsibility for any clinical study funded by the AST Awards and Grants Program. Such proposals must be IRB-approved. Any responsibility will be assumed by the P.I. and the funded institution.
AST Basic Science Fellowship Grant
The AST Basic Science Fellowship Grants are intended to broadly support work in transplantation biology ranging from pertinent basic immunology to animal studies. All types of organ, tissue, and cell transplants will be considered. The project should provide a strong training vehicle for the applicant, in keeping with the overall mission of the AST Fellowship Grants.