Scientist Development Award
This award is designed to support promising Department of Internal Medicine faculty making the transition from fellowship/post-doctoral training or as early faculty into a career as an independent researcher. The purpose of the award is to provide support for faculty, at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level, during which the applicant would participate in a mentored research-training program. It is anticipated that most, but not all, applicants will be senior fellows or in the first two years of a faculty appointment at the time of submission.
This mentored program provides support for salary as well as research and/or education costs for one year of research training in an environment where awardees will interact with more established investigators in the Department of Internal Medicine and their collaborators. Up to one award will be made annually. The goal of funding at this level is to provide an opportunity for young scientists to embark on focused research and research training that will allow them to be competitive for the next level of career development awards (e.g. NIH K Award, VA Career Development Award, or equivalent foundation award). It is expected that the awardee will demonstrate significant productivity during the one-year funding period including but not limited to serving as the PI on external grant applications, first-author manuscript submissions, and/or participation in meaningful professional development (e.g. research training) activities. Through this award, the Department provides a means for ensuring more qualified, highly-trained investigators at UNMC.
The application period for 2026 will open fall 2025.
Award Amount: Up to $100,000 in total funds for 1 year
Prior Award Winners
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2025 Awardee |
Amarnath R Annapureddy, MBBS, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Proposal titled "Enhancing Ischemic Heart Disease Evaluation: A Physiology-Driven Strategy for Identifying INOCA." |
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2024 Awardee |
Bo Liu, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Proposal titled "Multifunctional zwitterionic hydrogels loading S100A9 inhibitor for postoperative abdominal adhesion prevention." |
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2023 Awardee |
Amber Brown Keebler, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine Proposal titled “Impact of Obesity and Depression on Patient Reported Disease Severity and Financial Toxicity in Psoriatic Arthritis.” |
 2022 Awardee |
Lindsay Helget, MD, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
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2021 Awardee |
Christopher D'Angelo, MD, Division of Hematology & Oncology
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2021 Awardee |
Dustin Krutsinger, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
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2020 Awardee |
Doug Franz, MD, Division of Nephrology
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2019 Awardee |
Richard Hankins, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases
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2018 Awardee |
Paul Thomes, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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2017 Awardee |
Bryant England, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
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2016 Inaugural Awardee |
Anery Patel, MD, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
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