Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers Grant

The Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers, funded by the American Academy Of Sleep Medicine Foundation, aims to develop early-career sleep scientists through a structured grant writing curriculum. Participants receive mentorship and training to submit competitive federal career development grants, such as NIH K awards. The program includes lectures and grant review sessions, ensuring applicants complete their proposals successfully. Additionally, a travel scholarship is offered for in-person meetings, fostering collaboration and growth in sleep research.

The AASM Foundation is committed to growing and supporting the pipeline of sleep scientists by investing in the research careers of new investigators through mentorship and grantsmanship training opportunities.
The Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers is a research training program designed to support early career sleep and circadian investigators through a structured and mentored grant writing curriculum. At the end of the program, the early career investigators will be expected to have a completed grant application to submit for a federal career development grant such as an NIH K award. This program aims to increase the number of early-career investigators who successfully apply for and secure external sleep research funding.
Curriculum
The Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers (SOAR) will start with an orientation in September and officially run from October to April. The program will match each accepted applicant to faculty who will review and provide feedback on components of the grant through grant review sessions for the duration of the program. Accepted applicants will have access to grant writing lectures focused on career development grants and participate in live grant review sessions with SOAR faculty to get feedback on different components of their grant.
Accepted applicants are expected to complete components of their grant application on time, attend the grant review session, work with their site mentor to revise their grant based on feedback provided by the SOAR faculty, and have a completed career development grant application at the end of the program that they can submit to federal funding agency for funding within 1 year of ending the program.
Funding
SOAR provides invaluable access to diverse faculty who are leading expert sleep investigators and access to curated lectures on building various components of a competitive research grant.
In addition, SOAR provides a travel scholarship that includes travel and lodging funded by the AASM Foundation to the in-person meeting.

Eligibility

Sleep scientists (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, DNP, DNSc, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent) who are eligible to apply for a federal career development grant at the completion of the Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers.Must be members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
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Ineligibility

Individuals who have received a federal career development award (NIH K grant, VA Career Development Award, or equivalent), or independent federal research funding (NIH R01 or equivalent) are not eligible to apply.Individuals who are at an institution outside of the United States.