Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Who can apply
The progress report must be submitted annually on August 1st.. Letters of Recommendation (three are required) must be converted to PDF files and uploaded to the application for electronic submission by the Recommender and by the deadline date.. All applicants must stay within the set five-page limit or the application will be rejected.
About this opportunity
The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program provides opportunities for assistant professors to bring multidisciplinary approaches to studying human infectious diseases. The program aims to provide accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level with opportunities to study what happens at the points where the systems of humans and potentially infectious agents connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of these encounters: how colonization, infection, commensalism, and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones. PATH is a highly competitive award program that provides $505,000 over five years to study pathogenesis. The program intends to give ...