The Committee on Special Awards (CoSA) is part of the Dean's Research Council and is responsible for identifying new strategies that will improve our ability to compete for the numerous highly prestigious awards and grants that Icahn School of Medicine at Mount faculty are invited to apply for each year.
CoSA works closely with faculty that has the appropriate scientific expertise for evaluating research applications critically to determine the candidates who most likely will compete successfully for awards. CoSA identifies special awards as well as awards opportunities for which new investigators, newly recruited faculty, and senior faculty are eligible.
CoSA assists faculty in the preparation of applications and letters of support required from the Dean. In addition, CoSA helps facilitate processing and mailing the application to the award sponsor.
Current Opportunities
Many foundations restrict the number of grant applications that can be submitted from any single institution. Email announcement to the Mount Sinai community of these opportunities request pre-proposal versions of applications whose deadline is usually 6 weeks prior to the funding agency’s deadline. The pre-proposals are then evaluated by CoSA.. Based on the resultant ranking, the committee recommends applications to the Dean for his approval. In addition to ranking the candidates, feedback for improvement of their applications is given to all candidates.
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Sponsor |
Name of Award |
Eligibility |
Restrictions |
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AAMC |
Assistant professor - help achieve institutional diversity objectives/eliminate health care disparities. |
Award Amount: $15K |
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
MD, DVM, or PhD |
Award Amount: $500K over five years. |
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
Bridging support for advanced postdoc training and initial faculty years. |
Award Amount: $700K for five years. |
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
Bridging support for advanced postdoc training and initial faculty years. |
Award Amount: Up to $500K for three years. |
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Charles A. Dana Foundation |
David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program |
Application of imaging research to improve understanding of the brain, the immune system, and their interactions in health and disease. |
Award Amount: up to $200K over three years. |
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JP Morgan Bank |
Sinsheimer Scholar Award |
Assistant Professor in first three years - research on prevention or cure of human disease. |
Award Amount: $150K payable over three years. |
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation |
Candidate must be MD or MD/PhD in clinical research within first four years of assistant professor appointment. |
Award Amount: $150K/year for three years |
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Irma T. Hirschl Trust |
Junior faculty. |
Award Amount: $35K/year for five years. |
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Mary Kay Ash Foundation |
Focuses on funding research for innovative grants for translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast, or cervical cancer. |
Award Amount: up to $100K for two years. |
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Pew |
Assistant professors, not more than three years at this rank. |
Award Amount: $60K/year for four years. |
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Searle |
Assistant professors - not more than two years in first assistant professor appointment. |
Award Amount: $100K/year for three years. |
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Charles H. Revson Foundation |
Senior Fellowships in the Life Sciences |
Postdocs with two-three years of experience, currently in a NYC medical school. |
Award Amount: $65K/year for two years. |
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AAMC |
Abraham Flexner Award - contributions to medical education |
Highest honor academic medicine presents for sustained contributions to American medical education. |
Award Amount: $10K |
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AAMC |
Herbert W. Nickens Award |
To an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health equity in the United States. |
Award Amount: $10K |
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AAMC |
Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences Award |
Honors outstanding medical research related to health and disease. |
Award Amount: $5K |
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AAMC |
Spencer Foreman Outstanding Community Service Award |
Institutional award for broad-based continuing commitment to community service. |
Award Amount: Commemorative crystal piece. |
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AAMC |
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award |
Honors a medical school faculty physician (MD or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. |
Award Amount: Grant of $1K or 5K to institution. |
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AAMC |
Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award |
Assistant professor or higher rank. |
Award Amount: $10K to recipient, $5K to institution; $1K to chapter. |
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AAMC |
David E. Rogers Award |
To a member of a medical school faculty who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people. |
Award Amount: $10K |
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MSSM Donor |
Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award |
Junior faculty (first five years of tenure track assistant professor appointment) in either basic science or clinical research. |
Award Amount: $9,000 – up to four awards/year. |
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MSSM Donor |
Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award |
Female postdoctoral fellow currently at ISMMS who intends to complete her training in the next one to two years |
Award Amount: $25,000 – to supplement current salary |
| Alexandrine and Alexander L. Sinsheimer Fund | Sinsheimer Award | Within first three years of assistant professor appointment | Award Amount:$150,000 over 3 years Deadline: April One application per institution |
| Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation |
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. |
Faculty members who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees, Within first four years of a tenure-track position, Without current RO1 funding |
Award Amount: $60,000 for up to three years |
| MSSM Donor |
Solomon Silver Award in Clinical Medicine |
Assistant Professor who applies the advances in scientific and laboratory medicine to the practice of medicine at the patient level |
Award Amount: $400 |
| American Diabetes Association | Diabetes Research Career Initiator Award | Post-doctoral fellow, or research fellow (less than seven years of research training following terminal doctoral degree) |
Award Amount: $100/yr for two years followed by up to five years of support for $325,000/year |
| American Diabetes Association |
Diabetes Research Career Accelerator Award |
Early stage faculty establishing successful, independent diabetes research programs |
Award Amount: $325,000/year for five years |
| American Diabetes Association |
Diabetes Research Visionary Award |
Established, experienced investigators with strong records of outstanding productivity – new to Diabetes research |
Award Amount: $325,000/year for five years |
| Mary Kay Charitable Foundation | Mary Kay Ash Award | Innovative grants for translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast or cervical cancer |
Award Amount: $100,000 over 2 years |