Resident Faculty Scholar

The Resident Faculty Scholar Grant Program supports faculty members, or small groups of faculty members, at institutions in the United States or Canada, to utilize BWF Headquarters as a site for mini-sabbaticals and project incubation. This program provides dedicated protected time to initiate or accelerate their work when aligned with BWF priorities and goals. The nature of the mini-sabbaticals/project incubation sessions is quite flexible and would be envisioned to support work at the BWF Headquarters for two to six months. Funds are available to support travel, lodging, meetings, and faculty salary. Office space, computer access, meeting facilities and other dry laboratory resources are available on site. BWF anticipates two proposals to be awarded in the first year of applications. The program encourages all stages of seniority of faculty to apply. This award provides flexibility for faculty to focus on work that aligns with Burroughs Wellcome Fund priorities, including biomedical sciences, interfaces in science, and other areas of interest to BWF. Recipients have utilized the program for initiatives ranging from art-science institutes to evolutionary medicine and global health projects.