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Requests and proposals are to be submitted to Kathy Stanwix-Hay. Indicate program name in subject line.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the John P. Wyatt, M.D. Traveling Fellowship. A $10,000 award will be made to a UK scientist for the purpose of studying and disseminating information related to environmentally-caused diseases. A maximum of $3,500 will go to the UK researcher, with the balance to be used to cover the travel expenses and an honorarium for an external symposium speaker(s).
Interested faculty and senior research staff are to submit the following information to Ms. Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@uky.edu) in the Office of the Vice President for Research by Tuesday, December 1:
- brief proposal outlining the purpose and significance of the research and topic for the symposium (2-3 pages)
- budget
- name of suggested external invited speaker(s)
- curriculum vitae of the PI
Selection of the recipient will be made by a committee of researchers and administrators appointed by the Vice President for Research. The fellowship will be awarded in early January 2010 and the symposium must be held no later than December 31, 2010. Please contact Kathy Stanwix-Hay, stanwix@uky.edu or 257-5090 if you have questions.
This fellowship honors Dr. John P. Wyatt, M.D., who was director of the University of Kentucky Tobacco and Health Research Institute from 1974 until January 1980. Dr. Wyatt was a pathologist who received his M.D. degree from the University of Manitoba in 1938 and completed his medical training on a fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Before coming to UK in 1974, he was professor and head of the departments of pathology at St. Louis University where he was involved in black lung research and at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Wyatt was a pulmonary diseases researcher who published over 100 articles covering viruses and diverse lung injuries.