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Funding Source: 2026 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Program

Amount: $110,000 annually, for a period of up to five years

Key Deadline: 08/05/2025

Details/Guidelines/Instructions: InfoReady – Applications

Brief Overview:  On behalf of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, I would like to notify you that the University has been invited to nominate one candidate for the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Program. The Program provides early-career biomedical scholars with an opportunity to pursue research with above-average risk in the areas of cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. Those selected will be designated Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, and the affiliated institution will receive financial support from the Rita Allen Foundation of up to $110,000 annually, for a period of up to five years. For more information, please visit the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Program website.

 

To nominate a candidate, please upload to InfoReady, a draft of your nominee’s proposal narrative/plan of work (4 page limit), along with the nominee’s curriculum vitae (no page limit) and a nomination letter (1-2 pages) no later than August 5, 2025. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The usual Faculty Committee selection process will be invoked if more than one nomination is received. The faculty member who is chosen will be notified as soon as possible so that they have time to prepare a full set of credentials to meet the October 15, 2025, deadline for submission.