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Samuels Foundation Fellowship for Psychoanalytic Research

Application

Deadlines:

• Letter of Intent - July 1, 2006
• Application - October 1, 2006

Purpose:

The Samuels Foundation Fellowship provides funding for research related to the theory and/or practice of psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychology. In the spirit of a fellowship, the successful applicant must clarify how the project will enable, foster or support a new professional, intellectual or research direction for him or her related to psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychology are broadly defined and include but are not limited to psychoanalytic theory, psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy as treatments, and development seen through a psychoanalytic lens. Applicants are encouraged to define the boundary of this stipulation as they see it. However, the project must address a question of importance to psychoanalysis.

Eligibility:

The applicant must be from at least one of the following categories:

• Current member of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis or a candidate or student of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute or Modern Perspectives on Psychotherapy Program.
• Current faculty member or doctoral student at the George Washington University (Clinical Faculty are eligible).
• Recent graduates (within three years) of either institution.

The award will be open to Early Career and Established Career applicants.

Early Career applicants are investigators who are still working with a mentor or have no more than five years of independent research experience. They can also be clinicians who are interested in making a transition in their work to include research. To be considered under the Early Career designation, the investigator should be in a training status or in the first stage of a research or clinical career. Any previous grant received by the Early Career applicant should be exploratory or a Public Health Service Small Grant or its equivalent.

Early Career applicants must select a mentor. The mentor essentially sponsors the fellow through active mentoring and supervision. The mentor must have a clear knowledge of the proposal and the applicants mentoring needs and be willing to commit to regular meetings with the applicant. No funds will be provided for the mentor. The application must include a detailed letter from the mentor. The committee will review this letter carefully and considers it an important element of the application.

Established Career applicants are those investigators with a proved track record in research who want to expand their research into areas of psychoanalytic interest. The Samuels Foundation Fellowship forEstablished Career applicants is not intended to supplement an existing grant but can be used to open new areas of investigation of psychoanalytic interest related to any on-going funded project.

Established Career investigators typically require a collaborator as one way of demonstrating both the feasibility of project and the opportunities for new intellectual growth. A letter from a collaborator is required for the Established Career applicant.Other important criteria for both Early and Established Career applicants:

• The applicant must be the principal investigator of the project.
• The applicant cannot serve as a surrogate for support of a larger project directed by someone else.
• The applicant must clarify the independent status of the proposed project.
• The applicant must document the feasibility of completing the project within the award period.

The Award:

The Fellowship provides funding up to $15,000. The usual award period is one year. The selection committee may chose to make two or more smaller awards or one large one. All applicants must file a brief letter of intent by July 1, 2006. The letter of intent must give a brief description of both the project and the applicant's qualifications. It should state whether the application will be for an Early Career Award or an Established Career Award.

Application Procedure:

1. A written application must contain no more than 3,500 words, not including the required bibliography. It must include a concise summary of the specific aims of the project, the scientific background of the project including literaturecitations and its significance for psychoanalysis, a description of the sample and the procedures for collecting data. A plan for data analysis must also be included.
2. In addition to the 3,500 word project description the application must contain an abstract that clearly states whether the application is for an early career or an established career award, a description of the protection of human subjects, a bibliography of scientific literature cited in the application and a budget with detailed justifications.
3. The application must also include an abbreviated CV following the format of an NIH application which focuses on professional qualifications and published papers and books.
   • List current positions
   • List educational achievements
   • List peer reviewed publications relevant to the proposed project with full citation
   • Provide information on any research projects in which you participated which are relevant to the current project
4. Fellowship funds may be used for partial salary support, research equipment, subject fees, travel or other research costs. No indirect costs to institutions will be allowed.
5. The present fellowship committee will serve as the selection committee but may use outside consultants to review specific applications, on a confidential basis.
6. Applicants will be encouraged to contact members of the committee for guidance on the suitability of their proposals, of their proposed mentors, and of their collaborators, or they may seek consultation on the application process.
7. As a condition of the award, applicants must submit to the committee a full report on their project within 30 days after the conclusion of the award period
8. As a routine matter, the selection committee will not provide feedback to applicants other than the outcome of their application. However, the committee may choose, selectively, to provide feedback where it may be helpful and encouraging to either successful or unsuccessful applicants.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 5 PM ON OCTOBER 1, 2006.

Send letters of intent and applications to Davdi Reiss, MD, Warwick 3, 2300 K St NW, Wahsington DC.

Budget:

For the application, the committee is interested in how you intend to use the grant money to complete your project. Grant money can only be used for direct expenses. These include salaries, equipment, travel, consultant costs, and other costs that are directly related to your project. Estimate the costs in your application. If your proposal is accepted, the committee will ask you to complete a more detailed budget.

Protection of Human subjects:

If human subjects are involved in the research, the applicant must follow NIH requirements. These requirements may be found on the internet at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/SF424_RRGuide_General.pdf.

For all research involving human subjects, a part of the peer review process will include careful consideration of protections from research risks, as well as the appropriate inclusion of women, minorities, and children. The Samuels Fellowship Selection Committee will assess the adequacy of safeguards of the rights and welfare of research participants. The evaluation of the subject protection and subject inclusion plans will be factored into the overall evaluation of the application.