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Applications for the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships and James Woods Awards are due by September 25, 2020


The Office of Research is now accepting applications for the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Awards. The Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine are given to promising junior faculty at the UNC School of Medicine while the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Awards are given specifically to promising junior members of the medical school clinical faculty.

This year, award recipients will be expected to give a talk as part of UNC Research Week that will take place from October 19, 2020 – October 23, 2020.

For both awards, full-time faculty who have held a UNC faculty appointment for at least three years are eligible for nomination.

The Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship RFA can be found here and the James Woods Awards RFA here. which will have more information about the awards and nomination process and required materials. Applications for both awards are due on September 25, 2020. Applications and questions should be submitted to OoR_Submissions@med.unc.edu.