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BLRD and CSRD recognize the critical contributions that non-clinician scientists make to our research program. The intramural nature of VA research encourages our investigators to make VA their primary professional focus. This includes participation in local and national committees, leadership of research core facilities, collaboration with clinician scientists, teaching, mentoring, and supervising junior investigators, and stewardship of shared resources.
In recognition of these efforts, we offer a funding mechanism to support the salaries of non-clinician scientists who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to VA research beyond their own funded studies and programs: the Research Career Scientist (RCS) award.
The RCS award provides 5-years of salary support. The Senior Research Career Scientist (SRCS) award is provided to highly productive international leaders, who have achieved wide recognition of accomplishments in their research area, and provides 7-years of salary support. For more information about the RCS program, please refer to the documents below.
RCS applications are accepted electronically via Grants.gov. Submission deadlines may be found in Table 3 of the RCS funding opportunity document (RFA). The RCS RFA must be used in conjunction with the VA version of the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Inquiries about the RCS Program should be directed to rcs.materials@va.gov.
BLRD/CSRD Research Career Scientist AwardsUpdated 8/1/23 | |||
↕ Type |
↕ Name | ↕ Location | ↕ Research Area |
RCS | Olszewski, Michal | Ann Arbor, MI | Lung Immunology |
RCS | Caldwell, Ruth B | Augusta, GA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Bollag, Wendy | Augusta, GA | Wound healing |
SRCS | Dong, Zheng | Augusta, GA | Kidney Disorders (AKI) |
RCS | Colgan, Sean | Aurora, CO | Inflamatory bowel diseases, GI disorders |
SRCS | Clemens, Thomas L | Baltimore, MD | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Wang, Jian-Ying | Baltimore, MD | Gut Permeability |
RCS | Chen, Yabing | Birmingham, AL | Cardiovascular Disease |
SRCS | Verfaellie, Mieke | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Spiro, III, Avron | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Epidemiology) |
RCS | Strecker, Robert | Boston, MA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Pasinetti, Giulio M | Bronx, NY | Neurodegenerative (AD,ALS,GWI) |
RCS | Dracheva, Stella | Bronx, NY | Mental health, depressive disorders |
SRCS | Haghighi, Fatemeh | Bronx, NY | Epigenetics (TBI, depression, suicidal behavior) |
SRCS | Hazlett, Erin | Bronx, NY | Mental Health (Sz) |
RCS | Hioe, Catarina E | Bronx, NY | Infectious Diseases (HIV) |
RCS | Fliesler, Steven J | Buffalo, NY | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
SRCS | Ergul, Adviye | Charleston, SC | Cerebral Circulation |
SRCS | Becker, Howard | Charleston, SC | Alcohol Use Disorders |
RCS | Rohrer, Baerbel | Charleston, SC | Age-related Macular Degeneration |
SRCS | Shiromani, Priyattam J | Charleston, SC | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Rana, Ajay | Chicago, IL | Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Pathogenesis |
RCS | Rasenick, Mark | Chicago, IL | Neuropsychiatry |
RCS | Pahan, Kalipada | Chicago, IL | Neurodegenerative disorders (CNS Cell Signaling Animal Models) |
SRCS | Pandey, Subhash C | Chicago, IL | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
RCS | Shahrara, Shiva | Chicago, IL | Rheumatoid Arthritis, inflamation |
RCS | Alrefai, Waddah A | Chicago, IL | Bile Acid Transport |
SRCS | Dudeja, Pradeep K | Chicago, IL | Gastroenterology (Ion transport) |
RCS | Feinstein, Douglas L | Chicago, IL | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Hay, Nissim | Chicago, IL | Cancer metabolism/therapy |
RCS | Cushion, Melanie T | Cincinnati, OH | Infectious Diseases (Pneumocystis) |
RCS | Peachey, Neal S | Cleveland, OH | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Zaheer, Asgar | Columbia MO | Neurodegenerative Diseases (PD, AD, MS, Glial signaling) |
RCS | Mohan, Rajiv | Columbia, MO | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Bysani, Chandrasekar | Columbia, MO | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Merlin, Didier | Decatur, GA | Gastroenterology (IBS) |
RCS | Madhabushi, Anant | Decatur, GA | AI, Precision Oncology |
SRCS | Rather, Philip N | Decatur, GA | Infectious Diseases (Acinetobacter Baumannii) |
SRCS | Shafer, William M | Decatur, GA | Infectious Disease (Gonococcal Infection) |
RCS | Tregellas, Jason | Denver, CO | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
RCS | Rishi, Arun K | Detroit, MI | Cancer (Breast) |
RCS | Mateika, Jason H | Detroit, MI | Lung Disorders (Apnea) |
SRCS | Kowluru, Anjan | Detroit, MI | Diabetes (Beta cells) |
RCS | Kuhn, Donald | Detroit, MI | Chronic effects of TBI, Gulf War Veterans Illnesses |
RCS | Kimbrel, Nathan A | Durham, NC | Genomics Research/Suicidality |
SRCS | Beckham, Jean C | Durham, NC | Mental Health (PTSD, SUDs) |
RCS | Citron, Bruce | East Orange, NJ | Traumatic Brain Injury, Gulf War Illness |
RCS | Chen, Suzie | East Orange, NJ | Cancer (Melanoma) |
RCS | Bellido, Teresita | Indianapolis | Bone biology/osteocytes |
RCS | Allen, Matthew | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Remodeling |
SRCS | Alpini, Gianfranco D | Indianapolis, IN | Biliary Disorders |
SRCS | Jones, Kathryn J | Indianapolis, IN | SCI Repair |
RCS | Robling, Alexander | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Bishop, Gail A | Iowa City, IA | Cancer (Immunology) |
RCS | Basnakian, Alexi | Little Rock, AR | Kidney Diease |
RCS | Ho, Shuk-Mei | Little Rock, AR | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Shmookler Reis, Robert J | Little Rock, AR | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
RCS | Morris, Andrew | Little Rock, AR | Lipid metabolism (carfiovascular and metabolic disease) |
SRCS | Mohan, Subburaman | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Lau, Kin-Hing William | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Kern, Timothy S | Long Beach, CA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
SRCS | Said, Hamid M | Long Beach, CA | Gastronterology (Vitamin Transport) |
RCS | Zhang, Guang-He | Louisville, KY | Bone health |
RCS | Vemuganti, Raghu | Madison, WI | Stroke |
RCS | Setaluri, Vijayasaradhi | Madison, WI | Cancer (Melanoma) |
RCS | Ahmad, Nihal | Madison, WI | Cancer (Skin) |
RCS | Hasty, Karen A | Memphis, TN | Musculoskeletal Disorders (OA) |
SRCS | El-Rifai, Wael | Miami, FL | Cancer (gastric) |
RCS | Zaika, Alexander | Miami, FL | Esophageal Reflux and Carcinoma |
RCS | Griffith, Thomas | Minneapolis, MN | Sepsis, immune response, urology |
RCS | Hasty, Alyssa | Nashville, TN | Obesity |
SRCS | Joyce, Sebastian | Nashville, TN | Infectious Diseases (TB immunology) |
RCS | Chen, Jin | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Lung) |
RCS | Rhoades (Sterling), Julie | Nashville, TN | Cancer (metastatic disease) |
SRCS | Richmond, Ann | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Pozzi, Ambra | Nashville, TN | Kidney Disorders |
SRCS | Wu, Xue-Ru | New York, NY | Cancer (Bladder) |
SRCS | Van Remmen, Holly | Oklahoma City, OK | Diabetes and Related Disorders |
SRCS | Lovallo, William R | Oklahoma City, OK | Addictive Disorders (Multigenerational studies) |
SRCS | Richardson, Arlan G | Oklahoma City, OK | Biology of Aging |
RCS | Singh, Amar B | Omaha, NE | PTSD-associated gut dysbiosis, IBD |
RCS | Wyatt, Todd A | Omaha, NE | Lung (Alcohol and Smoking) |
RCS | Casey, Carol A | Omaha, NE | Digestive Diseases (AFLD) |
SRCS | Davis, John S | Omaha, NE | Endocrine Disorders |
RCS | Dhawan, Punita | Omaha, NE | Cancer (colon) |
RCS | Huang, Ngan | Palo Alto, CA | Regenerative Medicine |
SRCS | Azhar, Salman | Palo Alto, CA | Diabetes and Related Disorders (NAFLD) |
SRCS | Wyss-Coray, Tony | Palo Alto, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
RCS | Sun, Dandan | Pittsburgh, PA | Stroke, TBI |
SRCS | Chen, Jun | Pittsburgh, PA | Brain Disorders (Stroke, TBI) |
RCS | Fan, Jie | Pittsburgh, PA | Surgery (Shock) |
SRCS | Crabbe, John | Portland, OR | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Vandenbark, Arthur A | Portland, OR | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Riscoe, Michael K | Portland, OR | Infectious Diseases (Malaria) |
SRCS | Richards, Tamara | Portland, OR | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
RCS | Zhou, Huiping | Richmond, VA | Liver Disorders |
SRCS | Cowart, Lauren A. | Richmond, VA | Metabolic Disorders |
RCS | Gao, Allen C | Sacramento, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Yang, Tianxin | Salt Lake City, UT | Renal Hypertension |
SRCS | Strong, John (Randy) | San Antonio, TX | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Squire, Larry R | San Diego, CA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Webster, Nicholas J | San Diego, CA | Diabetes (Insulin Receptor Gene) |
RCS | Risbrough, Victoria | San Diego, CA | TBI, PTSD |
RCS | Head, Brian | San Diego, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
SRCS | Jarvis, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Infectious Diseases (Neisseria) |
RCS | Lau, Yun-Fai Chris | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Liu, Jialing | San Francisco, CA | Brain Disorders (Stroke) |
SRCS | Ford, Judith M | San Francisco, CA | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
SRCS | Dahiya, Rajvir | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Chang, Wenhan | San Francisco, CA | Neuroendocrine functions |
SRCS | Cecchini, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Mitochondrial Diseases |
RCS | Raffai, Robert | San Francisco, CA | Diabetic Atherosclerosis |
RCS | Kraemer, Brian | Seattle, WA | Aging and neurodegenerative diseases |
SRCS | Siegel, Jerome M | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Tsukamoto, Hidekazu | Sepulveda, CA | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
SRCS | Szymusiak, Ronald S | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Aguiar, Ricardo C | South Texas VA HCS | Lymphoma |
SRCS | Bickford, Paula C | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Chalfant, Charles E | Tampa, FL | Cancer (NSCLC) |
RCS | Crawford, Fiona | Tampa, FL | Brain Disorders (AD & TBI & GWI) |
SRCS | Kindy, Mark S | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
RCS | Wu, Mack | Tampa, FL | Surgery (Sepsis) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Shyam S | Tampa, FL | Nanotherapeutics (RSV,Cancer) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Subhra | Tampa, FL | Cancer (Colon) & TBI |
RCS | Vedantam, Gayatri | Tucson, AZ | Infectious Diseases (C. difficile) |
RCS | Zhu, Haining | Tucson, AZ | Neurodegenerative Disorders |
SRCS | Tache, Yvette F | West Los Angeles, CA | Gut-Brain Axis |
SRCS | Gukovskaya, Anna S | West Los Angeles, CA | Pancreatitis |
RCS | Brecha, Nicholas C | West Los Angeles, CA | Sensory Loss (Vision) |