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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 March 24, 2023 | |||
↕ Type |
↕ Name | ↕ Location | ↕ Research Area |
SRCS | Lovallo, William R | Oklahoma City, OK | Addictive Disorders (Multigenerational studies) |
RCS | Rohrer, Baerbel | Charleston, SC | Age-related Macular Degeneration |
SRCS | Becker, Howard | Charleston, SC | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Crabbe, John | Portland, OR | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Tsukamoto, Hidekazu | Sepulveda, CA | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
RCS | Alrefai, Waddah A | Chicago, IL | Bile Acid Transport |
SRCS | Alpini, Gianfranco D | Indianapolis, IN | Biliary Disorders |
SRCS | Strong, John (Randy) | San Antonio, TX | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Richardson, Arlan G | Oklahoma City, OK | Biology of Aging |
RCS | Bellido, Teresita | Indianapolis | Bone biology/osteocytes |
SRCS | Clemens, Thomas L | Baltimore, MD | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Lau, Kin-Hing William | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Mohan, Subburaman | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Robling, Alexander | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Feinstein, Douglas L | Chicago, IL | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Crawford, Fiona | Tampa, FL | Brain Disorders (AD & TBI & GWI) |
SRCS | Vandenbark, Arthur A | Portland, OR | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Liu, Jialing | San Francisco, CA | Brain Disorders (Stroke) |
SRCS | Chen, Jun | Pittsburgh, PA | Brain Disorders (Stroke, TBI) |
RCS | Wu, Xue-Ru | New York, NY | Cancer (Bladder) |
RCS | Rishi, Arun K | Detroit, MI | Cancer (Breast) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Subhra | Tampa, FL | Cancer (Colon) & TBI |
SRCS | El-Rifai, Wael | Miami, FL | Cancer (gastric) |
SRCS | Bishop, Gail A | Iowa City, IA | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Richmond, Ann | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Immunology) |
RCS | Zhang, Huang-Ge | Louisville, KY | Cancer (Immunology) |
RCS | Chen, Jin | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Lung) |
RCS | Chen, Suzie | East Orange, NJ | Cancer (Melanoma) |
RCS | Setaluri, Vijayasaradhi | Madison, WI | Cancer (Melanoma) |
SRCS | Chalfant, Charles E | Tampa, FL | Cancer (NSCLC) |
SRCS | Ahmed, Khalil | Minneapolis, MN | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Dahiya, Rajvir | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Lau, Yun-Fai Chris | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Gao, Allen C | Sacramento, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Hoffman, Timothy J | Columbia, MO | Cancer (Radiochemistry) |
RCS | Ahmad, Nihal | Madison, WI | Cancer (Skin) |
RCS | Hay, Nissim | Chicago, IL | Cancer metabolism/therapy |
RCS | Bysani, Chandrasekar | Columbia, MO | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Chen, Yabing | Birmingham, AL | Cardiovascular Disease |
SRCS | Ergul, Adviye | Charleston, SC | Cerebral Circulation |
SRCS | Kowluru, Anjan | Detroit, MI | Diabetes (Beta cells) |
SRCS | Webster, Nicholas J | San Diego, CA | Diabetes (Insulin Receptor Gene) |
SRCS | Van Remmen, Holly | Oklahoma City, OK | Diabetes and Related Disorders |
SRCS | Azhar, Salman | Palo Alto, CA | Diabetes and Related Disorders (NAFLD) |
RCS | Caldwell, Ruth B | Augusta, GA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Kern, Timothy S | Long Beach, CA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Casey, Carol A | Omaha, NE | Digestive Diseases (AFLD) |
SRCS | Davis, John S | Omaha, NE | Endocrine Disorders |
RCS | Haghighi, Fatemeh | Bronx, NY | Epigenetics (TBI, depression, suicidal behavior) |
RCS | Zaika, Alexander | Miami, FL | Esophageal Reflux and Carcinoma |
RCS | Merlin, Didier | Decatur, GA | Gastroenterology (IBS) |
SRCS | Dudeja, Pradeep K | Chicago, IL | Gastroenterology (Ion transport) |
SRCS | Said, Hamid M | Long Beach, CA | Gastronterology (Vitamin Transport) |
SRCS | Wang, Jian-Ying | Baltimore, MD | Gut Permeability |
SRCS | Tache, Yvette F | West Los Angeles, CA | Gut-Brain Axis |
SRCS | Shafer, William M | Decatur, GA | Infectious Disease (Gonococcal Infection) |
RCS | Rather, Philip N | Decatur, GA | Infectious Diseases (Acinetobacter Baumannii) |
RCS | Vedantam, Gayatri | Tucson, AZ | Infectious Diseases (C. difficile) |
RCS | Hioe, Catarina E | Bronx, NY | Infectious Diseases (HIV) |
RCS | Riscoe, Michael K | Portland, OR | Infectious Diseases (Malaria) |
SRCS | Jarvis, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Infectious Diseases (Neisseria) |
RCS | Cushion, Melanie T | Cincinnati, OH | Infectious Diseases (Pneumocystis) |
RCS | Joyce, Sebastian | Nashville, TN | Infectious Diseases (TB immunology) |
RCS | Ghosh-Choudhury, Goutam | San Antonio, TX | Kidney Disorders |
SRCS | Pozzi, Ambra | Nashville, TN | Kidney Disorders |
SRCS | Dong, Zheng | Augusta, GA | Kidney Disorders (AKI) |
RCS | Zhou, Huiping | Richmond, VA | Liver Disorders |
RCS | Wyatt, Todd A | Omaha, NE | Lung (Alcohol and Smoking) |
RCS | Mateika, Jason H | Detroit, MI | Lung Disorders (Apnea) |
RCS | Olszewski, Michal | Ann Arbor, MI | Lung Immunology |
SRCS | Spiro, III, Avron | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Epidemiology) |
SRCS | Squire, Larry R | San Diego, CA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Verfaellie, Mieke | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Beckham, Jean C | Durham, NC | Mental Health (PTSD, SUDs) |
SRCS | Ford, Judith M | San Francisco, CA | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
RCS | Tregellas, Jason | Denver, CO | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
SRCS | Hazlett, Erin | Bronx, NY | Mental Health (Sz) |
SRCS | Cowart, Lauren A. | Richmond, VA | Metabolic Disorders |
SRCS | Cecchini, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Mitochondrial Diseases |
RCS | Hasty, Karen A | Memphis, TN | Musculoskeletal Disorders (OA) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Shyam S | Tampa, FL | Nanotherapeutics (RSV,Cancer) |
SRCS | Pasinetti, Giulio M | Bronx, NY | Neurodegenerative (AD,ALS,GWI) |
RCS | Head, Brian | San Diego, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
SRCS | Wyss-Coray, Tony | Palo Alto, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Shmookler Reis, Robert J | Little Rock, AR | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Kindy, Mark S | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Bickford, Paula C | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
RCS | Zaheer, Asgar | Columbia MO | Neurodegenerative Diseases (PD, AD, MS, Glial signaling) |
RCS | Zhu, Haining | Tucson, AZ | Neurodegenerative Disorders |
RCS | Pahan, Kalipada | Chicago, IL | Neurodegenerative disorders (CNS Cell Signaling Animal Models) |
RCS | Chang, Wenhan | San Francisco, CA | Neuroendocrine functions |
RCS | Rasenick, Mark | Chicago, IL | Neuropsychiatry |
RCS | Rana, Ajay | Chicago, IL | Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Pathogenesis |
SRCS | Gukovskaya, Anna S | West Los Angeles, CA | Pancreatitis |
RCS | Huang, Ngan | Palo Alto, CA | Regenerative Medicine |
RCS | Yang, Tianxin | Salt Lake City, UT | Renal Hypertension |
SRCS | Jones, Kathryn J | Indianapolis, IN | SCI Repair |
RCS | Peachey, Neal S | Cleveland, OH | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Mohan, Rajiv | Columbia, MO | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Brecha, Nicholas C | West Los Angeles, CA | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Fliesler, Steven J | Buffalo, NY | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
SRCS | Szymusiak, Ronald S | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Siegel, Jerome M | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Strecker, Robert | Boston, MA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Shiromani, Priyattam J | Charleston, SC | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Xu, Xiao-Ming | Indianapolis, IN | Spinal cord injury |
SRCS | Richards, Tamara | Portland, OR | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
SRCS | Pandey, Subhash C | Chicago, IL | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
RCS | Wu, Mack | Tampa, FL | Surgery (Sepsis) |
RCS | Fan, Jie | Pittsburgh, PA | Surgery (Shock) |
SRCS | Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Beverley | Oklahoma City, OK | Visceral Pain |