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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 October 4, 2019 | |||
↕ Type |
↕ Name | ↕ Location | ↕ Research Area |
RCS | Alrefai, Waddah A | Chicago, IL | Bile Acid Transport |
RCS | Ahmad, Nihal | Madison, WI | Cancer (Skin) |
RCS | Bellido, Teresita | Indianapolis | Bone biology/osteocytes |
RCS | Brecha, Nicholas C | West Los Angeles, CA | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Bysani, Chandrasekar | Columbia, MO | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Caldwell, Ruth B | Augusta, GA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Casey, Carol A | Omaha, NE | Digestive Diseases (AFLD) |
RCS | Chang, Wenhan | San Francisco, CA | Neuroendocrine functions |
RCS | Chen, Jin | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Lung) |
RCS | Chen, Yabing | Birmingham, AL | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Crawford, Fiona | Tampa, FL | Brain Disorders (AD & TBI & GWI) |
RCS | Cushion, Melanie T | Cincinnati, OH | Infectious Diseases (Pneumocystis) |
RCS | Fan, Jie | Pittsburgh, PA | Surgery (Shock) |
RCS | Feinstein, Douglas L | Chicago, IL | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Fliesler, Steven J | Buffalo, NY | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Haghighi, Fatemeh | Bronx, NY | Epigenetics (TBI, depression, suicidal behavior) |
RCS | Hasty, Karen A | Memphis, TN | Musculoskeletal Disorders (OA) |
RCS | Hay, Nissim | Chicago, IL | Cancer metabolism/therapy |
RCS | Hazlett, Erin | Bronx, NY | Mental Health (Sz) |
RCS | Hioe, Catarina E | Bronx, NY | Infectious Diseases (HIV) |
RCS | Hoffman, Timothy J | Columbia, MO | Cancer (Radiochemistry) |
RCS | Gao, Allen C | Sacramento, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Ghosh-Choudhury, Goutam | San Antonio, TX | Kidney Disorders |
RCS | Joyce, Sebastian | Nashville, TN | Infectious Diseases (TB immunology) |
RCS | Kern, Timothy S | Long Beach, CA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Lau, Kin-Hing William | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Lau, Yun-Fai Chris | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Liu, Jialing | San Francisco, CA | Brain Disorders (Stroke) |
RCS | Mateika, Jason H | Detroit, MI | Lung Disorders (Apnea) |
RCS | Merlin, Didier | Decatur, GA | Gastroenterology (IBS) |
RCS | Mohan, Rajiv | Columbia, MO | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Shyam S | Tampa, FL | Nanotherapeutics (RSV,Cancer) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Subhra | Tampa, FL | Cancer (Colon) & TBI |
RCS | Olszewski, Michal | Ann Arbor, MI | Lung Immunology |
RCS | Pahan, Kalipada | Chicago, IL | Neurodegenerative disorders (CNS Cell Signaling Animal Models) |
RCS | El-Rifai, Wael | Miami, FL | Cancer (gastric) |
RCS | Peachey, Neal S | Cleveland, OH | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Riscoe, Michael K | Portland, OR | Infectious Diseases (Malaria) |
RCS | Rishi, Arun K | Detroit, MI | Cancer (Breast) |
RCS | Robling, Alexander | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Rohrer, Baerbel | Charleston, SC | Age-related Macular Degeneration |
RCS | Rana, Ajay | Chicago, IL | Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Pathogenesis |
RCS | Rasenick, Mark | Chicago, IL | Neuropsychiatry |
RCS | Rather, Philip N | Decatur, GA | Infectious Diseases (Acinetobacter Baumannii) |
RCS | Strecker, Robert | Boston, MA | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Tregellas, Jason | Denver, CO | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
RCS | Vedantam, Gayatri | Tucson, AZ | Infectious Diseases (C. difficile) |
RCS | Wu, Mack | Tampa, FL | Surgery (Sepsis) |
RCS | Wu, Xue-Ru | New York, NY | Cancer (Bladder) |
RCS | Wyatt, Todd A | Omaha, NE | Lung (Alcohol and Smoking) |
RCS | Xu, Xiao-Ming | Indianapolis, IN | Spinal cord injury |
RCS | Yang, Tianxin | Salt Lake City, UT | Renal Hypertension |
RCS | Zaheer, Asgar | Columbia MO | Neurodegenerative Diseases (PD, AD, MS, Glial signaling) |
RCS | Zhang, Huang-Ge | Louisville, KY | Cancer (Immunology) |
RCS | Zhou, Huiping | Richmond, VA | Liver Disorders |
SRCS | Wyss-Coray, Tony | Palo Alto, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Verfaellie, Mieke | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Wang, Jian-Ying | Baltimore, MD | Gut Permeability |
SRCS | Webster, Nicholas J | San Diego, CA | Diabetes (Insulin Receptor Gene) |
SRCS | Tsukamoto, Hidekazu | Sepulveda, CA | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
SRCS | Van Remmen, Holly | Oklahoma City, OK | Diabetes and Related Disorders |
SRCS | Vandenbark, Arthur A | Portland, OR | Brain Disorders (MS) |
SRCS | Strong, John (Randy) | San Antonio, TX | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Szymusiak, Ronald S | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Tache, Yvette F | West Los Angeles, CA | Gut-Brain Axis |
SRCS | Richards, Tamara | Portland, OR | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
SRCS | Richardson, Arlan G | Oklahoma City, OK | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Richmond, Ann | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Said, Hamid M | Long Beach, CA | Gastronterology (Vitamin Transport) |
SRCS | Shafer, William M | Decatur, GA | Infectious Disease (Gonococcal Infection) |
SRCS | Shiromani, Priyattam J | Charleston, SC | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Shmookler Reis, Robert J | Little Rock, AR | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Siegel, Jerome M | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Spiro, III, Avron | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Epidemiology) |
SRCS | Squire, Larry R | San Diego, CA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Pozzi, Ambra | Nashville, TN | Kidney Disorders |
SRCS | Ergul, Adviye | Charleston, SC | Cerebral Circulation |
SRCS | Pandey, Subhash C | Chicago, IL | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
SRCS | Pasinetti, Giulio M | Bronx, NY | Neurodegenerative (AD,ALS,GWI) |
SRCS | Mohan, Subburaman | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Lovallo, William R | Oklahoma City, OK | Addictive Disorders (Multigenerational studies) |
SRCS | Kindy, Mark S | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Kowluru, Anjan | Detroit, MI | Diabetes (Beta cells) |
SRCS | Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Beverley | Oklahoma City, OK | Visceral Pain |
SRCS | Gukovskaya, Anna S | West Los Angeles, CA | Pancreatitis |
SRCS | Janowsky, Aaron J | Portland, OR | Substance Use Disorders (Methamphetamine) |
SRCS | Jarvis, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Infectious Diseases (Neisseria) |
SRCS | Jones, Kathryn J | Indianapolis, IN | SCI Repair |
SRCS | Ford, Judith M | San Francisco, CA | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
SRCS | Dahiya, Rajvir | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Davis, John S | Omaha, NE | Endocrine Disorders |
SRCS | Dong, Zheng | Augusta, GA | Kidney Disorders (AKI) |
SRCS | Dudeja, Pradeep K | Chicago, IL | Gastroenterology (Ion transport) |
SRCS | Clemens, Thomas L | Baltimore, MD | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Crabbe, John | Portland, OR | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Chen, Jun | Pittsburgh, PA | Brain Disorders (Stroke, TBI) |
SRCS | Cecchini, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Mitochondrial Diseases |
SRCS | Chalfant, Charles E | Tampa, FL | Cancer (NSCLC) |
SRCS | Bickford, Paula C | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Bishop, Gail A | Iowa City, IA | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Ahmed, Khalil | Minneapolis, MN | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Alpini, Gianfranco D | Indianapolis, IN | Biliary Disorders |
SRCS | Azhar, Salman | Palo Alto, CA | Diabetes and Related Disorders (NAFLD) |
SRCS | Becker, Howard | Charleston, SC | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Beckham, Jean C | Durham, NC | Mental Health (PTSD, SUDs) |