The Early Career Translational Research Awards in Biomedical Engineering are designed to support biomedical engineering research that is tranlational in nature, and to encourage and assist eligible biomedical engineering investigators as they establish themselves in academic research careers. The PI must be a full-time tenure track faculty member with a primary apointment in BME. THe PI must have received his or her doctoral degree no more than six year sprior to submitting the application, and must hold the rank no higher than Assistant Professor at the time of application.

The award will be for two years, the second year of which will be contingent upon adequate progress during the first year. The research must clearly be translational in nature, should involve a clinical collaboration, andmust have clearly stated specific milestones.