The Fellowship Program is a competitively-awarded year-long program which supports SF State faculty as they develop proposals for behavioral research on health disparities. Our program philosophy emphasizes interaction, collaboration, and mutual support. By the end of the year, fellows are expected to produce either a fundable proposal of her or his own, or a collaborative proposal with a mentor.

Fellowship Benefits
Financial Support: One semester of half-time reimbursed release from teaching and limited summer salary support.
Technical Support: Consultation with RIMI2 technical support staff on grant proposal development.
Facilities: A private office with phone and computing equipment at the RIMI2 grant-writing facility at Pacific Plaza for one full  year.
Mentorship: Support for a research mentor ($10,000 stipend per year), normally a non-SF State faculty member at a Research 1 institution, who has received grant awards in fields related to health disparities research.
Other: Opportunities to participate in UCSF and UCB post-doctoral seminars.

Eligibility
Applicants must be tenured or tenure-track SF State faculty. It is anticipated that candidates will have become familiar with the substance and methods of behavioral research on health disparities through participation in the Faculty Seminar Series on Health Disparities, although such participation is not required.

Application
Fellows for 2008 have been selected.

Awards
We expect to grant three awards per year.