Application for SURDNA funding to support Master’s tuition through the Center for Gerontology & Healthcare Research:

1. Personal Information:

• Name:
• Title:
• Appointment:
• Location:
• Division:
• Academic Superior:
• Years at Brown:

2. Personal statement of interest in aging research (1/2-1 page)
3. Career development plan to become independent investigator and timeline to complete the degree with a potential thesis/study idea
4. Other support

• Evidence of Public Health Honors Award to cover 35% of tuition for Masters of Public Health in the Brown University School of Public Health

5. Curriculum vitae
6. Requested financial support ($50,000 limit)

Please submit single PDF with the above materials to Dr. Theresa Shireman (Center Director) theresa_shireman@brown.edu and cc: cghcr@brown.edu

7. Letters of recommendation: should describe relationship with candidate, assessment of candidates’ strengths and areas for further career development, probability of project success and further funding, and plan for oversight/collaboration. Letters should be sent directly to Dr. Theresa Shireman, Director of the Center for Gerontology & Health Care Research

• Division director
• Center for Gerontology & Healthcare Research faculty mentor