Shock Society: Faculty Research Award

November 03, 2025

If you are interested in the following opportunity, please contact Carole King at carole.king@med.usc.edu.

 

  • Application due: January 31, 2026
  • Amount: $83,000 (no indirects)
  • Project period: two years

Supports research in trauma, shock, and sepsis.  Topics may vary from basic cellular responses to clinical outcomes. This early-career award is open to investigators within 10 years of their terminal degree and within 4 years of their first faculty appointment. Applicants who have served as principal investigators on major NIH (R01, K-series, P01, P50) or equivalent VA or DOD awards, or who receive more than $100,000/year in external research funding, are ineligible. A departmental letter must confirm at least 50% protected time for the proposed research.