Trainee Mentored Award

Category: Grants for Pathology Trainees and their Mentor


Eligibility: Clinical trainee(s) in the Pathology Department partnered with a Stanford University faculty member


Application cycle: The annual application cycle opens on July 1st. Applications are due July 31st with funds to be released September 1st.


All applicants will be required to prepare and present a brief PowerPoint presentation on their project proposal to the Teaching & Training Committee during the T&T Meeting in August.


For more information please visit the Stanford Pathology website.

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Allowable and Unallowable Expenses

Allowable expenses that support research purposes:

  • Journal publication fees
  • Computing credits
  • Data processing/storage and annotations
  • Materials
  • Supplies to be able to conduct the research (Slides, steins, lab materials, etc.)
  • Reagents
  • Cultures
  • Labeling
  • Instruments
  • Fee for services
  • Fee for a consultant
  • Fee for a statistician
  • Software and computing subscriptions in order to move forward with research (has to be purchased through UIT website services and go through their process of data risk requirements)


Unallowable expenses (expenses that are not approved to be used by the Trainee Mentored Award Budget):

  • Stipends - no stipend payments for assisting on the project unless it is a fee for service (i.e. individual owns a consulting firm and is charging you for a consult, this is an approved service; medical student assisting on the research project is not an approved service to receive a stipend).
  • Conference/Travel/Meal reimbursement
  • Computer and computer equipment


For research projects that involve international collaborators contributing materials, you are required to present preliminary data to demonstrate the presence of an established mechanism that enables the provision of such materials from the collaborating entities.

Depending on overall applications numbers, we may not be able to award the full $15,000 to all awardees. Please carefully consider your other funding sources as you craft your budget.

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Please upload the following documents:

  1. Cover Letter: Title, names of research team members, 250-word summary of the project, indicate other existing funding related to the proposed project, and plan for spending in the first and second year of the grant (if a second year is needed). If only one year of budget is needed, so state.
  2. Application: 3-page limit that should include (i) Hypothesis and Specific Aims, (ii) Significance, (iii) Innovation, (iv) Approach, (v) Plan for publication, (vi) Plan for Department Research Retreat i.e. Presenters
  3. Budget: Detailed proposed budget for year 1 (September-August year #1) and proposed budget for (September-August year #2) Download budget template here.
  4. CVs: of the trainee(s) and faculty mentor(s)
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