Research Scholar Grant

Deadline Date: January 15, 2013

Purpose: To support junior faculty members who have completed the conventional resident/fellowship training program(s); but have not yet been recognized as independent investigators. The purpose of the funding is to help establish the recipient as an independent investigator, and to collect preliminary data that could lead to further funding through established mechanisms such as the NIH. Recipients will devote a minimum of 40% of their time in the approved research project.

Nature of Projects: 

• Any area of research related to the radiologic sciences.
• Applications should describe the unique nature of the research effort independent of existing research efforts, and should have well-defined goals for the funding period of the grant. Greater emphasis on the independent nature of the research will be stressed compared to resident/fellowship research efforts. 
• Projects focused on advancing imaging science, developing or evaluating medical imaging technology, or making innovative use of imaging science to answer important biologic or clinical questions are encouraged.
• RSNA and the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) have collaborated on a joint award beginning in 2013. This co-sponsored Research Scholar Grant will leverage funds to support additional projects in neuroradiology research. Interested applicants should apply through the standard application process.

Amount: $75,000 annually for 2 years ($150,000 total) to be used as salary support for the scholar. Funds are intended to secure protected time for the recipient and may not be used for non-personnel research expenses. An additional $1,000 will be paid to the institution each year to help cover costs associated with the Scholar Advisor Program.
 
Eligibility: 

• NEW REQUIREMENT: Applicant must be an RSNA Member (at any level) at the time of application. If the applicant’s membership category is Member-in-Training or any other non dues-paying category, the scientific advisor or one of the co-investigators must be a dues-paying member. Check your membership status, or become a member today - visit  RSNA Membership for details.
• Applicant must be nominated by the department chair. While applications are accepted from departments that currently host Scholar Grant recipients, only one new nomination may be submitted per department per year.
• Applicant must hold a full-time faculty position in a department of radiology, radiation oncology, or nuclear medicine within a North American educational institution at the time of application.
• Applicant must be within 5 years of initial faculty appointment with an academic rank of instructor or assistant professor, (or equivalent).
• Applicant must have completed advanced training and be certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent, or on track for certification. See the American Board of Radiology Website for details, TheABR.org.
• Applicant must not have been principal investigator on grant/contract amounts totaling more than $60,000 in a single year. The restriction on prior funding includes support from single or combined grants or contracts from any source including government, private or industrial/commercial sources. 
• Applicant/co-principal investigator(s) must not be agents of any for-profit, commercial company in the radiologic sciences.
• Applicant may not submit more than one research or education grant application to the RSNA R&E Foundation per year.
• Recipients may not have concurrent RSNA grants.
• Supplementation of funding from other grant sources must be approved by Foundation staff if not described in the original research plan. Awards from other sources may be approved by Foundation staff if the investigator submits a satisfactory plan to address any budgetary overlap. Special Note: Acceptance of one of the following grant awards precludes eligibility to accept any of the other grant awards during the same, or any subsequent, year: ARRS Scholar Award, AUR GE-Radiology Research Academic Fellowship (GERRAF), RSNA Research Scholar Grant. Applicants who plan to submit applications for two or more of these grant programs may be interested in the Inter Organizational Research Council (IORC) Common Application, www.radresearch.org.

Full Details: Download the Research Scholar Grant  Policies and Procedures (now with grant application instructions and guidelines)

Application Process: Applications are completed online using the Online Grant Application System.

2012 Research Scholar Grant Recipients

	Joseph Erinjeri, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Modulating Inflammation to Improve Treatment Response Following Thermal Ablation of Tumors GE Healthcare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant		Xiang He, PhD University of Pittsburgh MR-Based Non-Invasive Functional Renal Imaging in Acute Kidney Injury Bracco Diagnostics/RSNA Research Scholar Grant
	Michael Hope, MD University of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Hemodynamic Assessment of Valve-Related Aortic Disease with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Mallinckrodt/RSNA Research Scholar Grant		Jerry Jaboin, MD, PhD Washington University Medical Center Conditionally Replicative Viroradiotherapy for Recurrent and Aggressive Meningioma Tumors RSNA Research Scholar Grant
	Hee Kyung Kim, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital MR Quantification of Muscular Fat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Integrating T2 Relaxation Time Mapping and MR Spectroscopy Siemens Healthcare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant		John Lewis, PhD Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center Development of 3D Fluoroscopic Imaging During Radiotherapy for Reconstruction of Delivered Dose Distributions Carestream Health/RSNA Research Scholar Grant
	Katherine Zukotynski, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital Predictive Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT and 18F-NaF PET/CT in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer RSNA Research Scholar Grant

2011 and 2010 Research Scholar Grant Recipients

	David Woodrum, MD, PhD 2011-2013 RSNA Research Scholar Grant Mayo Clinic Influence of Differential Cellular Heat Shock (Stress) Protein Expression on Cellular Death from Focal Laser Ablation		Jonathan R. Dillman, MD 2011-2013 AGFA HealthCare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant University of Michigan Health System Comparative Effectiveness of MR Enterography, Enteric Ultrasound, and Ultrasound Elastography Imaging in the Evaluation of Pediatric Small Bowel Crohn Disease
	Moritz Kircher, MD, PhD 2011-2013 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals/RSNA Research Scholar Grant Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center A Dual-Modality MRI-SERS Nanoparticle for Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumors		Jason Druzgal, MD, PhD 2011-2013 RSNA Research Scholar Grant University of Virginia Machine Learning Classification of Resting State Functional MRI Data in Autism Spectrum Disorders
	James A. Tanyi, PhD 2011-2013 RSNA Research Scholar Grant Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University Incorporating the Effects of Transcytolemmal Water Exchange in Pharmacokinetic Analysis of DCE-MRI Data in the Prediction of Head and Neck Cancer Response to Chemoradiation		Hersh Chandarana, MD 2010-2012 Siemens Healthcare/ RSNA Research Scholar Grant New York University School of Medicine Evaluation and Prediction of Treatment Response in Liver Metastasis undergoing Chemotherapy with use of Dual Energy CT Iodine Quantification Technique
	Qian Dong, MD 2010-2012 Bracco Diagnostics/RSNA Research Scholar Grant University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Quantitative Imaging in Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Use of MRI Diffusion and MRI Perfusion Biomarkers to Predict Early Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy		Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD 2010-2012 Carestream Health/RSNA Research Scholar Grant Massachusetts General Hospital Evaluation of Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance (DMR) Technology for Molecular Characterization of Cancer Cells from Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy Specimens
	Daniel Hamstra, MD, PhD 2010-2012 RSNA Research Scholar Grant The University of Michigan Medical Center Molecular Dissection of the Role of Tumor Vasculature in Radiation Sensitivity		Chan Hong Moon, PhD 2010-2012 Agfa HealthCare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant University of Pittsburgh Sodium/Proton MR Imaging of Knee Cartilage in Osteoarthritis
	Mark Shiroishi, MD 2010-2012 GE Healthcare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant Division of Neuroradiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Assessing The Value of Perfusion and Permeability MR Imaging to Characterize Pseudoprogression and Pseudoresponse in Patients with High-Grade Glioma		Zhen Jane Wang, MD 2010-2012 GE Healthcare/RSNA Research Scholar Grant University of California San Francisco Medical Center Noninvasive Assessment of Renal Tumor Aggressiveness Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C] Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging: a Pilot Study

 Past Research Scholar Grant Recipients

• Mizuki Nishino, MD, 2009, Chronological Analysis of Tumor Size, Volume and CT attenuation coefficient in Women with Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Treated with Erlotinib 
• Myria Petrou, MA, MBChB, 2009,  Hyposmia, Septohippocampal Cholinergic Denervation, and Amyloidopathy in Mild Cognitive Impairment 
• Steve Y. Cho, MD, 2008,  Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET Imaging for Detection of Metastatic Prostate Cancer and Solid Tumor Neovasculature 
• Jiang Du, PhD, 2008, Direct Imaging and Quantification of Cortical Bone on a Clinical 3T MR Scanner 
• Salomao Faintuch, MD, 2008, Prostatic Artery Embolization as a Primary Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 
• Alexander R. Guimaraes, MD, PhD, 2008, Evaluation of Magnetic Nanoparticle Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical Autoimmune Diabetes 
• Ashok Srinivasan, MD, 2008, Creation of a Model for Predicting Response to Chemoradiation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 
• William Copen, MD, 2007, Beyond the Diffusion-Perfusion Mismatch: MR Imaging of Oxidative Metabolism in Acute Stroke 
• Alexis V. Nees, MD, 2007, Assessment of Emerging Technology: Comparison of Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography in the Evaluation of Heterogeneously Dense and Extremely Dense Breasts  
• Antonio Carlos Westphalen, MD, 2007, Advanced MR Imaging after External Beam Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer 
• Bachir Taouli, MD, 2007, Correlation Between Perfusion Metrics Measured with Perfusion-Weighted MRI and Tissue Oxygen 
• Michael D. Kuo, MD, 2006, Assessing Global Gene Expression Programs of Cancer Using Non-invasive Imaging 
• Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, 2006, Quantification of Hepatic Steatosis with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
• Ashok Panigrahy, MD, 2006, Quantitative Proton MR Spectroscopy of Perinatal White Matter Injury:  Correlation with Neurodevelopmental Outcome, Axonal Injury and Cytokine Inflammation 
• Patrick J. Bolan, PhD, 2006, Monitoring Chemotherapy Response in Metastatic Liver Lesions with Quantitative 1H MRS 
• Bonnie N Joe, MD, PhD, 2005, Non-Invasive Evaluation of Fetal Lung Maturity by MR Spectroscopy: Development and Assessment of Ex Vivo and In Vivo Techniques 
• Christine B. Chung, MD, 2004, MR imaging of Patellofemoral and Femorotibial Articular Cartilage: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment with Ultrashort TE (UTE) Imaging 
• Jingfei Ma, PhD, 2004, Differentiation between Benign and Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures with Quantitative Diffusion and Fat MR Imaging 
• Joe Chang, MD, PhD, 2004, Radiotherapy Sensitization by Apoptotic Gene Therapy and Molecular Imaging of Apoptosis in a Human Lung Cancer Model 
• Alexander R. Gottschalk, MD, PhD, 2003, The Role of PTEN Mutations in the Pathogenesis of Prostate Cancer and Resistance to Therapy 
• Smita Patel, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, 2003, ECG-gated 16-slice CT Coronary Angiography: Comparison with Catheter Coronary Angiography 
• Michelle S. Yao, MD, 2002, ATR and the Mammalian DNA Damage Response 
• William F. Marx, MD, 2002, Investigation of the Origin of the Cells Involved in Post-Angioplasty/Stenting Restenosis: Possible Role of Circulating Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells in Neointima Formation 
• Corinne B. Winston, MD, 2001, Postprocessing and Three Dimensional Reformatting of CT Data: Is There Added Value in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection 
• Elaine Caoili, MD, 2001, Multidetector CT Urography in the Evaluation of Hematuria 
• Gordon McLennan, MD, 2001, The Role of Apoptosis in Venous Intimal Hyperplasia 
• Haiying Hang, PhD, 2001, Relationship Between ATM and the RAD1p/RAD9p/HUS1pProtein Complex 
• Zelanna Goldberg, MD, FRCPC, 2001, Analysis of UCN-01 as a Radiation Sensitizer in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma 
• Carol E. Barnewolt, MD, 2000, Correlative Imaging of Tumor Angiogenesis and the Effects of Antiangiogenesis Agents 
• Christopher G. Filippi, MD, 2000, Quantitative Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging In HIV: Developing Neuroimaging Markers of Functional Outcome 
• Christopher H. Crane, MD, 2000, Advancing Cancer Treatment Through the Combination of New Radiosensitizers and Biologic Agents with More Advanced Radiation Delivery: An Integrated, Prospective Clinical and Laboratory-Based Translational Research Proposal 
• David A. Roberts, MD, PhD, 2000, Combined Ventilation/Perfusion Pulmonary MRI with Focused MRA to Improve the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism 
• David L. Levin, MD, PhD, 2000, The Evaluation of Regional Pulmonary Perfusion Using Ultrafast MR Imaging 
• Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, PhD, 2000, Diffusion Lung Imaging with Hyperpolorized 3He Gas: A New Imaging Modality to Reveal the Structure and Functioning of Alveoli in Human Lung 
• Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD, 2000, Characterization of Intraventricular Flow and Flow-Induced Wall Stress in Chronic Mitral Regurgitation Before and After Mitral Valve Repair 
• Jane P. Ko, MD, 2000, Automated Detection of Pulmonary Nodules on CT and Assessment of Change Over Time 
• Jeffrey R. Petrella, MD, 2000, Functional MRI Imaging in Early Alzheimer Disease 
• John C. Wood, MD, PhD, 2000, Improved Characterization of Vascular Stenoses Through Wavelet-Packet Post-Processing of Magnetic Resonance Angiographic and Phase-Contrast Velocity Images 
• Bruce C. Turner, MD, PhD, 1999, Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Germline p53 13964GC Intron Mutation in Familial Breast and Childhood Cancers 
• Frederick R. Long, MD, 1999, Development and Application of a New Noninvasive Controlled Ventilation Technique for Computed Tomography of the Lung in Infants and Young Children 
• Gautham P. Reddy, MD, 1999, Coronary Pathophysiology in Myocardial Diseases: Quantitative Evaluation with MRI 
• Harry J. Cloft, MD, PhD, 1999, Endovascular Implantation of Fibroblasts for Therapy of Cerebral Aneurysms 
• Pamela K. Woodard, MD, 1999, Detection of Coronary Artery Stenoses and Qualitative Flow Assessment Using and Intravascular Constrast Agent 
• Reed A. Omary, MD, MS, 1999, Real-Time Magnetic Resonance-Guided Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Stenosis in a Swine Model 
• Stephen M. Hahn, MD, 1999, Photodynamic Therapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis 
• David A. Feinberg, MD, PhD, 1998, Fast MRI Scanning: Development and Clinical Evaluation 
• Jody L. Tanabe, MD, 1998, Mechanisms of Reversible Brain Shrinkage in Chronic Alcoholics 
• Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, 1998, An Experimental Model for In Vivo Monitoring of Gene Expression by Liver Tumors 
• May Lin Tao, MD, MS, 1998, Development of a New Brain-specific Quality of Life Instrument for Pediatric Cancer Patients 
• Michael P. D'Alessandro, MD, 1998, Creating and Curating a Pediatric Radiology Digital Library:  Making the Internet a Useful Reference Tool for the Radiologist 
• Rupak K. Das, PhD, 1998, Dosoimetric Standardization of Radiation by Brachytherapy Sources for the Prevention of Restenosis 
• Stephen M. Hahn, MD, 1998, Photodynamic Therapy of Peritoneal and Pleural Surfaces 
• Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD, 1997, Evaluation of Volume CT Data with Sliding Slab Volume Rendering:  Applications to Three Dimensional CT Colongraphy 
• Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, MD, 1997, The Molecular Determinants of the Cellular Response to Ionizing Radiation 
• David F. Kallmes, MD, 1997, Endovascular Gene Therapy For Malignant Meningiomas 
• John L. Ulmer, MD, 1997, Brain Activation from Auditory Stimuli Studied with Functional MRI 
• Laurie A. Loevner, MD, 1997, Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Pre-epiglottic and Deep Space neoplastic Spread in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck 
• Suzanne L. Aquino, MD, 1997, Evaluation of Virtual Bronchoscopy as a Real-Time Guide During Transbronchial Needle Aspiration 
• Timothy J. Mosher, MD, 1997, Understanding of Water Mobility in Early Cartilage Degeneration 
• Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, 1996, PET Imaging of Central Serotonin Markers in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease 
• Cornelius J. McGinn, MD, 1996, The Role of Coagulation and Fibrinolysis in Radiation Induced Fibrosis 
• Fred T. Lee, Jr., MD, 1996, The Role of Noninvasive Biliary Imaging: The Role of CT Cholangiography, MR Cholangiography, and ER 
• Janice W. Allison, MD, 1996, Value of Transcranial Doppler in Term Infants with Suspected Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury 
• Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, 1996, The Role of Nitric Oxide in Cerebrovascular Regulation:  In Vivo Assessment with Positron Emission Tomography 
• Suresh K. Mukherji, MD, 1996, Two-Dimensional 1H MRS Metabolite Mapping and Image Fusion for Treatment Monitoring of Head and Neck Carcinomas 
• Aria Tzika, PhD, 1995, Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment Evaluated by Volume MRI/MRS 
• Gregory Sorensen, MD, 1995, Diagnostic Imaging of Acute Stroke: Identification of Salvageable Tissue 
• Frank J. Lexa, MD, 1995, MR Imaging Detection of CNS Degeneration and Regeneration 
• Mark E. Schweitzer, MD, 1995, The Cost-effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging For the Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management of Osteomyelitis 
• Charles Peterfy, MD, PhD, 1994, Quantitative applications of MRI in the Evaluation of Arthritis 
• Craig W. Stevens, MD, PhD, 1994, The Use of High Energy X-Rays to Improve Gene Integration Frequency in Mammalian Cells 
• Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, 1994, Prospective Assessment of CT Angiography, MR Angiography, and Conventional Angiography to Improve the Accuracy of Surgical Planning for Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 
• James M. Larner, MD, 1994, P53 Independent S-Phase DNA Damage-Sensing Pathways 
• Stephen Chan, MD, 1994, Identification of Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Using High-Resolution and High-Contrast MR Imaging Techniques 
• Diego Jaramillo, MD, 1993, Early Diagnosis of Growth Disorders Using MR Imaging 
• John M. Buatti, MD, 1993, Polyamine Analogs as Modifiers of Radiosensitivity 
• Lori L. Barr, MD, 1993, Quantitative Ultrasound Tissue Characterization of the Pediatric Brain: Further Development of Animal Models, Off-Line Textural Analysis and Clinical Studies 
• Paul M. Harari, MD, 1993, Altered Radiotherapy Fractionation and Human Tumor Kinetics 
• William C. Black, MD, 1993, Methodologic Development of Outcomes Research in Radiology 
• Adam E. Flanders, MD, 1992, Uses of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Severity and Forecasting Outcomes of Spinal Cord Injury 
• James A. Bonner, MD, 1992, The Use of DNA Damage to Determine Tumor Response to Radiation Combined with the Topoisomerase II-Reactive Drugs 
• Michael R. Kuettel, MD, PhD, 1992, Neoplastic Transformation of Human Prostate Cells by Ionizing Radiation 
• Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD, 1992, Endorectal Surface Coil MR Imaging of Rectal Cancer 
• Thomas R. McCauley, MD, 1992, Assess. of Peripheral Vascular Disease with Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Flow Measurement & Spectroscopy 
• Douglas Ballon, PhD, 1991, In Vivo Assessments of Hematopoiesis in Bone Marrow via Image Guided Proton NMR Spectroscopy 
• Fred Greensite, MD, 1991, Imaging Cardiac Electrical FunctionXiaoping Hu, PhD, 1991, Improved Metabolite Imaging by Statistical Reconstruction of Chemical Shift Imaging Data 
• Allen D. Elster, MD, 1990, MR Contrast Agents:  Mechanisms of Action and Tissue Localization 
• Elliot R. McVeigh, PhD, 1990, High-Resolution MRI of Myocardial Deformation 
• Greg A. Freyer, PhD, 1990, Understanding the Molecular Basis of Cancer Induced by Ionizing Radiation 
• Robert S. Lavey, MD, 1990, Combined Radiation and Adoptive Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Cancer 
• David R. Piwnica-Worms, MD, PhD, 1989, Uptake Mechanisms of Tc-99m Based Myocardial Perfusion Agents in Heart Cells 
• Edward N. Hughes, MD, PhD, 1989, The Role of XIP 269 in the Radiation Response 
• Michael G. Garwood, PhD, 1989, The Development of a Combined Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Methods For Brain Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment 
• Richard L. Ehman, MD, 1989, Development of a Comprehensive Method for High Definition Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Moving Structures 
• James L. Lear, MD, 1988, Digital Radiographic and Autoradiographic Imaging 
• Mark A. Mintun, MD, 1988, Functional Brain Mapping with PETW 
• Gillies McKenna, MD, PhD, 1988, The Role of Oncogenes in Radiation Resistance and Metastasis 
• Caroline Chiles, MD, 1987, A Study of Responses of the Bronchial Circulation to Lung Injury 
• Jack H. Simon, MD, PhD, 1987, Characterization of Lesions Underlying NMR-Detected Pathology in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis (An MS Model) In Guinea Pigs