Guidelines Applications must be submitted by accredited degree-granting U.S. or Canadian institutions on behalf of individual candidates. The two nominations may either be designated for one type of award or split between the two types of awards. Candidates must have an M.D. or Ph.D. degree, and they must hold a tenure-track faculty appointment. Applications from coinvestigators with complementary expertise to work jointly on research projects are encouraged. Such collaboration must be limited to two principal investigators.
Collaborative proposals count as a single nomination toward the two-candidate limit.
Experience in malaria research is not a prerequisite. BWF seeks to encourage individuals from other fields to apply their expertise in bringing new ideas and approaches to the study of malaria. However, such candidates must describe how they intend to acquire the necessary expertise in working with Plasmodium as an experimental system. Potential avenues include training in a malaria laboratory or collaborating with an established malaria researcher. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada at the time of application.