Dr. Erik Ullian Selected as a 2009 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Recipient

The NIH Director's New Innovator Award addresses two important goals: stimulating highly innovative research and supporting promising new investigators. As part of NIH's commitment to increasing opportunities for new scientists, it has created the NIH Director's New Innovator Award to support exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high impact.

The NIH Director's New Innovator Award program is different from traditional NIH grants in several ways. It is designed specifically to support unusually creative new investigators with highly innovative research ideas at an early stage of their career when they may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant. The emphasis is on innovation and creativity and the potential of the project, if successful, to have a significant impact on an important biomedical or behavioral research problem.

For the full story read "NIH Director's New Innovator Award - 2009 Award Recipients"

To see a videocast archive "Fifth Annual NIH Director's Pioneer Award Symposium"

For the press release read "NIH Announces 115 Awards to Encourage High-Risk Research and Innovation, September 24, 2009"

To read more about the NIH Director's New Innovator Award "NIH Director's New Innovator Award"