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BLRD and CSRD recognize the critical contributions that non-clinician scientists make to our research program. The intramural nature of VA research encourages our investigators to make VA their primary professional focus. This includes participation in local and national committees, leadership of research core facilities, collaboration with clinician scientists, teaching, mentoring, and supervising junior investigators, and stewardship of shared resources.
In recognition of these efforts, we offer a funding mechanism to support the salaries of non-clinician scientists who have demonstrated extraordinary contributions to VA research beyond their own funded studies and programs: the Research Career Scientist (RCS) award.
The RCS award provides 5-years of salary support. The Senior Research Career Scientist (SRCS) award is provided to highly productive international leaders, who have achieved wide recognition of accomplishments in their research area, and provides 7-years of salary support. For more information about the RCS program, please refer to the documents below.
RCS applications are accepted electronically via Grants.gov. Submission deadlines may be found in Table 3 of the RCS funding opportunity document (RFA). The RCS RFA must be used in conjunction with the VA version of the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Inquiries about the RCS Program should be directed to rcs.materials@va.gov.
BLRD/CSRD Research Career Scientist AwardsUpdated 8/1/23 | |||
↕ Type |
↕ Name | ↕ Location | ↕ Research Area |
RCS | Aguiar, Ricardo C | South Texas VA HCS | Lymphoma |
RCS | Ahmad, Nihal | Madison, WI | Cancer (Skin) |
RCS | Allen, Matthew | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Remodeling |
RCS | Alrefai, Waddah A | Chicago, IL | Bile Acid Transport |
RCS | Basnakian, Alexi | Little Rock, AR | Kidney Diease |
RCS | Bollag, Wendy | Augusta, GA | Wound healing |
RCS | Brecha, Nicholas C | West Los Angeles, CA | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Bysani, Chandrasekar | Columbia, MO | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Caldwell, Ruth B | Augusta, GA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Casey, Carol A | Omaha, NE | Digestive Diseases (AFLD) |
RCS | Bellido, Teresita | Indianapolis | Bone biology/osteocytes |
RCS | Chang, Wenhan | San Francisco, CA | Neuroendocrine functions |
RCS | Chen, Jin | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Lung) |
RCS | Chen, Suzie | East Orange, NJ | Cancer (Melanoma) |
RCS | Chen, Yabing | Birmingham, AL | Cardiovascular Disease |
RCS | Citron, Bruce | East Orange, NJ | Traumatic Brain Injury, Gulf War Illness |
RCS | Crawford, Fiona | Tampa, FL | Brain Disorders (AD & TBI & GWI) |
RCS | Cushion, Melanie T | Cincinnati, OH | Infectious Diseases (Pneumocystis) |
RCS | Colgan, Sean | Aurora, CO | Inflamatory bowel diseases, GI disorders |
RCS | Dhawan, Punita | Omaha, NE | Cancer (colon) |
RCS | Dracheva, Stella | Bronx, NY | Mental health, depressive disorders |
RCS | Fan, Jie | Pittsburgh, PA | Surgery (Shock) |
RCS | Feinstein, Douglas L | Chicago, IL | Brain Disorders (MS) |
RCS | Fliesler, Steven J | Buffalo, NY | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Gao, Allen C | Sacramento, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Griffith, Thomas | Minneapolis, MN | Sepsis, immune response, urology |
RCS | Hasty, Alyssa | Nashville, TN | Obesity |
RCS | Hasty, Karen A | Memphis, TN | Musculoskeletal Disorders (OA) |
RCS | Hay, Nissim | Chicago, IL | Cancer metabolism/therapy |
RCS | Head, Brian | San Diego, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
RCS | Hioe, Catarina E | Bronx, NY | Infectious Diseases (HIV) |
RCS | Ho, Shuk-Mei | Little Rock, AR | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Huang, Ngan | Palo Alto, CA | Regenerative Medicine |
RCS | Kern, Timothy S | Long Beach, CA | Diabetic Retinopathy |
RCS | Kimbrel, Nathan A | Durham, NC | Genomics Research/Suicidality |
RCS | Kraemer, Brian | Seattle, WA | Aging and neurodegenerative diseases |
RCS | Kuhn, Donald | Detroit, MI | Chronic effects of TBI, Gulf War Veterans Illnesses |
RCS | Lau, Kin-Hing William | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Lau, Yun-Fai Chris | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
RCS | Liu, Jialing | San Francisco, CA | Brain Disorders (Stroke) |
RCS | Madhabushi, Anant | Decatur, GA | AI, Precision Oncology |
RCS | Mateika, Jason H | Detroit, MI | Lung Disorders (Apnea) |
RCS | Merlin, Didier | Decatur, GA | Gastroenterology (IBS) |
RCS | Mohan, Rajiv | Columbia, MO | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Shyam S | Tampa, FL | Nanotherapeutics (RSV,Cancer) |
RCS | Morris, Andrew | Little Rock, AR | Lipid metabolism (carfiovascular and metabolic disease) |
RCS | Mohapatra, Subhra | Tampa, FL | Cancer (Colon) & TBI |
RCS | Olszewski, Michal | Ann Arbor, MI | Lung Immunology |
RCS | Pahan, Kalipada | Chicago, IL | Neurodegenerative disorders (CNS Cell Signaling Animal Models) |
RCS | Raffai, Robert | San Francisco, CA | Diabetic Atherosclerosis |
RCS | Rana, Ajay | Chicago, IL | Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Pathogenesis |
RCS | Rasenick, Mark | Chicago, IL | Neuropsychiatry |
RCS | Risbrough, Victoria | San Diego, CA | TBI, PTSD |
RCS | Riscoe, Michael K | Portland, OR | Infectious Diseases (Malaria) |
RCS | Rishi, Arun K | Detroit, MI | Cancer (Breast) |
RCS | Rhoades (Sterling), Julie | Nashville, TN | Cancer (metastatic disease) |
RCS | Robling, Alexander | Indianapolis, IN | Bone Disorders |
RCS | Rohrer, Baerbel | Charleston, SC | Age-related Macular Degeneration |
RCS | Peachey, Neal S | Cleveland, OH | Sensory Loss (Vision) |
RCS | Setaluri, Vijayasaradhi | Madison, WI | Cancer (Melanoma) |
RCS | Shahrara, Shiva | Chicago, IL | Rheumatoid Arthritis, inflamation |
RCS | Singh, Amar B | Omaha, NE | PTSD-associated gut dysbiosis, IBD |
RCS | Strecker, Robert | Boston, MA | Sleep Disorders |
RCS | Tregellas, Jason | Denver, CO | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
RCS | Vedantam, Gayatri | Tucson, AZ | Infectious Diseases (C. difficile) |
RCS | Vemuganti, Raghu | Madison, WI | Stroke |
RCS | Sun, Dandan | Pittsburgh, PA | Stroke, TBI |
RCS | Wu, Mack | Tampa, FL | Surgery (Sepsis) |
RCS | Zaheer, Asgar | Columbia MO | Neurodegenerative Diseases (PD, AD, MS, Glial signaling) |
RCS | Zaika, Alexander | Miami, FL | Esophageal Reflux and Carcinoma |
RCS | Zhang, Guang-He | Louisville, KY | Bone health |
RCS | Zhou, Huiping | Richmond, VA | Liver Disorders |
RCS | Zhu, Haining | Tucson, AZ | Neurodegenerative Disorders |
RCS | Wyatt, Todd A | Omaha, NE | Lung (Alcohol and Smoking) |
SRCS | Wyss-Coray, Tony | Palo Alto, CA | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Yang, Tianxin | Salt Lake City, UT | Renal Hypertension |
SRCS | Wu, Xue-Ru | New York, NY | Cancer (Bladder) |
SRCS | Szymusiak, Ronald S | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Tache, Yvette F | West Los Angeles, CA | Gut-Brain Axis |
SRCS | Verfaellie, Mieke | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Wang, Jian-Ying | Baltimore, MD | Gut Permeability |
SRCS | Webster, Nicholas J | San Diego, CA | Diabetes (Insulin Receptor Gene) |
SRCS | Tsukamoto, Hidekazu | Sepulveda, CA | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
SRCS | Van Remmen, Holly | Oklahoma City, OK | Diabetes and Related Disorders |
SRCS | Vandenbark, Arthur A | Portland, OR | Brain Disorders (MS) |
SRCS | Strong, John (Randy) | San Antonio, TX | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Spiro, III, Avron | Boston, MA | Mental Health (Epidemiology) |
SRCS | Squire, Larry R | San Diego, CA | Mental Health (Memory) |
SRCS | Shiromani, Priyattam J | Charleston, SC | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Shmookler Reis, Robert J | Little Rock, AR | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD) |
SRCS | Siegel, Jerome M | Sepulveda, CA | Sleep Disorders |
SRCS | Shafer, William M | Decatur, GA | Infectious Disease (Gonococcal Infection) |
SRCS | Pozzi, Ambra | Nashville, TN | Kidney Disorders |
SRCS | Said, Hamid M | Long Beach, CA | Gastronterology (Vitamin Transport) |
SRCS | Rather, Philip N | Decatur, GA | Infectious Diseases (Acinetobacter Baumannii) |
SRCS | Richards, Tamara | Portland, OR | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
SRCS | Richardson, Arlan G | Oklahoma City, OK | Biology of Aging |
SRCS | Richmond, Ann | Nashville, TN | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Pandey, Subhash C | Chicago, IL | Substance Use Disorders (Alcohol) |
SRCS | Pasinetti, Giulio M | Bronx, NY | Neurodegenerative (AD,ALS,GWI) |
SRCS | Mohan, Subburaman | Loma Linda, CA | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Lovallo, William R | Oklahoma City, OK | Addictive Disorders (Multigenerational studies) |
SRCS | Kowluru, Anjan | Detroit, MI | Diabetes (Beta cells) |
SRCS | Kindy, Mark S | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Jarvis, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Infectious Diseases (Neisseria) |
SRCS | Jones, Kathryn J | Indianapolis, IN | SCI Repair |
SRCS | Joyce, Sebastian | Nashville, TN | Infectious Diseases (TB immunology) |
SRCS | Hazlett, Erin | Bronx, NY | Mental Health (Sz) |
SRCS | Gukovskaya, Anna S | West Los Angeles, CA | Pancreatitis |
SRCS | Haghighi, Fatemeh | Bronx, NY | Epigenetics (TBI, depression, suicidal behavior) |
SRCS | Ford, Judith M | San Francisco, CA | Mental Health (Schizophrenia) |
SRCS | Dudeja, Pradeep K | Chicago, IL | Gastroenterology (Ion transport) |
SRCS | El-Rifai, Wael | Miami, FL | Cancer (gastric) |
SRCS | Ergul, Adviye | Charleston, SC | Cerebral Circulation |
SRCS | Dong, Zheng | Augusta, GA | Kidney Disorders (AKI) |
SRCS | Cowart, Lauren A. | Richmond, VA | Metabolic Disorders |
SRCS | Crabbe, John | Portland, OR | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Dahiya, Rajvir | San Francisco, CA | Cancer (Prostate) |
SRCS | Davis, John S | Omaha, NE | Endocrine Disorders |
SRCS | Clemens, Thomas L | Baltimore, MD | Bone Disorders |
SRCS | Chen, Jun | Pittsburgh, PA | Brain Disorders (Stroke, TBI) |
SRCS | Bickford, Paula C | Tampa, FL | Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD, PD, TBI) |
SRCS | Bishop, Gail A | Iowa City, IA | Cancer (Immunology) |
SRCS | Cecchini, Gary | San Francisco, CA | Mitochondrial Diseases |
SRCS | Chalfant, Charles E | Tampa, FL | Cancer (NSCLC) |
SRCS | Becker, Howard | Charleston, SC | Alcohol Use Disorders |
SRCS | Beckham, Jean C | Durham, NC | Mental Health (PTSD, SUDs) |
SRCS | Azhar, Salman | Palo Alto, CA | Diabetes and Related Disorders (NAFLD) |
SRCS | Alpini, Gianfranco D | Indianapolis, IN | Biliary Disorders |