Postdoctoral Fellowship
Strauss Fellow Award

Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award

The Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award is a one-year $10,000 funding opportunity awarded to three clinical fellows (MDs) and three postdoctoral fellows (PhDs). It was instituted in 2014 in honor of Dr. Arnold Strauss' tireless efforts at advocacy and championship towards higher education at Cincinnati Children's.

The goal of this award for Postdoctoral Fellows is to provide research funds for meritorious fellows to prepare for sustained research and extramural funding during and following the completion of their postdoctoral training. Successful candidates must have a strong commitment to research, a clear mentorship structure in place, and a distinct plan for their research proposal. All awardees must submit an extramural fellowship grant by the end of their appointment as a Strauss Fellow.

The Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award is sponsored by the Office of Graduate Medical Education and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. All applications, regardless of award status, will receive a one-on-one consultation from an established Principal Investigator to discuss strengths and weaknesses along with a critique on how best to move forward with the proposal.

  • First and Second year PhD postdoctoral fellows are eligible
  • Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to research, a clear mentorship structure in place, and a distinct plan for their research proposal.
  • Funding of all research areas will be considered.
  • All awardees are expected to submit an NIH NRSA Fellowship or equivalent fellowship by the end of the year of support. Therefore, a clear plan for how the applicant will achieve this outcome should be indicated in the career development plan. International postdoctoral fellows must submit a plan for a non-NIH fellowship award that they will be eligible to apply for (if they are not eligible for an NIH award).

Download the Submission forms and guidelines.

The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 11:59 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Privette Vinnedge at Lisa.Privette@cchmc.org.

Arnold Strauss, MD

Arnold Strauss, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director for External Relations and Strategic Projects, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation

2023 Postdoctoral Fellows Award Winners

Tiziana Coppola, MD

Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute
Mentor: Marie-Dominique Filippi, PhD
Proposal title: "Role of Mitochondria in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells After Transplant"

Adewale Fadaka, PhD

Division of Anesthesia
Mentor: Michael Jankowski, PhD
Proposal title: "Modulation of Neonatal Inflammatory Pain by Neuroimmune Signaling"

Abigail Russie, MD, PhD

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Mentor: Sing Sing Way, MD, PhD
Proposal title: "Krüppel-Like Factor 2 (KLF2)—Expressing T cells Protect Against Intestinal Fibrosis"

Natsumi Inoue, PhD

Division of Rheumatology
Mentor: Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
Proposal title: "Neutrophil Contribution to Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis"

Mario Ynga Durand, PhD

Division of Allergy and Immunology
Mentor: Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD
Proposal title: "TSLP-Mediated Mechanisms of Epithelial Dysregulation in Eosinophilic Esophagitis"

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