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About SIR
Awards, grants and funding
SIR’s awards program recognizes excellence, extraordinary contributions and distinguished service to the society and the profession.
The SIR Foundation awards recognize and promote innovation within SIR and the profession. They also expose fellows, residents, and medical students to the annual meeting and interventional radiology research opportunities.
SIR Gold Medal
The Gold Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Interventional Radiology.
The SIR Gold Medal was established in 1996 and is the highest honor that can be achieved in the field of interventional radiology. This honor is bestowed for excellence and lifetime achievement in interventional radiology to those individuals who have rendered exceptional service to the field. Gold Medal recipients exemplify those individuals who have dedicated their past and present talents to advancing the quality of patient care through the practice of interventional radiology, and who, by their outstanding achievements, also help to ensure the future of the field.
Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture
The Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture was initiated in 1984 as an annual invited lecture to honor Dr. Dotter as one of the founding fathers of interventional radiology. The award provides a forum for the recipient to deliver the special Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture during the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
SIR funding opportunities
Section award
Open
SIR/RFS Clinical Advancement Award
Seeks to acknowledge one (1) outstanding resident annually who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to expanding their clinical advancement during the early postgraduate years.
Section award
Open
Early Career RISE award
Presented annually to recognize an individual who has showcased leadership by consistently supporting early career IRs through mentorship, community-building and advocacy.
Early career
Section award
Open
Women in IR Champion Award
Recognizes an individual who has consistently made a significant contribution to the advancement of women in IR.
Women in IR
SIR opportunity
Open
JVIR Resident Editorial Fellowship
This prestigious fellowship offers an immersive experience in the editorial process of a leading IR journal to a highly selected group of trainees. Participants shadow editorial leadership, engage in strategic discussions and decision-making, and receive valuable instruction on scholarly writing, reviewing, editing, and publishing.
JVIR
Resident-in-training
Section award
Open
Early Career Visiting Program
Provides early-career SIR members with greater insight to expand their practice and explore different practice models.
Early career
SIR opportunity
Closed
Giveback project
An international visiting professor program designed to support interventional radiology (IR) educators who wish to travel and participate in educational visits to developing countries or lower-middle income regions.
Scholarship
Diversity and inclusion
Early career
Mid career
Advanced career
International associate
SIR opportunity
Closed
International Scholarship Program
Offers physicians within 10 years of completing their training, who are practicing outside North America, an opportunity to attend the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
Diversity and inclusion
International associate
SIR Annual Scientific Meeting
SIR opportunity
Closed
Resident-in-Training Travel Scholarship
Offers IR and diagnostic radiology residents in their early years (PGY-1–4) to attend the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
Resident-in-training
SIR opportunity
Closed
Medical Student Scholar Program
Provides medical students with an immersive experience to learn about IR at an early stage in their medical careers.
Medical student
SIR opportunity
Closed
Trainees First
Offers residents the opportunity to participate with their program director in the review of abstract submissions for the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
Program director
Resident-in-training
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SIR funding opportunities
SIR Foundation funding opportunities
Grant
Open
Women's Research Mentorship Grant
Supports women performing IR research and to expand the pipeline for medical students or residents to learn about IR research.
Women in IR
Research Funding: Grants
Grant
Open
Pilot Research Grant
Funds research in areas that advance IR and patient care. These grants generally address a specific hypothesis and generate preliminary data to strengthen applications to peer-reviewed funding agencies. For faculty and those with limited research experience.
Research Funding: Grants
Grant
Open
Academic Transition Grant
Facilitates independent research and academic success, this grant is for interventional radiologists over the age of 40 who’ve recently begun academic careers after years in non-academic practice.
Research Funding: Grants
Private practice
Grant
Open
Allied Scientist Grant
Provides support for trainees enrolled in graduate-level training programs outside the clinical realm of IR but still crucial to IR’s future. Goal: create collaborative research training environments.
Scientists-in-training
Research Funding: Grants
Grant
Open
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Culp Student Research Grant
Designed to foster an interest in research by funding a summer research project conducted by a medical student in an area identified by SIR Foundation as important to the advancement of interventional radiology and patient care.
Medical student
Research Funding: Grants
Grant
Open
Dr. Ernest J. Ring Academic Development Grant
Supports junior IR faculty members early in their academic careers to allow time for research. The goal is for grant recipients to subsequently obtain additional funding from other sources, such as NIH.
Research Funding: Grants
Early career
Grant
Open
Incubator Grant
Supports projects in clinical research areas important to the advancement of interventional radiology and patient care that align with SIR Foundation's clinical research goals.
Research Funding: Grants
Research Priorities
Grant
Open
Radiology Resident Research Grant
Fosters an interest in research by funding a project conducted by the resident to advance IR and patient care.
Resident-in-training
Research Funding: Grants
Award
Open
Dr. Barry T. Katzen Master Clinician Award
Honors an interventional radiologist who exemplifies dedication to clinical practice, patient care, diligence in their work, and continuous improvement within the field and who has made a demonstrable impact at their institution or practice as a result.
Research Funding: Awards
Award
Open
Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award
Introduces interested medical students to the greater interventional radiology community at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. Recognizes the student author of an accepted abstract that best honors the spirit of inventiveness and scientific purity.
Medical student
Research Funding: Awards
Award
Open
Resident Research Award
Provides residents and fellows an opportunity to attend and present their scientific research at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The intent is to expose young researchers who wish to further their careers in interventional radiology.
Resident-in-training
Research Funding: Awards
Award
Open
Research Scientist Award
Recognize the contributions and accomplishments of PhD scientists and engineers at all levels of training for their basic and preclinical research on the topic of interventional radiology.
Research Funding: Awards
Scientists-in-training
Scientist associate
Award
Open
Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award
Promotes excellence in academic research for members early in their careers. This award honors the founding editor of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) and recognizes the importance of the young investigator in developing interventional solutions for the future.
Early career
Research Funding: Awards
Award
Open
Excellence in Innovation Award
Fund compelling, novel ideas that lead to improved health outcomes in IR.
Research Funding: Awards
General Opportunity
Open
Reviewer-in-Training Program
Trains and mentors individuals to review grant proposals and learn the grant review process to be able to participate in various study sections ranging from society, foundation and government agencies (such as the National Institutes of Health).
Medical student
Resident-in-training
Award
Open
Giving Circle for the Advancement of Women (GCAW) Award
Provide career development opportunities for women in interventional radiology. GCAW is dedicated to engaging all generations of women in interventional radiology through the power of community philanthropy.
Women in IR
Award
Closed
Leader in Innovation Award
Recognizes and promotes innovation within interventional radiology, continuing IR’s historical innovative development that has revolutionized medicine over the last 40 years.
Research Funding: Awards
Leadership
General Opportunity
Closed
Grants for Education of Medical Students (GEMS) Program
This program provides first-generation medical students with scholarships to fund visiting clerkship rotations in interventional radiology and attendance at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
Research Funding: Grants
Medical student
Diversity and inclusion
General Opportunity
Closed
Summer Medical Internship Program (SMIP)
Fosters an interest in research by funding a summer research project conducted by a medical student. Students applying for the program must show strong potential for a career in IR with proven academic success.
Medical student
Award
Closed
Research Training Award
Provides the opportunity for investigators to visit a research lab at another educational institution to facilitate the transfer of research knowledge, skills and techniques, and new research methodologies in the following areas: 1) animal research studies and 2) basic science or bench research.
Research Funding: Awards
Scientists-in-training
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SIR Foundation funding opportunities