The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is now accepting nominations for assistant professors to study infectious disease pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and pathogen biology. The program is designed to shed light on how infectious disease systems work by encouraging assistant professors to take on fundamental biological questions at the intersection of human and microbial biology. The program provides $500,000 and the application deadline is November 1, 2012. For information about candidates elibility and institutional requirements see, [information]. For additional information about other grant programs offered by the Wellcome Fund see, www.bwfund.org.