Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
URL http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21393&cid=XEM_A5779
Deadlines Round 7 grants
Aug 9, 2012 for concept papers
May 31, 2012, July 31, 2012, and Oct 4, 2012 for invited full proposals
New Connections grants awarded through Healthy Eating Research
May 22, 2012 for concept papers
July 31, 2012 for invited full proposals
Amount up to $170,000 for a maximum period of 18 months
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.
This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The award types are: Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Novel Presentation of Health Related Data (NPHRD) DOD
Department of Defense
Defense Health Program
Defense Medical Research and Development Program
JPC1-Medical Training and Health Information Sciences (MTHIS)
Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-12-NPHRD
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 12.420
SUBMISSION AND REVIEW DATES AND TIMES
Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 pm Eastern time (ET), APRIL 16, 2012
Invitation to Submit an Application: MAY 7, 2012
Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, JUNE 13, 2012
Scientific Peer Review: JULY 2012
Applicant Response to Scientific Peer Review Summary Statement (if applicable):
Programmatic Review: AUGUST 2012
Applications for the Novel Presentation of Health Related Data (NPHRD) Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity are being solicited by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program (DHP). Through this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity, the Joint Program Committee for Medical Training and Health Information Sciences (JPC-1) is soliciting applications/research proposals that will support the Department of Defense in developing novel presentations of health related data by leveraging the skills and talents of U.S. based businesses and academic research institutions. The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) is administering the application process for this funding opportunity, and the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is issuing this Program Announcement and will be negotiating all resulting awards.
NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES EARLY CAREER
NRA ISSUED: MARCH 8, 2012
NOIS DUE: MARCH 30, 2012
NRA PROPOSALS DUE: MAY 3, 2012
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Initial Announcement
CFDA Number 43.009
OMB Approval
Agency Name: NASA, Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT)
Solicitation Name: Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty (STRO-ECF)
Goal / Intent: STRO-ECF is focused on supporting outstanding faculty researchers early in their careers as they conduct space technology research of high priority to NASA’s Mission Directorates and the Office of the Chief Technologist.
Eligibility: Accredited U.S. universities are eligible to submit proposals on behalf of their outstanding new faculty members who intend to develop academic careers related to space technology (see section III(a) for details).
Award Details:
Award Duration: maximum of three years: one initial year with two possible 1-year renewals
Expected Typical Award Amount: $200K/per year. more information
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Academic Research Grant Program-Aging
Borchad Foundation Center on Law & Aging
URL http://www.borchardcla.org/academic-research-grant-program
Application Deadline Oct 15, 2012
Amount $20,000
Eligibility The program is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals.
Awards support further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly. The research must address issues of law and aging.+
URL http://www.borchardcla.org/academic-research-grant-program
Application Deadline Oct 15, 2012
Amount $20,000
Eligibility The program is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals.
Awards support further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly. The research must address issues of law and aging.+
Special Programme on Security, Society, and the State
Sponsor Gerda Henkel Foundation
URL http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/content.php?nav_id=195&language=en&nav_id=195
Application Deadline Jul 16, 2012
Amount unspecified
Grant supports research projects under the following five headings:
1. Cyber Security as a Governmental Task
2. Public Administration and Human Security
3. Patterns of Conflict Resolution between the State and Traditional Actors
4. Non-Governmental Actors as Partners and Contenders of the State
5. Security Strategies between Doctrine Formation and Implementation
URL http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/content.php?nav_id=195&language=en&nav_id=195
Application Deadline Jul 16, 2012
Amount unspecified
Grant supports research projects under the following five headings:
1. Cyber Security as a Governmental Task
2. Public Administration and Human Security
3. Patterns of Conflict Resolution between the State and Traditional Actors
4. Non-Governmental Actors as Partners and Contenders of the State
5. Security Strategies between Doctrine Formation and Implementation
M4Human Programme (Mobility for Experienced Researchers in Historical Humanities Including Islamic Studies)
Gerda Henkel Foundation & European Commission
URL www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/m4human
Application Deadline Jun 6, 2012
Amount see website
Eligibility The program provides 24-month research grants for two categories of researchers:
1. Experienced researchers (holding a doctorate or with 4 to 10 years of comparable and proven research experience); and
2. Senior researchers (holding post-doctoral qualifications, a comparable academic ranking, or with more than 10 years of comparable and proven research experience).
Grants support research in the disciplines of History, Prehistory and Early History, Archaeology, Art History, Historic Islamic Studies, Legal History and History of Science as well as the special program “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
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URL www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/m4human
Application Deadline Jun 6, 2012
Amount see website
Eligibility The program provides 24-month research grants for two categories of researchers:
1. Experienced researchers (holding a doctorate or with 4 to 10 years of comparable and proven research experience); and
2. Senior researchers (holding post-doctoral qualifications, a comparable academic ranking, or with more than 10 years of comparable and proven research experience).
Grants support research in the disciplines of History, Prehistory and Early History, Archaeology, Art History, Historic Islamic Studies, Legal History and History of Science as well as the special program “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements”
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Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation 2012 Grant Program
Sponsor Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
URL http://www.apsf.org/grants_guidelines.php
Deadline May 6, 2012
Amount $150,000
Eligibility Awards are made to a sponsoring institution, not to individuals or to departments.
Awards support research directed towards enhancing anesthesia patient safety. Its major objective is to stimulate and fund studies that will clearly improve patient safety and lead to prevention of mortality and morbidity resulting from anesthesia mishaps.
URL http://www.apsf.org/grants_guidelines.php
Deadline May 6, 2012
Amount $150,000
Eligibility Awards are made to a sponsoring institution, not to individuals or to departments.
Awards support research directed towards enhancing anesthesia patient safety. Its major objective is to stimulate and fund studies that will clearly improve patient safety and lead to prevention of mortality and morbidity resulting from anesthesia mishaps.
BIRD Energy
URL http://www.birdf.com/?CategoryID=425
Deadline May 3, 2012 Executive Summary of the proposal
Jun 28, 2012 Final Proposal
Amount $1,000,000 max
Awards support projects that include:
· R&D cooperation between two companies or cooperation between a company and a university/research institution (one from the U.S. and one from Israel);
· innovation in areas such as Solar Power, BioFuels, Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Wind Energy, Smart Grid, or any other Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency technology; and
· significant commercial potential: the project outcome should lead to commercialization.
Deadline May 3, 2012 Executive Summary of the proposal
Jun 28, 2012 Final Proposal
Amount $1,000,000 max
Awards support projects that include:
· R&D cooperation between two companies or cooperation between a company and a university/research institution (one from the U.S. and one from Israel);
· innovation in areas such as Solar Power, BioFuels, Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Wind Energy, Smart Grid, or any other Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency technology; and
· significant commercial potential: the project outcome should lead to commercialization.
Roadmaps to Health: Community Grants
Robert Wood Johnson
URL http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21390&cid=XEM_A5734
Deadlines Mar 20, 2012 Applicant conference call (registration required)
Apr 10, 2012 Applicant conference call (registration required)
May 2, 2012 Brief Proposal
Jul 25, 2012 Full Proposal
Amount $200,000
Grants support communities to implement policy or system changes to address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community. These include: education; employment and income; family and social support; and community safety.
URL http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21390&cid=XEM_A5734
Deadlines Mar 20, 2012 Applicant conference call (registration required)
Apr 10, 2012 Applicant conference call (registration required)
May 2, 2012 Brief Proposal
Jul 25, 2012 Full Proposal
Amount $200,000
Grants support communities to implement policy or system changes to address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community. These include: education; employment and income; family and social support; and community safety.
Title 2012 Alternatives Research Grant Program
Sponsor Alternatives Research and Development Foundation
URL http://www.ardf-online.org/
Deadline Apr 30, 2012
Amount $40,000
Awards create opportunities for innovative scientists who have interest and expertise in alternatives research, intended to significantly reduce or replace the use of laboratory animals. Preference is given to proposals that address the goals of the National Academy of Sciences report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy.
URL http://www.ardf-online.org/
Deadline Apr 30, 2012
Amount $40,000
Awards create opportunities for innovative scientists who have interest and expertise in alternatives research, intended to significantly reduce or replace the use of laboratory animals. Preference is given to proposals that address the goals of the National Academy of Sciences report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Collaboration award to promote the internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany
Nomination deadline: 30 April 2012
Every year the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to eight Anneliese Maier Research Awards funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to outstanding researchers from abroad in all fields of the humanities, social science, cultural science, law and economics to promote research collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany, contributing towards the further internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany. Nominations for the research award can be made for researchers from the fields of the humanities and social sciences whose scientific achievements have been internationally recognised in their research area and from whose research collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany a sustainable contribution is expected towards the further internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany.
The award amount is generally EUR 250,000 and is made available over a period of five years to finance research collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 2012 NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE
The National Science Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2012 National Medal of Science. Nominations are due on March 31, 2012.
Please review the NEW nomination information and submit your nominations throughFastLane. We are especially interested in identifying women, members of minority groups, and persons with disabilities for consideration.
Please note: if you are submitting on behalf of a professional society, please contact Mayra Montrose at mmontros@nsf.gov or 703-292-4757.
A PDF version of the call for nominations is available here:nsf_2012nationalmedalofscience_callfornominations_120127.pdf.
2012 NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration: Indianapolis, IN and Washington, DC
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-040.html
NIH is taking its experts on the road in 2012! How would you like the opportunity to meet and discuss grant issues with approximately 35 HHS and NIH officials, as well as networking with others in your field? Have you been looking for a comprehensive program that provides valuable information about the NIH grants process, including such topics as peer review, grant writing for success, pre-award and post-award issues for administrators and investigators, compliance, how to interact electronically with NIH, or how to map your career with NIH? If so, make plans to attend one of the 2012 NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration.
Optional NIH Electronic Research Administration (eRA) computer workshops are also offered the day prior to the 2-day seminar. These ½ day workshops are designed for administrators and investigators, providing attendees with hands-on experience utilizing the eRA Commons and the overall electronic grants process.
The NIH Regional Seminars are intended for those new to the grants process, including sponsored project officers and departmental administrators, investigators, faculty, graduate students, etc. However, it is also an opportunity for those with more experience to obtain updates on grants policies and procedures. These seminars are expected to draw approximately 500-600 attendees, providing extended opportunities for sharing and learning from peers as well as NIH experts. Due to the popularity of these seminars, early registration is highly recommended. Space is limited.
April 16-18, 2012 – Indianapolis, Indiana (REGISTRATION OPEN)
- Monday, April 16, 2012: Optional eRA Hands-On Computer Workshops
- Tuesday, April 17 & Wednesday, April 18, 2012: 2-Day Seminar
- Get the "EARLY" rate by registering on or before February 13!
- Venue and Seminar Hotel: JW Marriott Indianapolis
- Room Reservations: Click the “Hotel/Travel” tab on the Indianapolis NIH Regional Seminar website to obtain the special rate and registration details.
- The local ambassador institution for this seminar is Indiana University School of Medicine.
June 20-22, 2012 – Washington, DC (REGISTRATION OPENS FEBRUARY 2012)
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012: Optional eRA Hands-On Computer Workshops
- Thursday, June 21 & Friday, June 22, 2012: 2-Day Seminar
- More details will be announced soon!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Limited Competition for CDC Injury Research: Research to Prevent Prescription Drug Overdoses
The purpose of the program is to encourage research that will build the scientific base for the prevention of unintentional poisonings from drug overdoses in the adolescent and adult population (ages 15 to 64 years) in the United States. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus area(s) of Injury and Violence Prevention. For more information, see http://healthypeople.gov. The program is also in alignment with NCIPC’s performance goal to conduct a targeted program of research to prevent injuries and violence, and reduce their consequences. For more information on the CDC Injury Research Agenda, please see http://www.cdc.gov/injury/index.html
Number of Applications
Only one application per organization is permitted under this FOA. Interested Dartmouth faculty please refer to Limited Competition guidelines and submit required documents to the Provost's Office no later than 3/15/2012. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ofr/limited.htmlFull announcement:
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=LvTxPSySR9DTqxh5yhGR5hxf9b3mPtsmLTvfY2QDcyvBl3nB40xD!733686662
Letter of Intent Due Date | April 2, 2012 |
Application Due Date | May 2, 2012, by 5:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time. On-time submission requires that electronic applications be error-free and made available to CDC for processing from eRA Commons on or before the deadline date. Applications must be submitted to and validated successfully by Grants.gov/eRA Commons no later than 5:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Note: HHS/CDC grant submission procedures do not provide a period of time beyond the application due date to correct any error or warning notices of noncompliance with application instructions that are identified by Grants.gov or eRA systems (i.e., error correction window). |
NASA Announces Upcoming Research Deadlines for Earth Sciences
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES)–2012
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), entitled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)–2012, solicits basic and applied research in support of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). This NRA covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences, including, but not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data; aircraft, stratospheric balloon, suborbital rocket, International Space Station, and suborbital reusable launch vehicle investigations; development of experiment techniques suitable for future SMD space missions; development of concepts for future SMD space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis of both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial samples that support or otherwise help verify observations from SMD Earth system science missions; determination of atomic and composition parameters needed to analyze space data, as well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions; development of integrated Earth system models;
development of systems for applying Earth science research data to societal needs; and development of applied information systems applicable to SMD objectives and data.
Proposal due dates are given in Tables 2 and 3 of this NRA, which will be posted at
ARPA-E Open Funding Opportunity for Energy
To address the challenges imposed by the rapidly evolving global energy market, ARPA-E seeks to support transformational research in all areas of energy R&D, including resource identification, extraction, transportation and use, and energy generation, storage, transmission and use in both the transportation and stationary power sectors. Areas of research responsive to this FOA include (but are not limited to) electricity generation by both renewable and non-renewable means, electricity transmission, storage, and distribution; energy efficiency for buildings, manufacturing and commerce, and personal use; and all aspects of transportation, including the production and distribution of both renewable and non-renewable fuels, electrification, and energy efficiency in transportation.
The result of a successful ARPA-E project will be such that at the end of the project the transformational technology will be sufficiently advanced and well defined in terms of performance and risk to promote next-stage development or transfer of the project to next-stage developers. Projects under this FOA must be aimed at more than progress toward identified project goals; the project must be aimed at actual delivery of these project goals. The R&D effort on later-stage technology development projects must carry the risk reduction process for the technology to the point at which entrepreneurial decisions can be made with confidence.
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#ecddd983-c274-4374-bb1e-91bb3abe9dfa
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: 3/30/2012 5:00 PM ET
- Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 4/12/2012 5:00 PM ET
- Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD
Friday, March 2, 2012
New Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus
New Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus
Grant Application Deadline: May 31, 2012
The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) invites applications for financial support for idea-driven, novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. The Novel Research Grant program will run in parallel with the LRI’s new global Distinguished Innovator Award program.
Research applications will be judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success. Creativity will be valued. Rationale for the hypotheses proposed rather than amount of preliminary data will be emphasized.
Continuations of long-term research projects are not appropriate
for this submission.
Projects on aspects of the disease that have been less extensively studied and applications from investigators in diverse disciplines, including those who may not have previously worked in lupus, are encouraged.
While the Institute encourages projects based on novel explorations of human lupus biology—innovative studies that use human material to address the physiological, cellular, molecular and/or genetic basis of human lupus—projects solely based on cellular, molecular, and/or animal models are also encouraged.
Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States. Grant application research plans are limited to six pages. Annual funding of up to $100,000 per year, beginning December 2012, for a term of up to three years, will be awarded for approved projects.
Grant Application Deadline: May 31, 2012
The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) invites applications for financial support for idea-driven, novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. The Novel Research Grant program will run in parallel with the LRI’s new global Distinguished Innovator Award program.
Research applications will be judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success. Creativity will be valued. Rationale for the hypotheses proposed rather than amount of preliminary data will be emphasized.
Continuations of long-term research projects are not appropriate
for this submission.
Projects on aspects of the disease that have been less extensively studied and applications from investigators in diverse disciplines, including those who may not have previously worked in lupus, are encouraged.
While the Institute encourages projects based on novel explorations of human lupus biology—innovative studies that use human material to address the physiological, cellular, molecular and/or genetic basis of human lupus—projects solely based on cellular, molecular, and/or animal models are also encouraged.
Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States. Grant application research plans are limited to six pages. Annual funding of up to $100,000 per year, beginning December 2012, for a term of up to three years, will be awarded for approved projects.
2013 McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Awards
http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/news/news_detail.aspx?itemID=3728&catID=85&typeID=2
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this end, the McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award assists scientists working to apply the knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders that affect memory or cognition.
USE OF AWARD FUNDS
We are interested in proposals that address memory or cognition under normal and pathological conditions. This includes proposals that address mechanisms of memory or cognition at the synaptic, cellular, or behavioral level in animals, including humans.We are particularly interested in proposals that incorporate fundamentally new approaches, as well as those that involve human experimentation. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are encouraged.
Projects restricted to the creation of conventional mouse knockouts in candidate disease genes identified by association studies, or to broadly overexpress those genes, are discouraged. In addition, projects to perform genetic interaction screens on disease genes in model organisms (yeast, worm, fly, fish) will not be considered, unless the project includes substantive specific aims that investigate the disease relevance of any new genes so discovered in human or mammalian model systems.
ELIGIBILITY
Investigators who are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents conducting research at institutions within the United States are invited to apply. All PIs on the project must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status at the time of submission. Applicants must be in tenured or tenure-track faculty positions; research faculty in annually renewable positions are ineligible. Applicants may not be employees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute or scientists within the intramural program of the National Institutes of Health. Applicants may not hold another McKnight Award that would overlap with the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award. We are interested in geographic, gender, and racial diversity and we encourage women and minorities, as well as scientists from around the U.S., to apply. Funds may be used toward a variety of research activities, but not the recipient’s salary. The candidate’s other sources of funding will be considered when selecting awards.
SELECTION PROCESS
Application forms are linked below. You may also email or call the office of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (info@mcknight.org; 612-333-4220). The deadline for submission is April 2, 2012. In mid-June, the selection committee will invite a small number of applicants to submit more detailed proposals, which will be due September 10, 2012. Funding begins February 1, 2013. Please email ONE PDF file and include the application form, the 2-page project description, and a 4-page NIH bio sketch to: neuro@mcknight.org (references may be outside the 2-page limit, but may be no more than two pages). Please do not include a budget. If you do not receive email confirmation of receipt of your LOI within 3 business days, please contact Eileen Maler at 612-333-4220 or emaler@mcknight.org.
The Endowment Fund will fund up to four awards, each providing $100,000 per year for three years.
Selection Committee
Eric Nestler M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Gyorgy Buzsaki, M.D., Ph.D. • Howard Eichenbaum, Ph.D. • Helen Mayberg, M.D.
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D. • Richard O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D. • Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D. • Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this end, the McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award assists scientists working to apply the knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders that affect memory or cognition.
USE OF AWARD FUNDS
We are interested in proposals that address memory or cognition under normal and pathological conditions. This includes proposals that address mechanisms of memory or cognition at the synaptic, cellular, or behavioral level in animals, including humans.We are particularly interested in proposals that incorporate fundamentally new approaches, as well as those that involve human experimentation. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are encouraged.
Projects restricted to the creation of conventional mouse knockouts in candidate disease genes identified by association studies, or to broadly overexpress those genes, are discouraged. In addition, projects to perform genetic interaction screens on disease genes in model organisms (yeast, worm, fly, fish) will not be considered, unless the project includes substantive specific aims that investigate the disease relevance of any new genes so discovered in human or mammalian model systems.
ELIGIBILITY
Investigators who are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents conducting research at institutions within the United States are invited to apply. All PIs on the project must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status at the time of submission. Applicants must be in tenured or tenure-track faculty positions; research faculty in annually renewable positions are ineligible. Applicants may not be employees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute or scientists within the intramural program of the National Institutes of Health. Applicants may not hold another McKnight Award that would overlap with the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award. We are interested in geographic, gender, and racial diversity and we encourage women and minorities, as well as scientists from around the U.S., to apply. Funds may be used toward a variety of research activities, but not the recipient’s salary. The candidate’s other sources of funding will be considered when selecting awards.
SELECTION PROCESS
Application forms are linked below. You may also email or call the office of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (info@mcknight.org; 612-333-4220). The deadline for submission is April 2, 2012. In mid-June, the selection committee will invite a small number of applicants to submit more detailed proposals, which will be due September 10, 2012. Funding begins February 1, 2013. Please email ONE PDF file and include the application form, the 2-page project description, and a 4-page NIH bio sketch to: neuro@mcknight.org (references may be outside the 2-page limit, but may be no more than two pages). Please do not include a budget. If you do not receive email confirmation of receipt of your LOI within 3 business days, please contact Eileen Maler at 612-333-4220 or emaler@mcknight.org.
The Endowment Fund will fund up to four awards, each providing $100,000 per year for three years.
Selection Committee
Eric Nestler M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Gyorgy Buzsaki, M.D., Ph.D. • Howard Eichenbaum, Ph.D. • Helen Mayberg, M.D.
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D. • Richard O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D. • Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D. • Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
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