The purpose of BRF’s Seed Grant Program is to provide
start-up money for new research projects and innovative programs that have the
potential of becoming competitive for an NIH grant or other external funding
sources. Our goal is for this initial effort to open future opportunities for
research, collaboration, and scientific advancement. The support focus is for
new research projects of the highest scientific merit.
Funding Specifics:
1.) Funding is to be directed at pilot research projects
that are both innovative and will likely lead to successful grant applications
to NIH and other public and private funding entities.
2.) Assistant Professor – Junior faculty with a new research
project that will generate pilot data that will lead to RO1 funding or a
comparable outside grant will be first priority.
- Must provide abstract and specific aims for current grants
and indicate if thereis any overlap.
3.) Associate Professor – Faculty who are pursuing new
research directions.
- Must explain how the project is a new research direction.
Must provide abstract and specific aims for current grant(s)
and indicate if thereis any overlap.
4.) A new technique is not considered a new direction unless
it pertains to a different area of study.
5.) Grants are NOT to be used for bridge funding between
grants.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, PI must be a full-time Assistant or
Associate Professor at an invited US academic institution, working in the area
of studies of brain function. This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience
as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and
emotional functioning in health and disease. The grant proposal must detail a
new research project that is not funded by other sources. This grant is not to
be used as bridge funding. Funding: $100,000 for 2-year grant period
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