Brain Grants

National Parkinson Foundation 2011 Request for Applications

Individual grants will be limited to a maximum of $250,000 over a period of up to two years.

NPF is pleased to issue its yearly Request for Applications (“RFA”) with the goal of funding clinical investigations in several specific areas of Parkinson’s disease research led at NPF Centers of Excellence (“COE”) and Care Consortium Centers. This RFA will provide support for well-designed clinical research that addresses comparative effectiveness of treatment, current unmet needs, and/or clinical controversies. This RFA will fund programs based on scientific merit, as determined by the NPF’s Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board (“CSAB”) in a peer-review process.

Applications will be accepted from any principal investigator affiliated with a currently certified NPF COE or a member of the NPF Care Consortium (“Applicant” from an “Eligible Institution”). Investigators not from Eligible Institutions are invited to participate as collaborators. Total grant funding is dependent upon quality of applications.

The following are the key dates for this RFA:

Release date: August 12, 2010
Application deadline: December 10, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. EST
Anticipated award announcement: On or before April 15, 2011

NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION, INC.
1501 N.W. 9th Avenue / Bob Hope Road
Miami, Florida 33136-1494
Telephone: (305)243-6666
Toll Free National: 1-800-327-4545
Fax: (305)243-6073
E-mail inquiries: contact@parkinson.org

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

APAGS is committed to promoting psychological science and the needs of science oriented graduate students. The Basic Psychological Science Research Grant provides support for up to 4 graduate students conducting psychological science research studies.

Deadline: December 3, 2010; May 13, 2011

Sponsor: APAGS

The intent is to fund psychology graduate students in science oriented fields. Students in fields with a practice component (e.g. clinical, counseling, and school) are not eligible. Students in the following fields are eligible: Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational, Developmental, Experimental or Comparative, Industrial/Organizational, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Perception and Psychophysics, Personality and Individual Differences, Psycholinguistics, Physiological, Quantitative, Social.

Funds for this $1000 scholarship must be used to support the proposed research. This grant may be used for thesis, dissertation, or other research.

Required materials:

Title page that includes name of the scholarship for which you are applying, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, area of research, expected graduation date, APA Membership number, and full name/email of your research mentor for your project.
A cover letter (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the scholarship (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant), and the applicant’s future educational and professional goals.
An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages, single spaced).
An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages, single spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research, and detailed budget.
Letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline, and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals.
All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over 3 pages in a proposal, over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically or by mail.

For mail submissions, please send to:

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

APAGS is committed to promoting psychological science and the needs of science oriented graduate students. The Basic Psychological Science Research Grant provides support for up to 4 graduate students conducting psychological science research studies.

Deadline: December 3, 2010; May 13, 2011

Sponsor: APAGS

The intent is to fund psychology graduate students in science oriented fields. Students in fields with a practice component (e.g. clinical, counseling, and school) are not eligible. Students in the following fields are eligible: Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational, Developmental, Experimental or Comparative, Industrial/Organizational, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Perception and Psychophysics, Personality and Individual Differences, Psycholinguistics, Physiological, Quantitative, Social.

Funds for this $1000 scholarship must be used to support the proposed research. This grant may be used for thesis, dissertation, or other research.

Required materials:

Title page that includes name of the scholarship for which you are applying, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, area of research, expected graduation date, APA Membership number, and full name/email of your research mentor for your project.
A cover letter (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the scholarship (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant), and the applicant’s future educational and professional goals.
An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages, single spaced).
An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages, single spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research, and detailed budget.
Letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline, and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals.
All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over 3 pages in a proposal, over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically or by mail.

For mail submissions, please send to:

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Alzheimer's Disease Research Awards Program

The ADR program offers three types of awards:

Standard Awards
Award Amount: $400,000
Duration: 3 yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010
The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.

Pilot Awards
Award Amount: $150,000
Duration: 2 Yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010
Pilot awards are designed to take a highly innovative proposal with modest preliminary data and give investigators the opportunity to prove their ideas. These awards are typically described as being ‘high risk – high reward’. They are often given to investigators who need funding to demonstrate the validity of a very focused hypothesis.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
Award Amount: $100,000
Duration: 2 yrs
Deadline for full application submission: October 19, 2010

Postdoctoral fellowship awards are intended for young researchers in their final stages of mentored training. These awards are meant to fund projects in an established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's own independent research career.

American Health Assistance Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, Maryland 20871
USA

Phone/Fax
Telephone: 1-800-437-2423
FAX: (301) 258-9454

Research Grants
Guy Eakin, Ph.D., Vice President of Scientific Affairs: vpsa@ahaf.org

Diane Bovenkamp, Ph.D., Science Communications Specialist: dbovenkamp@ahaf.org

Kara Hurst, Grants Coordinator: khurst@ahaf.org

American Physiological Society Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Research Recognition Awards

The Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Research Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the advance registration fee) provide travel support to trainees and junior investigators to present meritorious research at the annual Experimental Biology Meeting. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and investigators with an academic rank not higher than that of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) working in the area of neural control and autonomic regulation are eligible to apply. Trainees and junior faculty will be judged separately. Applicants must submit a first-authored abstract to any appropriate NCAR topic and make the presentation at the EB meeting. The applicant must be an APS member in good standing with either a primary or secondary affiliation in the NCAR Section. Award criteria will be based on current work reflected in the abstract and overall contributions to the field. Applicants must upload a copy of the first-authored abstract and their curriculum vitae. Awardees must attend the Experimental Biology meeting in order to collect the cash prize and are recognized at the NCAR Reception and Business Meeting.

All application materials must be completed online by November 3, 2010.

American Physiological Society Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section New Investigator Award

The Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section (NCAR) New Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the advance registration fee) recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career. Candidates should be investigators who have made meritorious contributions to the area represented by the NCAR Section. They should not be above the rank of Assistant Professor or a comparable position in a research track at an academic institution or in industry (e.g. Scientist, Sr. Scientist, Research Investigator, etc.). They should receive nominations from at least two regular members of the APS. Candidates will be judged on their publications, how the publications relate to the NCAR Section and evidence for independence and promise (grant funding, peer review activities, etc.). Although this is not an abstract-based award, awardees are expected to attend the EB Meeting and make an oral or poster presentation. The candidate must be an APS member in good standing with a primary affiliation in the Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section. Candidates must upload: curriculum vitae, 2 nomination letters from APS members, and 3 reprints. Awardees must attend the Experimental Biology meeting in order to collect the cash prize and are recognized at the NCAR Reception and Business Meeting.

All application materials must be completed online by November 3, 2010.

Michael J. Brody Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section

The Michael J. Brody Young Investigator Award of the APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section (NCAR) ($500 plus reimbursement of the advance registration fee) is sponsored by Merck & Co. and recognizes a promising young investigator who has made a significant research contribution to the understanding of neural control and autonomic regulation. The award is open to graduate students (post-candidacy exams), postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows who present and are first author on an abstract at the APS EB meeting. The applicant must be an APS member in good standing with a primary affiliation in the NCAR Section.

Applicants must upload: a copy of the submitted abstract; a list of publications; a one page summary and evaluation of research contributions written by the applicant; and, a letter signed by both the applicant and sponsor indicating the date, or expected date, of highest degree. Awardees must be present at the Experimental Biology meeting to receive the cash prize and are recognized at the NCAR Reception and Business Meeting.

All application materials must be completed online by November 3, 2010.

Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy

The fellowship is supported by the AAN Foundation, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Epilepsy Foundation.

Each fellowship will consist of a commitment of $55,000 per year for two years, plus $10,000 per year for tuition to support formal education in clinical research methodology at the applicant's institution or elsewhere.

Supplementation of the stipend with other grants or by the fellowship institution is permissible, but fellows may not accept other fellowships, similar awards, or have another source of support for more than 50 percent of their research salary while holding an AAN Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship.

AAN fellowships give researchers more than financial backing—by providing time for research, they are an essential springboard to academic appointments, institutional and NIH career development awards.

All applications and supporting materials must be received by October 1, 2010.
Notification of recipients: January 2011.

All materials must be submitted online. Apply now at www.aan.com/view/CRTF

For More Information

Terry Heinz
Grants Administrator
theinz@aan.com
(651) 695-2746

American Academy of Neurology
1080 Montreal Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55116

Tel: (800) 879-1960 or (651) 695-2717
Fax: (651) 695-2791

Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize

"We believe that a Neuroscience Prize is not only a timely addition to a field with the potential to dominate the century, but that in focusing on understanding this magnificent structure we call the brain, we will shine light on a field that has much to contribute for at least the next hundred years."

Peter Gruber, Chairman
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation

The Neuroscience Prize honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system.

The Prize, established in 2004, is an unrestricted cash award of $500,000, a gold medal inscribed with the recipient's name, and a citation describing the achievement for which the recipient is being honored. It is awarded each year to a person or persons chosen by a distinguished advisory board of neuroscience experts from nominations that are received from around the world.

Prize Nominations

Only candidates who have been officially nominated on a fully completed nomination form will be considered for a Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation International Prize. All nominations materials must be submitted in English, and self-nominations are not accepted. The Chair of each Selection Advisory Board ensures that nominations are of sufficient caliber to merit consideration prior to the meeting of the Board. If a nomination passes the Chair's review, it remains active for three years unless the nominee is selected to receive the prize or is voted off by the Board. After the third year of eligibility, further consideration of a nomination requires that it be resubmitted.

December 15, 2010: Close 2011 Nominations for all Gruber International Prizes

Contact Us
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
PO Box 502820
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00805
Tel. +1 340-775-4430
Fax +1 340-775-4433
Email: info@gruberprizes.org

National Neurotrauma Symposium Student Competition

There is a Call for Abstracts for the NNS Symposium with a submission deadline of April 15, 2011.

The NNS Abstract Committee will determine the qualified abstracts to be presented as posters during the Abstract Poster and Open Communications sessions. All accepted abstracts will be published online in the Journal of Neurotrauma immediately prior to the conference.

The Abstract Committee reviews and grades each abstract submission for quality, ethical guidelines and scientific merit. A blind grading process is used to ensure anonymity and equality.

Notifications of acceptance will be emailed to submitting authors by May 1, 2011.

The sixteen highest-scoring student abstracts will be selected as Student Competition Finalists.
The Finalists' posters will be displayed in a featured location for the entire symposium. They will also present their posters to the Abstract Judges for final scoring during Poster Session A on July 11th.

All poster finalists will receive a certificate and be recognized onstage at the Awards Ceremony Dinner. The top five (5) highest scoring poster finalists will also be recognized during the Awards Ceremony and will receive a crystal trophy, scientific textbooks and a monetary prize of $500 each from the National Neurotrauma Symposium

After the Student Competition Finalists are determined, the oral presentations are selected from the remaining abstract pool (Students and Non-Students) for the Open Communications Sessions. Please note if you are selected for an oral presentation, you will be assigned to an Open Communications Session and NOT a Poster Session.

Once the Student Finalists and Open Communications presenters have been selected, the remaining accepted abtracts will be assigned a final poster number and time slot to present during one of the four Poster Sessions during the symposium.

National Neurotrauma Society
8032 SW 45 Lane
Gainesville FL 32608 USA

TEL: (352) 213-8656
FAX: (305) 704-3814