National Ataxia Foundation Research Fellowship Award
Letter of Intent Due Date: August 15, 2010
Application due: September 15, 2010
NAF research awards are for new and innovative studies that are relevant to the cause, pathogenesis or treatment of the hereditary or sporadic ataxias.
Due to the larger availability of funding for Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T), those research proposals will receive a lower priority. However, a higher ranking will be given to those Ataxia-Telangiectasia research studies which lend themselves to an overall better understanding of the ataxia process.
Post-doctoral fellowship awards are to serve as a bridge from postdoctoral positions to junior faculty positions.
Applicants should have completed at least one year of post-doctoral training, but not more than two at the time of application, and should have shown a commitment to research in the field of ataxia. The award will permit individuals to spend an additional third year in a post-doctoral position and increase chances to establish an independent ataxia
research program. A letter from the mentor should outline a program of studies for the applicant, and delineate the candidate’s future plans.
It is anticipated that the average funds granted will be up to $35,000.
National Ataxia Foundation has a policy that prohibits indirect costs being applied to NAF grant awards.
National Ataxia Foundation
2600 Fernbrook Lane Suite 119
Minneapolis, MN 55447-4752
Phone: (763)553-0020
Fax: (763) 553-0167
E-Mail: naf@ataxia.org
