Detall de la convocatòria

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Objectiu de la convocatòria
BrightFocus Foundation is a nonprofit organization supporting research and providing public education to help eradicate brain and eye diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
Característiques principals
The ADR program is designed to allow scientists the opportunity to develop the preliminary data necessary to be considered competitive for larger government or corporate types of sponsorship. The focus of the program is on projects that, although associated with high risks, will offer high yields in terms of growth of the field. More incremental proposals, or proposals that might be easily funded through existing resources, are discouraged.

The ADR program offers two types of funding:
  • Standard Awards
  • Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Lloc de presentació
    El personal de l'IMIM i PSMAR que necessiteu més informació adreceu-vos a:
    Servei de Recerca. C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003-Barcelona. Tel.: 93.316.05.76.
    Marta López: mlopez4@imim.es Ext.: 1576
    Carol Barnwell: cbarnwell@imim.es Ext.: 1670
    Convocatòria (URL)
    http://www.brightfocus.org/grants/apply-for-grant
    On-line application: https://brightfocus.smartsimple.us/s_Login.jsp
    Requisits
    The Principal Investigator (PI) position on BrightFocus Standard Awards are open to tenure- and non-tenure track investigators of any career-stage who are appropriately trained to lead an independent research study, and are permitted by their organizations to manage grants and supervise any key personnel. Applicants should have completed their formal post-doctoral mentored research training, and must be the intellectual and creative leads for the proposed projects.
    Fellows may serve as PI for Alzheimer’s Disease Research (ADR) Postdoctoral Fellowships only
    Dotació
  • Standard Award: $100,000 for years 1 and 2; $50,000 for year 3
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship: $50,000/yr ($100,000 Total)
  • Durada
    Up to 2 years.

    Arxius

    Arxiu
    Proposal Instructions