Brief Description:

The objective of the Brain Research Foundation (BRF) Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program is to provide start-up monies for junior faculty who are working in new research directions in the field of neuroscience. Research funded by the BRF Seed Grant should likely lead to extramural funding from the NIH or other outside funding sources. Seed Grant award are not intended to supplement existing grants.

Harvard University, as a single institution, may nominate one faculty member to the sponsor for consideration.

Applicants with a primary appointment at HMS Quad, or an affiliated hospital, must apply through the process facilitated by HMS Foundation Funds

Description:

Harvard University, as a single institution, may nominate one faculty member to the sponsor for consideration.

Applicants with a primary appointment at HMS or an affiliated hospital must apply through the process facilitated by HMS Foundation Funds

Application Information:

Applicants are asked to submit:

Proposal title

A brief summary of the proposed research project. Include a closing paragraph that explains how the research will develop/next steps (1,400 word count, not including figures or images, as applicable)

-The grant proposal must detail a new research project that is not funded by other sources-

Assistant Professors: The grant proposal must detail a new research project that will generate pilot data that will lead to R01 funding or a comparable outside grant

Associate Professors: The grant proposal must detail new research directions

Biographical sketch, NIH format. Please also include a separate page(s) detailing past, current, and anticipated funding

Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants must be full time Assistant or Associate Professors working in the area of studies of brain function in health and disease
This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning in health and disease
Assistant Professors: the proposal must be a new research project that will generate pilot data that will lead to R01 funding or a comparable outside grant
Associate Professors: the proposal should detail the pursuit of a new research direction. A new technique is not considered a new direction unless it pertains to a different are of study
Funds may not be used as bridge funding
Funding may not be used for indirect costs

Additional Information, Related Websites, and Proxy Instructions:

This competition is not enabled for Proxy applicants.

Additional information about the Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program is available on the Brain Research Foundation website, https://www.thebrf.org/seed-grants/

Applicants with questions about this opportunity should contact a Research Administrator at the school where they hold a primary appointment. A list of contacts by school is available here.

Applicants with a primary appointment at HMS or an affiliated hospital must apply through the process facilitated by HMS Foundation Funds

Search Filters:

Institution

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Position

Assistant Professor
Associate Professor

Type of Competition

Limited Submission

Begin Accepting Applications Date:

8/18/2023

Deadline Date (EST Time Zone):

10/22/2023 12:00 PM