Office of Research

Fay Frank Seed Grant Program 2016

Limited Submissions

http://thebrf.org/Grants/Fay+Frank+Seed+Grant+Program

http://www.thebrf.org/assets/root/pdf_files/Seed%20Grants/2016%20SG%20Guidelines.9.2015.pdf

The objective of the BRF Seed Grant Program is to support new and innovative projects, especially those of junior faculty, who are working in new research directions. BRF Seed Grant awards are not intended to supplement existing grants.

 

Funding Preferences:

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.

3.)    Associate Professor – Faculty who are pursuing new research directions. Must explain how the project is a new research direction. Must provide abstract for current grant(s). (Note: A new technique is not considered a new direction unless it pertains to a different area of study.)

4.)    Seed Grants are NOT to be used for bridge funding between grants.

 

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible, PI must be a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor at an invited 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.

 

2015 Fay Frank Seed Grant recipients:

https://www.thebrf.org/Sub+Pages/Topics

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a two-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
  3. A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally

 

To research@uw.edu before 5:00PM Thursday 10/29/15. Proposals are due to the sponsor 1/7/16, so you will need to get your materials in to OSP by 12/29/15.

Opportunity Details

Program Announcement No.

2016

Deadlines
10/29/2015 UW Internal Deadline Closed
12/29/2015 OSP Deadline
01/07/2016 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Brain Research Foundation

Funding amount

$80,000 (direct costs)

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • School of Medicine

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.