[ American Brain Tumor Association – Discovery Grants | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 09.12.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The mission of the American Brain Tumor Association is to advance the understanding and treatment of brain tumors with the goals of improving, extending and, ultimately, saving the lives of those impacted by a brain tumor diagnosis. To this end, the ABTA seeks applications from faculty who propose high-risk / high-impact projects with the potential to change current diagnostic or treatment paradigms for adult and pediatric brain tumor care. The funding mechanism specifically encourages novel research by allowing researchers to conduct the early scientific studies needed to secure additional/future funding for their projects.
Funding: USD $50’000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Grants will be awarded to a single principal investigator (PI). PIs must have a doctoral degree and a full-time faculty position, but must not have held a faculty position prior to 20/08/2011. For PIs within five years of their first faculty appointment, a Lead Mentor is required; the Lead Mentor must be at the same institution and must also conduct brain tumor research. There are no restrictions on citizenship or location of the (non-profit) host institution.
How to Apply: The two-step application process begins with a letter of intent (LOI). The LOI follows a prescribed template which gathers information summarizing the proposed research project. The LOI should be submitted through proposalCENTRAL. Once registered or logged in, you can find the funding opportunity by searching for ABTA, then download the appropriate guidelines and templates. The LOI submission requires letters of support and signatures of approval from the Lead Mentor and the Lead Institution; if you have any questions about these, contact the Research Office. Decisions from the LOI stage will be returned in mid-February.
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL.
Deadline (LOI): 09 December 2020 (12:00 CST)
Deadline, Full App.: late-March
Further information
Funding: USD $50’000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Grants will be awarded to a single principal investigator (PI). PIs must have a doctoral degree and a full-time faculty position, but must not have held a faculty position prior to 20/08/2011. For PIs within five years of their first faculty appointment, a Lead Mentor is required; the Lead Mentor must be at the same institution and must also conduct brain tumor research. There are no restrictions on citizenship or location of the (non-profit) host institution.
How to Apply: The two-step application process begins with a letter of intent (LOI). The LOI follows a prescribed template which gathers information summarizing the proposed research project. The LOI should be submitted through proposalCENTRAL. Once registered or logged in, you can find the funding opportunity by searching for ABTA, then download the appropriate guidelines and templates. The LOI submission requires letters of support and signatures of approval from the Lead Mentor and the Lead Institution; if you have any questions about these, contact the Research Office. Decisions from the LOI stage will be returned in mid-February.
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL.
Deadline (LOI): 09 December 2020 (12:00 CST)
Deadline, Full App.: late-March
Further information
- More information about the program is available here, and the RFA can be downloaded here.
- The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free