[ BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION - Macular Degeneration Research Program Standard Awards | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 03.06.2019 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: BrightFocus provides research funds for U.S. domestic as well as international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of age-related macular degeneration. The goal of the program is to accelerate advances in fundamental and translational research in age-related macular degeneration, to understand the mechanisms underlying the etiology and pathogenesis of macular degeneration and to develop innovative approaches to better diagnose, prevent or delay the progress of the disease. The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.
Duration: 2 years
Funding: USD $200’000
Eligibility: 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 key personnel. Typically these awards are made to early stage investigators, or to more established investigators who are proposing particularly innovative research. Additionally, Postdoctoral Fellows may be listed as Co-Principal Investigator.
How to Apply: Applications must be submitted through the online portal. Instructions for use of the portal can be found here. Note that EPFL is already registered as an organization in the submission portal (“Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne”).
Letter of Intent deadline: 03 June 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Full proposal deadline: 10 October 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Further information
Duration: 2 years
Funding: USD $200’000
Eligibility: 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 key personnel. Typically these awards are made to early stage investigators, or to more established investigators who are proposing particularly innovative research. Additionally, Postdoctoral Fellows may be listed as Co-Principal Investigator.
How to Apply: Applications must be submitted through the online portal. Instructions for use of the portal can be found here. Note that EPFL is already registered as an organization in the submission portal (“Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne”).
Letter of Intent deadline: 03 June 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Full proposal deadline: 10 October 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Further information
- More information about the program in general is available here, and about the current call here.
- The application portal can be found here.
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free