[ EPILEPSY FOUNDATION - My Brain Map Initiative | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 21.06.2019 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The Epilepsy Innovation Institute (Ei2) is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the My Brain Map initiative to fund pilot studies that would propose novel exploratory ways to model seizure propagation in a personalized brain network model. We are looking for proposals that seek to test novel, unconventional hypotheses or pursue major methodological or technical challenges in network modeling for epilepsy. We are interested in funding innovative multi-scale approaches to brain mapping. Therefore, we encourage proposal submissions that can begin to correlate standard measures of macro-network activity (i.e. EEG and/or fMRI) with microphysiological mechanisms (such as oxygen, microdialysis of extracellular fluids, local field potentials, etc).
Our ultimate end-goal is to create a user-friendly data visualization tool for seizure propagation personalized to the individual’s brain network. This request for proposals will be used to fund the preliminary exploratory work needed to develop a prototype visualization tool. Priority will be given to investigators who propose employing new technologies and/or new analytical methods on existing data sets already collected.
Funding: $200,000
Eligibility: PIs must hold a full‐time faculty or industry appointment at the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above at an academic, non‐profit research institution, or industry organization whose primary mission includes medical research within or outside the United States. PIs must be able to show clear evidence of an independent research program. Investigators need not be specifically trained in the field of epilepsy or have any documented experience with epilepsy research. However, researchers who are new to epilepsy will need to ensure that there is an epilepsy research expert on their team during the formative stages of the research plan.
How to Apply: A Letter of Intent (LOI) should be submitted first. All applicants must submit a LOI to the Epilepsy Foundation prior to submission of a full proposal. Please carefully follow the instructions in proposalCENTRAL. The LOI consists of a title page, PI information, Organization information, Key personnel, and the Letter itself. Those that are selected to move forward will be notified by 05 August, at which time Full grant applications will be requested (due 29 November).
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Deadlines: Letter of Intent: 21 June 2019 (5:00 PM EDT)
Full application (by invitation): 29 November 2019
Further information
Our ultimate end-goal is to create a user-friendly data visualization tool for seizure propagation personalized to the individual’s brain network. This request for proposals will be used to fund the preliminary exploratory work needed to develop a prototype visualization tool. Priority will be given to investigators who propose employing new technologies and/or new analytical methods on existing data sets already collected.
Funding: $200,000
Eligibility: PIs must hold a full‐time faculty or industry appointment at the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above at an academic, non‐profit research institution, or industry organization whose primary mission includes medical research within or outside the United States. PIs must be able to show clear evidence of an independent research program. Investigators need not be specifically trained in the field of epilepsy or have any documented experience with epilepsy research. However, researchers who are new to epilepsy will need to ensure that there is an epilepsy research expert on their team during the formative stages of the research plan.
How to Apply: A Letter of Intent (LOI) should be submitted first. All applicants must submit a LOI to the Epilepsy Foundation prior to submission of a full proposal. Please carefully follow the instructions in proposalCENTRAL. The LOI consists of a title page, PI information, Organization information, Key personnel, and the Letter itself. Those that are selected to move forward will be notified by 05 August, at which time Full grant applications will be requested (due 29 November).
If EPFL will serve as your host institution, please use the following institution name in proposalCENTRAL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Deadlines: Letter of Intent: 21 June 2019 (5:00 PM EDT)
Full application (by invitation): 29 November 2019
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- Download the RFP here
- Find the application portal proposalCENTRAL here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free