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SUMMARY:Simons Foundation - Bridge to Independence Award
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240110
DTSTAMP:20260415T072253Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: The SFARI Bridge to Independence (BTI) program engages ta
 lented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepre
 sented backgrounds to pursue research in autism and facilitates their tran
 sition into independent faculty positions at a research institution within
  or outside the U.S.\n\nThe Program seeks to support the next generation o
 f top autism researchers. The BTI Award program welcomes applications that
  span the breadth of science that SFARI supports\, including genetics\, mo
 lecular mechanisms\, circuits and systems\, and clinical science.\n\nIndep
 endence Fellows will be provided with up to five years of support\, split 
 into two awards: 1) Postdoctoral Award (for a maximum of two years)\, and 
 2) Faculty Research Award (over three years).\n\nDuration:      5 year
 s\n\nFunding:       max. $790\,000\n\nEligibility: The program is aim
 ed at Ph.D. and/or M.D.-holding scientists from diverse and/or historicall
 y underrepresented groups in science (examples here) who are currently in 
 a non-independent\, mentored training position at an institution within or
  outside the U.S. and who will be actively seeking and applying to tenure-
 track faculty positions between September 2024–May 2025. Independence Fe
 llows are expected to apply\, secure and transition to a tenure-track facu
 lty position at a research institution within or outside the U.S. by the e
 nd of the 2025–2026 academic year.\nThere are no citizenship requirement
 s.\n\nHow to Apply: Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award M
 anager (SAM)\, and follow the steps detailed here.\n\nApplication Deadline
 :       10 January 2024\n\nFurther information\n\n	More information a
 bout the program is available here.\n	Application portal can be found here
 \, and full application procedure here.\n	Info session will be held on Nov
 ember 2\, 2023\, at 12:00 p.m EDT\, registration here.\n	For any other qu
 estions\, please contact the Research Office.\n\n\n 
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