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SUMMARY:[ SIMONS FOUNDATION - Bridge to Independence Award | Research Fund
 ing ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180806
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: Grants awarded through the Bridge to Independence Award p
 rogram are intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investi
 gators by identifying talented early-career scientists interested in autis
 m research and facilitating their transition to independent research caree
 rs. The BTI Award program welcomes applications that span the breadth of s
 cience that SFARI normally supports\, including genetics\, molecular mecha
 nisms\, circuits and systems\, and clinical science.\n\nThis request for a
 pplications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to se
 ek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2018-2019 academic year. Succ
 essful applicants will receive a commitment of $495\,000 over three years\
 , activated upon assumption of a tenure-track professorship.\n \nApplicat
 ions are encouraged both from postdoctoral fellows who are already working
  on autism-related projects and those who are not currently working on aut
 ism but who are interested in starting research projects in this area.\n 
 \nDuration: 3 years\n \nFunding: USD $495’000\n \nEligibility: All app
 licants must hold a Ph.D.\, M.D. or equivalent degree and have fewer than 
 six (6) years of postdoctoral training. Applicants must currently hold a v
 erifiably non-independent position (i.e.\, below the faculty level). Appli
 cants must also be actively seeking a tenure-track position at a U.S. inst
 itution of higher education during the 2018-19 academic year\, but not hav
 e accepted such a position. There are no citizenship requirements.\n \nHo
 w to Apply: BTI grants are awarded through a multi-stage process. The firs
 t stage is a competitive process in which Letters of Intent (LOIs) are rev
 iewed by the SFARI science team and an external scientific panel. BTI awar
 dees are selected at the end of stage one. Upon notification\, awardees ha
 ve one year to secure a tenure-track professorship at a U.S. academic inst
 itution and submit an approval application.\n \nLOIs must be completed el
 ectronically and submitted using forms provided at proposalCENTRAL.\n \nA
 pplication Deadline: 06 August 2018\n \nFurther information\n\n	More info
 rmation about the program is available here.\n	The application portal prop
 osalCENTRAL can be found here.\n	For any other questions\, please contact 
 the Research Office.\n
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