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SUMMARY:[ MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION - Discovery Research Grants | Res
 earch funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181203
DTSTAMP:20260510T185032Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: Discovery Research Grants are awarded to independent\, es
 tablished investigators to accelerate progress toward understanding and tr
 eating neuromuscular disease.\n \nDiscovery research includes the search 
 for understanding the causes of disease\, unraveling pathways involved in 
 disease\, identifying novel drug targets\, and testing new strategies to t
 reat disease. The goal for discovery research is to form a solid foundatio
 n that informs and accelerates all subsequent drug development.\n \nDurat
 ion:      1-3 years\n \nFunding:       USD $100’000/year\n \n
 Eligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Discovery Research Grant (RG)\,
  applicants must:\n\n	Hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)\, Doctor of Philoso
 phy (Ph.D)\, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) or equivalent degree (i.e. D.O.)\n	
 Be a professional or faculty member (professor\, associate professor or as
 sistant professor) at an appropriate educational\, medical\, corporate or 
 research institution\n	Be qualified to conduct a program of original resea
 rch within his or her own laboratory\n	Assume both administrative and fina
 ncial responsibility for the grant\n	Have access to institutional resource
 s necessary to conduct the proposed research project\n\n \nHow to Apply: 
 Letters of Intent must first be submitted via proposalCENTRAL .\nIf the LO
 I is successful\, the applicant will be invited to submit a full proposal.
 \n \nDeadline\, Letter of Intent:             03 Dec 2018 (11:
 59 pm EST)\nDeadline\, Full Application:           31 Jan 2019 (
 5:00 pm EST)\n \nFurther information\n\n\n	More information about the pro
 gram is available on the Association’s website and in the Grant Guidelin
 es\n	The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here\n	For any ot
 her questions\, please contact the Research Office\n
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