BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Memento EPFL//
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:[ MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION - Discovery Research Grants | Res
 earch Funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191202
DTSTAMP:20260609T230408Z
UID:1cd35f2554b4ba0dd76b691dc3043fed6cd840f0a91eb8e6bd94c1ad
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 
 \nEligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Discovery Research Grant (RG)
 \, applicants must:\n\n	Hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)\, Doctor of Philo
 sophy (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 
 assistant professor) at an appropriate educational\, medical\, corporate o
 r research institution\n	Be qualified to conduct a program of original res
 earch within his or her own laboratory\n	Assume both administrative and fi
 nancial responsibility for the grant\n	Have access to institutional resour
 ces necessary to conduct the proposed research project\n\n \nHow to Apply
 : Letters of Intent must first be submitted via proposalCENTRAL .\nIf the 
 LOI is successful\, the applicant will be invited to submit a full proposa
 l.\n \nDeadline\, Letter of Intent:              02 Dec 2019 
 (11:59 pm EST)\nDeadline\, Full Application:           31 Jan 20
 20 (5:00 pm EST)\n \nFurther information\n\n\n	More information about the
  program is available on the Association’s website and in the Grant Guid
 elines\n	The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here\n	For an
 y other questions\, please contact the Research Office\n
LOCATION:
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR