[ MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION - Discovery Research Grants | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 03.12.2018 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: Discovery Research Grants are awarded to independent, established investigators to accelerate progress toward understanding and treating neuromuscular disease.
Discovery research includes the search for understanding the causes of disease, unraveling pathways involved in disease, identifying novel drug targets, and testing new strategies to treat disease. The goal for discovery research is to form a solid foundation that informs and accelerates all subsequent drug development.
Duration: 1-3 years
Funding: USD $100’000/year
Eligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Discovery Research Grant (RG), applicants must:
How to Apply: Letters of Intent must first be submitted via proposalCENTRAL .
If the LOI is successful, the applicant will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Deadline, Letter of Intent: 03 Dec 2018 (11:59 pm EST)
Deadline, Full Application: 31 Jan 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Further information
Discovery research includes the search for understanding the causes of disease, unraveling pathways involved in disease, identifying novel drug targets, and testing new strategies to treat disease. The goal for discovery research is to form a solid foundation that informs and accelerates all subsequent drug development.
Duration: 1-3 years
Funding: USD $100’000/year
Eligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Discovery Research Grant (RG), applicants must:
- Hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) or equivalent degree (i.e. D.O.)
- Be a professional or faculty member (professor, associate professor or assistant professor) at an appropriate educational, medical, corporate or research institution
- Be qualified to conduct a program of original research within his or her own laboratory
- Assume both administrative and financial responsibility for the grant
- Have access to institutional resources necessary to conduct the proposed research project
How to Apply: Letters of Intent must first be submitted via proposalCENTRAL .
If the LOI is successful, the applicant will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Deadline, Letter of Intent: 03 Dec 2018 (11:59 pm EST)
Deadline, Full Application: 31 Jan 2019 (5:00 pm EST)
Further information
- More information about the program is available on the Association’s website and in the Grant Guidelines
- The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free