[ SIMONS FOUNDATION - Bridge to Independence Award | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 06.08.2018 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: Grants awarded through the Bridge to Independence Award program are intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investigators by identifying talented early-career scientists interested in autism research and facilitating their transition to independent research careers. The BTI Award program welcomes applications that span the breadth of science that SFARI normally supports, including genetics, molecular mechanisms, circuits and systems, and clinical science.
This request for applications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to seek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2018-2019 academic year. Successful applicants will receive a commitment of $495,000 over three years, activated upon assumption of a tenure-track professorship.
Applications are encouraged both from postdoctoral fellows who are already working on autism-related projects and those who are not currently working on autism but who are interested in starting research projects in this area.
Duration: 3 years
Funding: USD $495’000
Eligibility: All applicants 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 verifiably non-independent position (i.e., below the faculty level). Applicants must also be actively seeking a tenure-track position at a U.S. institution of higher education during the 2018-19 academic year, but not have accepted such a position. There are no citizenship requirements.
How to Apply: BTI grants are awarded through a multi-stage process. The first stage is a competitive process in which Letters of Intent (LOIs) are reviewed by the SFARI science team and an external scientific panel. BTI awardees are selected at the end of stage one. Upon notification, awardees have one year to secure a tenure-track professorship at a U.S. academic institution and submit an approval application.
LOIs must be completed electronically and submitted using forms provided at proposalCENTRAL.
Application Deadline: 06 August 2018
Further information
This request for applications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to seek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2018-2019 academic year. Successful applicants will receive a commitment of $495,000 over three years, activated upon assumption of a tenure-track professorship.
Applications are encouraged both from postdoctoral fellows who are already working on autism-related projects and those who are not currently working on autism but who are interested in starting research projects in this area.
Duration: 3 years
Funding: USD $495’000
Eligibility: All applicants 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 verifiably non-independent position (i.e., below the faculty level). Applicants must also be actively seeking a tenure-track position at a U.S. institution of higher education during the 2018-19 academic year, but not have accepted such a position. There are no citizenship requirements.
How to Apply: BTI grants are awarded through a multi-stage process. The first stage is a competitive process in which Letters of Intent (LOIs) are reviewed by the SFARI science team and an external scientific panel. BTI awardees are selected at the end of stage one. Upon notification, awardees have one year to secure a tenure-track professorship at a U.S. academic institution and submit an approval application.
LOIs must be completed electronically and submitted using forms provided at proposalCENTRAL.
Application Deadline: 06 August 2018
Further information
- More information about the program is available here.
- The application portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here.
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office.
Practical information
- General public
- Free