Focused on
Sex and Gender-Related Issues in Neuroscience
In October
2007, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Research
on Women’s Health renewed a five-year award for Drs. Kathleen T. Brady
and Ronald E. See, funding a research center focused on sex and
gender-based multidisciplinary research at MUSC. One of the goals of
the center is to catalyze women’s health-related research throughout
the MUSC campus.This goal will be primarily facilitated by the support
of pilot projects at MUSC.
The
purpose of the pilot program is to provide short-term start-up funds to
promising postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty (less than five years
from post-doctoral training/terminal degree) at MUSC to collect initial
data for an RO3, R21, or R01 submission. The project must focus on a
neuroscience-related topic and explore either sex/gender differences or
disorders/treatments as they uniquely relate to women. The project can
be either clinical or basic science, but consistent with the NIH
Roadmap Initiative and the vision of MUSC’s South Carolina Clinical and
Translational Research Institute (SCTR). Projects involving
multidisciplinary teams and/or translational research efforts are
especially encouraged.
Eligibility:
Currently
salaried postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty.
Proposal
Receipt
Date:
May
1, Noon
Award
Notification:
June
1
Expected
Funding Date:
July 1
Funding
Limit:
$20,000
(direct costs only)
Funding
Period:
July
1 – June 30, 2012
Submission
Guidelines (please submit electronically):
1. Submit
a description (maximum of 5 pages) of your project using the following
format:
A.
Statement of the Problem / Background
B. Primary
hypothesis to be tested
C. Methods
to be used
D.
Significance of the project and relationship to sex and gender research
E.
Indication of how the pilot project will lead to extramural grant
funding
2.
Postdoctoral fellows must also submit a letter of support from the
faculty mentor supervising the project.
3. Submit
an NIH-type bio-sketch for the applicant. Postdoctoral fellows should
also submit the mentor's bio-sketch.
4. Submit
a budget (using the PHS398 form) and a brief budget justification.
Recall that budgets can be no more than $20,000 and cannot provide
funds for major equipment, travel or salary support for the applicant
or staff.
Submit
proposals and address inquiries to: Sarah S. Gainey, MSW,
LISW-CP, Coordinator, Women's Resarch Center, smithsar@musc.edu or
(843) 792-8207. Visit http://www.musc.edu/scor
Funding
for the Women’s Research Center provided by:
NIDA/ORWH:
5P50 DA016511-09 in partnership with MUSC
Friday, Jan. 21,
2011
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