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Limited Submission Opportunity Available: Brain Research Foundation

04/04/2025

The objective of the Scientific Innovations Award is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings.

It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high-impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high-impact journals. 

The objective of the Scientific Innovations Award is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high impact journals. 
 
The nominee must be a full-time associate professor/full professor working in neuroscience, neurology, neurobiology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, or related disciplines, proposing scientific projects with a focus on brain health and disease, including cancer. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. The grant period is for two years, totaling $150,000. The support focus is for new research projects of the highest scientific merit.   

Guidance for the Nomination Process

An internal competition will be held to assign the single slot. Interested PIs should submit a 1-2 page summary of their proposed project and Biosketch in NIH format in OpenWater by 5 p.m. on April 25, 2025. 

A SLU faculty selection committee will review and select the most suitable applicant and notify all applicants of the outcome by May 2, 2025, barring any unforeseen circumstances. The LOI submission deadline to the funder is June 3, 2025 at 4 p.m. The full proposal deadline is September 23, 2025.   

For more information and a complete list of requirements, see the guidelines. To learn more about Brain Research Foundation, visit the website.

For more information or questions on the Foundation, contact Wendy Schlesinger at wendy.schlesinger@slu.edu or 314-977-6814. 

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