Limited submission: Brain Research Foundation 2021 Seed Grant Program

• UGA internal deadline: Thursday, Nov. 19
• Sponsor LOI deadline: Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 4 p.m.
• CST sponsor deadline: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 (by invitation)

UGA’s Office of Research recently announced a limited submission opportunity to apply to the Brain Research Foundation’s (BRF) 2021 Seed Grant Program. Interested PIs should review how to prepare the internal application, as well as the full program announcement before preparing their internal application.

BRF’s annual Seed Grant Program was initiated in 1981. The purpose of the program is to provide start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health or other outside funding sources. The objective of the BRF Seed Grant Program is to support new and innovative projects, especially those of junior faculty, who are working in new research directions. BRF Seed Grant awards are not intended to supplement existing grants. Each total grant is limited to $80,000 (direct costs) for a two-year grant period.

To be eligible, PIs must be full-time assistant or associate professors at an invited U.S. academic institution working in the areas of brain function. This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience, as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning in health and disease. The grant proposal must detail a new research project that is not funded by other sources. This grant is not to be used as bridge funding.

Please contact the Office of Research and Graduate Education for assistance with preparing the internal application.