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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">From the MIT Office
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you will find information on a call for
applications from the Brain and Behavior
Research Foundation (NARSAD).</p>
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forward to anyone who might be interested. </p>
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Foundation Relations is pleased to provide
assistance to anyone applying for a grant from
this program.</b><span
style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold"> </span><b><i>Please
also let us know if you apply, whether or
not we assist you. For more information,
including a list of recently issued RFPs,
please visit our website (</i></b><b><a
href="http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/">http://foundations.mit.edu/for-faculty/rfp-information/</a>).</b></p>
<div><b><i>NOTE: All proposals must be routed
through the Office of Sponsored Programs [MIT]
prior to submission.</i></b></div>
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<div><b>2014 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant</b></div>
<div><b>Deadline: February 19, 2014</b></div>
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<div><b>NOTE: Award does not include indirect costs--it
will incur underrecovery</b></div>
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<div>The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is
the largest non-government, donor-supported
organization that distributes funds for psychiatric
brain and behavior disorder research. The
Foundation's NARSAD Young Investigator Grant program
offers up to $30,000 a year for up to two (2) years
to enable promising investigators to either extend
their research fellowship training or to begin
careers as independent research faculty. </div>
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<div>The program is intended to facilitate innovative
research opportunities and supports basic, as well
as translational and/or clinical investigators,
however, research must be relevant to our
understanding, treatment and prevention of
serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia,
bipolar, mood and anxiety disorders, or early onset
brain and behavior disorders. </div>
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<div>As is well known, the Foundation is interested in
supporting the full range of relevant
neurobiological and psychobiological basic science.
We also support clinical grants which can include
careful studies using qualitative research
approaches or research generating preliminary data
to explore a new hypothesis generated by clinical
experience or large sample studies. </div>
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<div>The NARSAD Young Investigator Grant is not
sufficient to support expensive large sample
patient-based studies but it may be possible to
attach a study to a clinical project already under
way or for which other funding has become
available. Some possibilities for preliminary
clinical studies include: </div>
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<li>Support for an add-on study to identify a
biomarker in the context of an ongoing clinical
trial. </li>
<li>Determining if a computer-based cognitive or
other remediation enhances effectiveness of a
cognitive agents. </li>
<li>Proof of principle study in a few subjects to
see if efficacy is detected with a new
treatment. </li>
<li>Testing a novel hypothesis within an already
established data set. </li>
<li>Research on productive work outcomes </li>
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<div>These examples do not define the Foundation's
specific goals, but illustrate feasibility of
expensive clinical research in the context of the
NARSAD Grants Program. </div>
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<div>The Foundation is committed to spending all
contributions for direct support of research.
Operational expenses are generously underwritten by
two family foundations. Administrative cost of
review is small; reviewers are members of the
Foundation's Scientific Council, whom volunteer
their time to evaluate applications; therefore, <b>no
feedback can be provided to applicants</b>. </div>
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<div><b>Grant Requirements</b></div>
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<li>Applicants must have a doctoral level degree
(e.g., M.D. with [minimum PGY-IV] training,
Ph.D., Psy.D., Pharm.D., etc.) and already be
employed in research training, or be in a
faculty research position. The YI Grant is
intended to support advanced post-doctoral
fellows, instructors and assistant professors
(or equivalent). Pre-doctoral students, first
year post-doctoral fellows, faculty who've
served and faculty serving as a P.I. on a NIH
R01 grant are not eligible. Investigators at
the rank of associate professor or equivalent
are also not eligible (assistant professors
who serve(d) as a P.I. on a NIH R01 or equiv.
grant are now eligible for the II Grant;</li>
<li>Applicants must have on-site mentor or
senior collaborator who is an established
investigator in areas relevant to psychiatric
disorders. The mentor/sponsor role is usually
extensive for fellowship extension (mentor),
and more senior colleague/advisor (sponsor)
for an applicant prepared to initiate
independent science; </li>
<li>Applicants may only apply twice for an
initial YI Grant;</li>
<li>Applications must be submitted by Tuesday,
February 19, 2014, no later than 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time;</li>
<li>Funding is for one or two years and is up to
$30,000 per year. The Foundation does not pay
institutional overhead on the NARSAD Young
Investigator Grant Program;</li>
<li>The Foundation allows considerable
flexibility in the use of funds: equipment,
stipends, etc., are all acceptable as long as
the support is in the service of the NARSAD
Grant research project;</li>
<li>Applicants are eligible for a maximum of two
Young Investigator Grants. Prior grantees at
the advanced post-doctoral, instructor or
assistant professor level can apply for a
second grant. However, grants cannot overlap
in time, only one application for a second YI
Grant is permitted, and substantial
productivity on the first grant must
be documented and the applicant must show how
a second grant will facilitate competition for
a NIH R01 grant or equivalent. Only one
principal investigator (P.I.) is allowed per
application; </li>
<li>Grant approval notifications will be mailed
in August, 2014. It is the Foundation's policy
to provide no feedback on applications, other
than funding notification. Earliest grant
start date is January 15, 2015.</li>
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<div>Visit the NARSAD website for complete program
information and application procedures: <a
href="http://bbrfoundation.org/yi#apply">http://bbrfoundation.org/yi#apply</a>.
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<div><font face="Calibri">Nicholas Marmor</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Development Associate</font></div>
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