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NBER: New Innovators Award Program
Subject: New Innovators Award Program
From: David Wise (dwise@nber.org)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2007 - 15:18:44 EDT
Dear colleagues:
The funding announcement described below is a good opportunity for
researchers who have received their PhD in the last ten years. I
urge you to take a look at it if you are eligible, or pass it on to more
junior colleagues if you are outside that window.
A funding announcement for the NIH Director's New Innovator Awards has
now been released. This award, which has a shorter turnaround than
the standard NIH grant application, is a great opportunity for
significant research funding for a project utilizing innovative methods
and/or data, addressing topics in the arena of public health.
NIH states it is designed to "support exceptionally creative new
investigators who propose highly innovative approaches that have the
potential to produce an unusually high impact."
NBER researchers have had substantial past success in obtaining NIH
funding, particularly from the institutes on aging and on child health
and development. You should consider applying if you have a project
you believe fits the bill.
Key points of the funding announcement and a link to the full text are
provided below. Please feel free to contact Joan Stillwell
(stillwel@nber.org) or Janet Stein (jbstein@nber.org) if you have
questions or would like to apply.
Sincerely,
David Wise
Key Points for New Innovators Award Program:
--Investigator must have received terminal degree in 1997 or later, and
not have been a PI on an R01 or P01 project.
--Investigator must agree to spend at least 30% of his/her research
effort on research under this award.
--Maximum award is $1.5 million in direct costs over 5 years (avg.
$300K/year)
--Anticipated project period will be 9/28/07; end date 8/31/12
--Applications must be received via grants.gov by May 22, 2007
--Research plan will consist of a 10-page essay, addressing the
following:
1) Project description,
including likely impact
2) Innovativeness
3) Investigator
qualifications
Preliminary data are allowed, but not required
--Link to the full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-009.html
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