The deadline is the required postmark date for proposals that will be read at a board meeting one month later. 29 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Massachusetts 02116-2349. The Biomedical Engineering Research Grants program supports research projects that enable investigators to establish academic careers in biomedical engineering or a closely related field. Supported investigators must have received a PhD less than eight years prior to submitting the preliminary proposal and apply or develop substantive engineering methods and techniques in projects that address important medical problems. By itself, the routine use of complex instrumentation or conventional engineering methods is insufficient to qualify for funding.
Applications are available on the website.
This year, the Controlling the Cost of Postsecondary Education Program and the Disseminating Proven Reforms Program were folded into the Comprehensive Program and will become invitational priorities. Preapplications due February 11, 2000. Projects must involve the delivery of practical services in real-world environments where the emphasis is on application, not the technology itself. Free workshops will be held in New York, Houston and Los Angeles to introduce the FY 2000 grant round and to discuss funding prioirities, application requirements and helpful hints.