There is usually one application cycle per year. All Department Chairmen are notified of the deadlines well in advance and are provided with proposal forms. In order to solicit the best candidates, the BSD Block Subcommittee requests that each Department conduct an internal review of their Block proposals and put forward one nomination for Division-wide competition. The Brain Research Foundation provides support for research projects in the neuroscience's. These funds are meant to provide seed grants for new projects and developing programs that have the potential of becoming competitive for NIH or other extramural support.
Priority is given to young investigators.
This program is open to faculty who are members of the Brain Research Institute. The unit is one of eight across the country and consists, in large part, of five multi-user core laboratories. The CNRU's goal is to enlarge the scope of nutrition research by building upon the existing base of basic biological, clinical, and behavioral study. The Center also maintains funds for the support of research grants, called Pilot and Feasibility Studies, and partial support for a New Investigator in Nutrition. The Pilot and Feasibility Studies are aimed at attracting more junior members of the faculty into the area of nutrition research, allowing established faculty members who are not currently engaged in nutrition research expand their investigations into the field, and permitting any faculty member to test a novel hypothesis in nutrition research that might not yet meet NIH requirements for R01 funding.