Cómo aplicar

Application materials for the McKnight Scholar Awards are available in August each year. Applicants must demonstrate interest in solving important problems in relevant areas of neuroscience.

Para postularse, el investigador principal deberá seguir estos pasos:

• Descargue el documento "Solicitud y pautas" que se encuentra en la barra lateral derecha. Estas directrices proporcionarán más crítico detalles sobre los pasos enumerados a continuación. Consulte el documento de directrices en todo momento.
• Configure un nombre de usuario y contraseña utilizando el enlace "Iniciar aplicación" ubicado en la barra lateral derecha.

(conserve su nombre de usuario y contraseña para uso futuro)

• Al iniciar sesión, complete una hoja frontal en línea.
• Cargue la aplicación completa como ONE PDF, que incluye:

1. Hoja de cara completa.
2. Boceto biográfico en formato NIH.
3. Description of the proposed research project. Applicants should propose experiments based on their best work. The proposal should be introduced with an abstract of 200 words or less, followed by a detailed statement of plans for the three-year research program. The proposed research does not need to present a totally new line of research, but it should not be identical to projects supported by other funders. The proposal (abstract, narrative and figures, but not bibliography) must not exceed 6 numbered single-spaced pages with 1” margins and 12pt font.
4. Una narración de una página que describe cómo el solicitante está creando un entorno de laboratorio inclusivo y abordando la diversidad, la equidad y la inclusión en la neurociencia.
5. Proposed budget. The applicant should indicate how he/she/they proposes to use the McKnight Scholar Award funds ($225,000 paid in equal installments of $75,000 in 2024, 2025, and 2026). Allowable budget items include salaries and fringe benefits, equipment, supplies, animal costs, tuition, costs for technical services, etc. The application should include itemized budgets for each year, in a tabulated column/dollar amount format; narrative budgets are not acceptable. Los fondos no se pueden utilizar para gastos generales o indirectos.
6. Lista de fondos activos y pendientes (costos directos anuales al laboratorio).
7. Declaración del oficial financiero responsable de la institución patrocinadora.
8. Información de respaldo del presidente del solicitante en la institución patrocinadora.
9. Enlaces a cinco publicaciones recientes de acceso público.

• Cuatro referencias de antiguos maestros, supervisores o colegas senior familiarizados con el trabajo del solicitante. Las cartas de referencia deben ser enviadas por separado y de manera confidencial por las cuatro personas enumeradas como referencias en la hoja frontal de la solicitud.

Proceso de selección

los Comité de revisión de los premios McKnight Scholar Awards will evaluate the applications and select a limited number of applicants to be interviewed. Applicants will be notified in early April and interviews are scheduled for Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4, 2024 via zoom.

The committee recommends candidates to the Board of Directors of the Endowment Fund for final decision. Awards will be announced in late May 2024.

Elegibilidad

In this competition, up to ten McKnight Scholars will be selected to receive three years of support, beginning July 1, 2024.

Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Award must be independent investigators at not-for-profit research institutions in the United States and must hold a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor and must have served at that rank for less than five years at the application deadline (exceptions made be made for parental leave).  Individuals holding other titles such as Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, or Instructor are not eligible. If the host institution does not use professorial titles, a letter from a senior institutional official (e.g. Dean or Director of Research) must confirm that the applicant controls their own dedicated institutional resources, laboratory space, and/or facilities. We seek to enhance geographic, gender, and racial diversity in neuroscience, and we encourage women and members of communities of color to apply. Candidates may not apply in more than two rounds of competition, have already been granted tenure, or hold another award from the McKnight Endowment Fund. A candidate may submit separate applications to both Scholar and Neurobiology of Brain Disorders during the same cycle. If the applicant receives a Scholar Award and becomes a finalist for NBD, their application to NBD would be rescinded as they cannot hold two awards simultaneously.

Please note that from 2024 Forward, the period of eligibility for Scholar Awards has been extended to five years.

Cantidad y propósito de la ayuda

Each McKnight Scholar will receive $75,000 annually in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Funds may be used in any way that will facilitate development of the Scholar’s research program, but not for indirect costs.