ວິທີການສະຫມັກ

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.

ເພື່ອສະ ໝັກ, ຜູ້ສືບສວນຫຼັກຈະຕ້ອງປະຕິບັດຕາມຂັ້ນຕອນດັ່ງນີ້:

• ດາວໂຫຼດເອກະສານ “ໃບສະໝັກ ແລະຂໍ້ແນະນຳ” ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນແຖບດ້ານຂວາ. ຄໍາແນະນໍາເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຈະສະຫນອງຕື່ມອີກ ສໍາຄັນ ລາຍລະອຽດກ່ຽວກັບຂັ້ນຕອນທີ່ລະບຸໄວ້ຂ້າງລຸ່ມນີ້. ກະລຸນາອ້າງອີງເອກະສານແນະນຳຕະຫຼອດ.
• ຕັ້ງຊື່ຜູ້ໃຊ້ແລະລະຫັດຜ່ານໂດຍໃຊ້ລິ້ງ“ Start Application” ຕັ້ງຢູ່ແຖບເບື້ອງຂວາ.

(ກະລຸນາເກັບຮັກສາຊື່ຜູ້ໃຊ້ແລະລະຫັດຜ່ານຂອງທ່ານເພື່ອໃຊ້ໃນອະນາຄົດ)

• ເມື່ອເຂົ້າສູ່ລະບົບ, ໃຫ້ຂຽນໃບ ໜ້າ ທາງອອນລາຍ.
• ອັບໂຫລດໃບສະ ໝັກ ທັງ ໝົດ ເປັນ ONE PDF, ລວມທັງ:

1. ແຜ່ນໃບຫນ້າສໍາເລັດແລ້ວ.
2. ຮູບຮ່າງແບບນິຍົມໃນຮູບແບບ 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. ການເທື່ອເນື່ອງຈາກຫນ້າຫນຶ່ງອະທິບາຍວິທີການທີ່ຜູ້ສະຫມັກກໍາລັງສ້າງສະພາບແວດລ້ອມຫ້ອງທົດລອງລວມແລະການແກ້ໄຂຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍ, ຄວາມສະເຫມີພາບ, ແລະການລວມຢູ່ໃນ neuroscience.
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. ບໍ່ສາມາດນໍາໃຊ້ກອງທຶນສໍາລັບຄ່າໃຊ້ຈ່າຍທາງອ້ອມຫຼືທາງອ້ອມ.
6. ບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ຂອງການສະ ໜັບ ສະ ໜູນ ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວແລະລໍຖ້າ (ຄ່າໃຊ້ຈ່າຍໂດຍກົງຕໍ່ຫ້ອງທົດລອງ).
7. ຖະແຫຼງການຈາກເຈົ້າ ໜ້າ ທີ່ການເງິນທີ່ມີຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບຢູ່ສະຖາບັນການອຸປະຖໍາ.
8. ສະ ໜັບ ສະ ໜູນ ຂໍ້ມູນຈາກປະທານຂອງຜູ້ສະ ໝັກ ຢູ່ສະຖາບັນການສະ ໜັບ ສະ ໜູນ.
9. ລິ້ງຫາຫ້າສິ່ງພິມທີ່ສາມາດເຂົ້າເຖິງສາທາລະນະໄດ້ເມື່ອບໍ່ດົນມານີ້.

• ສີ່ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງຈາກຄູອາຈານໃນອະດີດ, ຜູ້ຊີ້ນໍາ, ຫຼືເພື່ອນຮ່ວມງານອາວຸໂສທີ່ຄຸ້ນເຄີຍກັບວຽກຂອງຜູ້ສະຫມັກ. ຈົດ ໝາຍ ອ້າງອິງຕ້ອງຖືກສົ່ງແຍກຕ່າງຫາກແລະດ້ວຍຄວາມເຊື່ອ ໝັ້ນ ໂດຍບຸກຄົນທັງສີ່ຄົນທີ່ມີລາຍຊື່ເປັນເອກະສານອ້າງອີງໃນໃບ ໜ້າ ໃບສະ ໝັກ.

ຂະບວນການຄັດເລືອກ

The ຄະນະກໍາມະການທົບທວນ 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.

ການຍອມຮັບ

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. Applicants may not apply in more than two rounds of competition, have already been granted tenure, or hold another award from the McKnight Endowment Fund.

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

ຈໍານວນແລະຈຸດປະສົງຂອງການສະຫນັບສະຫນູນ

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.