Applications for the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Scholar Award are due January 15, 2024.
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this end, the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience invites applications for the 2024 McKnight Scholar Awards.
Layunin
Ang McKnight Scholar Awards ay ibinibigay sa mga pambihirang batang siyentipiko na nasa maagang yugto ng pagtatatag ng isang independiyenteng laboratoryo at karera sa pananaliksik. Ang layunin ng programa ay upang pagyamanin ang pangako ng mga siyentipikong ito sa pananaliksik ng mga karera na magkakaroon ng mahalagang epekto sa pag-aaral ng utak. Ang programa ay naglalayong suportahan ang mga siyentipiko na nakatuon sa paggabay sa mga neuroscientist mula sa mga grupong kulang sa representasyon sa lahat ng antas ng pagsasanay. Dapat ipakita ng mga aplikante para sa McKnight Scholar Award ang kanilang kakayahan na lutasin ang mga makabuluhang problema sa neuroscience, na maaaring kasama ang pagsasalin ng pangunahing pananaliksik sa klinikal na kasanayan. Dapat silang magpakita ng pangako sa isang pantay at napapabilang na kapaligiran sa lab.
Pagiging karapat-dapat
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.
Aplikasyon at pagpili
Upang ma-access ang aplikasyon at mga alituntunin sa pamamagitan ng aming online na portal, pindutin dito. A review committee will evaluate applications and invite a select few to interview with the committee. Applicants selected will be notified by early April 2024. The interviews are scheduled for May 3 and 4, 2024 and will be conducted remotely. The committee will then recommend candidates to the Board of Directors of the Endowment Fund for final decision. Awards will be announced by late June 2024. Each 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.
Mangyaring bisitahin Website ng McKnight for more detailed information and contact Joel Krogstad at jkrogstad@mcknight.org sa anumang mga katanungan.
Watch our Video ng Pangkalahatang-ideya ng Application to get tips on submitting a competitive application from Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
