Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.alsa.org/research/for-researchers/call-for-abstracts.html
Sponsor/Award: AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOC - MILTON SAFENOWITZ POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - 2012 WINTER COMPETITION - FULL APPLICATION

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Feb 24, 2012
Sponsor's: Mar 02, 2012

Subject Areas: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Description:

Offered only in the Spring Cycle, awards are for two years at a maximum of US$40,000 per year. Letters of support from the supervising Principal Investigator [PI] and the applicant?s graduate advisor must accompany the application. Preliminary data is required and can be data generated in the PI?s laboratory not necessarily generated by the applicant. It is important to clearly state any preliminary data that has been done by the applicant. The PI should already be involved in ALS research even though the post-doctoral fellow may be new to the field.

Curriculum vitae for the Principal investigator as well as the post-doctoral fellow must be included in the application. The Principal Investigator must sign the application. Postdoctoral fellows applying for the fellowship should not have been in the PI?s laboratory longer than one year when applying. If a post-doctoral fellow leaves the laboratory for any reason, the fellowship is automatically terminated and any unobligated funds must be returned to The ALS Association. Under no circumstances can a post-doctoral fellowship be transferred.

Application Details: Eligibility is limited to those who have been a fellow for one year or less.Request an abstract form from researchgrants@alsa-national.org. You will be notified within two weeks of the abstract submission due date whether you are eligible to submit a full application.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Russelo,Theresa M
Pocock,Katy

Sponsor Contacts:

RESEARCHGRANTS@ALSA-NATIONAL.ORG.
27001 Agoura Road
Suite 250
Calabasas Hills, California, United States
818 880-9007