Brain Research Foundation Fay Frank Seed Grant Program
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: December 1, 2014
Award Amount: $80,000 over two years

The purpose of the Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program is to provide start-up money for new research projects and innovative programs, especially those of junior faculty, that have the potential of becoming competitive for an NIH grant or other external funding sources. The goal is to have initial efforts succeed in opening future opportunities for research, collaboration and scientific advancement in the field of neuroscience.  The award is open to assistant professors with a new research project that will generate pilot data that will lead to RO1 funding or a comparable outside grant or associate professors who are pursuing new research directions.