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Accepting Pilot Project Proposals in Sex / Gender Differences

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Research Funding Opportunity
Spring 2013
Request for Pilot Project Proposals
Focused on Sex and Gender-Related Issues in Neuroscience

In October 2012, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Research on Women's Health renewed a 5-year award for Drs. Kathleen T. Brady, Ronald E. See, and Aimee McRae-Clark, funding a research center focused on sex and gender-based multidisciplinary research at MUSC. One of the goals of the center is to catalyze women's health-related research throughout the MUSC campus. This goal will be primarily facilitated by the support of pilot projects at MUSC.

The purpose of the Pilot Program is to provide short-term start-up funds to promising postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty (less than 5 years from post-doctoral training/terminal degree) at MUSC to collect initial data for an RO3, R21, or R01 submission. The project must focus on a neuroscience-related topic and explore either sex/gender differences or disorders/treatments as they uniquely relate to women. The project can be either clinical or basic science, but consistent with the NIH Roadmap Initiative and the vision of MUSC's South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR). Projects involving multidisciplinary teams and/or translational research efforts are especially encouraged.

Eligibility: Currently salaried postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty.
Proposal Receipt Date: March 1, 2013, 12:00pm
Award Notification: April 1, 2013
Expected Funding Date: July 1, 2013
Funding Limit: $15,000 (direct costs only)
Funding Period: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

To apply, please upload the following documents to the SCOR website (www.musc.edu/scor):

1. Submit a description (maximum of 5 pages) of your project using the following format:

A. Statement of the problem / background
B. Primary hypothesis to be tested
C. Methods to be used
D. Significance of the project and relationship to sex and gender research
E. Clear description of how the pilot project will lead to extramural grant funding

2. Postdoctoral fellows must also submit a letter of support from the faculty mentor supervising the project.

3. Submit an NIH-type bio-sketch for the applicant. Postdoctoral fellows should also submit the mentor's bio-sketch.

4. Submit a budget (using the PHS398 form) and a brief budget justification. Recall that budgets can be no more than $15,000 and cannot provide funds for major equipment, travel, or salary support for the applicant or staff. Registration fee may be purchased for one conference at which the project PI will present SCOR Pilot project data.

Please address inquiries to:
Sarah S. Gainey, MSW, LISW-CP
Coordinator, Women's Research Center
smithsar@musc.edu
843-792-8207
www.musc.edu/scor

Funding for the Women's Research Center provided by:
NIDA/ORWH: 5P50 DA016511-11 in partnership with MUSC