Number of university slots: 1 senior faculty member

Internal Deadline: April 28, 2023

LOI Submission Deadline: June 22, 2023

Full Proposal Deadline: October 10, 2023

The Award & Eligibility Criteria

The objective of the 2024 Scientific Innovations Award (SIA) is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high impact journals.

To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time associate professor or full professor working in the area of neuroscience and brain function in health and disease. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. The grant period is for two years totaling $150,000. The support focus is for new research projects of the highest scientific merit. 

Guidance for the Nomination Process

An internal competition will be held to assign the single slot. Interested investigators should submit a 1-2 page summary of their proposed project and Biosketch in NIH format in OpenWater by 5 p.m. on April 28, 2023, at this link: https://slu.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/124/home 

A SLU faculty selection committee will review and select the most suitable applicant and notify all applicants of the outcome by May 19, 2023, barring any unforeseen circumstances. The LOI submission deadline is June 22, 2023.  The full proposal deadline is October 10, 2023. 

For more information and a complete list of requirements, please see the SIA guidelines here.

To learn more about Brain Research Foundation, please click here.

For more information or questions on the Foundation, contact Wendy Schlesinger at wendy.schlesinger@slu.edu or 977-6814.