Number of SLU slots: 1 senior faculty member

Internal Deadline: May 3, 2024

LOI Submission Deadline: June 25, 2024

Full Proposal Deadline: October 8, 2024

The Award & Eligibility Criteria

The objective of the Scientific Innovations Award 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 or full professor working in the area of 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 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 May 3, 2024, at this link:

A SLU faculty selection committee will review and select the most suitable applicant and notify all applicants of the outcome by May 17, 2024, barring any unforeseen circumstances. The LOI submission deadline is June 25, 2024.  The full proposal deadline is October 8, 2024. 

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.