Research Fellowship Grant
One year, up to $50,000
Open to residents only, the NREF Research Fellowship Grant provides funding for neurosurgeons preparing for academic careers as clinician investigators. Applicants must be physicians who are currently accepted into an approved residency training program in neurological surgery within North America. One-hundred percent of the research grant applicant's research efforts must be devoted to this project.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nref.org/Research%20Grants%20and%20Young%20Clinician%20Invest... and http://www.nref.org/Deadline%20Calendar.aspx
Eligibility
Applicants must be physicians who have been accepted into, or who are currently in approved residency training programs in neurological surgery in North America.
Application Requirements
Application Procedure
- The format of the application is flexible. However, based on an evaluation of proposals from recent awardees, here are a few factors to consider when submitting your application:
- Does the research have potential for extramural funding? Is there strong preliminary data? o Does the project represent a new direction from existing research efforts? Is the study innovative?
- What is the societal impact and potential applications of the research? Would a positive outcome contribute to the field?
- Are the goals, objective and anticipated results clearly defined, logical and well-described in the proposal? Is the scope of the project realistic for timeframe?
- Is the research environment supportive? Does the institution offer strong mentorship?
- NOTE: Including these elements should not be interpreted as a guarantee of an award.
- Complete an application for each fellowship category for which funding is requested.
Submission instructions
- Log in at http://www.nref.org/en/GrantApplications/ with AANS log-in o If you have never logged in before, please register here, https://online.aans.org/aansssa/censsacustmast.insert_page?p_success_url... .org/myaans.aspx.
- Neuroscience
- Surgery
- Junior Faculty
- Postdoc/Residents/Fellows