JINRA 2019-2020

Purpose

The Junior Investigator Neuroscience Research Award is a competitive award that provides funding for Albert Einstein College of Medicine PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows performing neuroscience-related research. This award provides resources for a neuroscience-related research project that complements the applicant’s current research. An additional purpose is to promote scientific communication, grantsmanship and engagement in a peer-review process among neuroscience students and postdocs.

Timeline for 2020 submission (review dates subject to change)

Round 2

Letter of Intent Deadline October 25, 2019

Final Submission Deadline December 13, 2019

Scientific Merit Review Mid-January, 2020

Notification of Award January 31, 2020

Amount of Award Up to $10,000/year, max. 2 years

• Award Stipulations: Each award is for up to $10,000 per year. Laboratory equipment, reagents, or shared facility costs constitute appropriate use of this fund. Items such as personal computers do not. The funds are not to be used for defraying costs of attending a scientific conference.

Congratulations to Hayden Hatch from the Secombe Lab (Depts. of Genetics and Neuroscience), our Spring 2019 JINRA recipient!

Previous Award Winners

2018 Spring: Hannah Monday (Castillo Lab) and Mathieu Bordenx (Cuervo Lab), Laura Cheney (Berman Lab)

2017 Fall: Todd Rubin from the Lipton lab, Departments of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neuroscience

2017 Spring: Ali Zahalka from the laboratory of Dr. Paul Frenette of the Department of Cell Biology and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

2016 Spring: Randy Stout from the Spray Lab and Steven Cook & Leo Tang respectively from the Emmons and Buelow Labs