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
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