Opportunity
Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award
Award Info:
Full time junior faculty members possession a PhD, MD or equivalent are eligible to apply. Applicants must meet the National Institutes of Health (NIH) definition of a "new investigator".
Each award provides $300,000 in total costs. We approve deduction of indirect costs, not exceeding 10 percent of direct costs, from the total. We permit applicant salary support up to 40 percent of total salary.
Description:
The award acts as a bridge to ensure promising early career scientists stay in the Parkinson’s research field, helping us solve, treat and end the disease. In today’s funding environment, as young scientists navigate the path from mentored to independent research, they face a “valley of death” between their scientific potential and the funding they need to make it happen. This award can stem Parkinson’s research talent loss. In conjunction with their institution’s commitment, the award gives junior investigators the support they need to develop their own independent funding source (such as an NIH R01 award) and stay in the PD research field. Becoming an independent research leader with his or her own research space is the ultimate goal.