Opportunity
Young Investigator Award (YIA)
Award Info:
Predoctoral awards provide a flat rate of $32,000 of stipend support for each of TWO years (total two-year budget $64,000, including 10% Indirect costs).
Postdoctoral awards: From 2021, CTF started a pilot program to provide postdoctoral YIA salary support for up to THREE years. The third year of funding will be contingent upon satisfactory progress of the first two years. Rates are commensurate with experience.
Description:
The Young Investigator Award provides two-year salary support to early career NF researchers and helps them get established as independent NF investigators. The main function of the YIA program has been to serve as a ‘seeding mechanism’ for researchers to secure larger grants, such as from the NIH and CDMRP NFRP. The YIA program is committed to promoting research and identifying effective therapies for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and schwannomatosis, and to improving the lives of those living with these disorders.