Dear colleagues: By now many of you are aware of this terrific NIH award for innovative research, supported by the NIH Common Fund. The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program complements NIH's traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering and possibly transforming approaches to addressing major biomedical or behavioral challenges. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect ideas substantially different from those already being pursued in the investigator’s laboratory or elsewhere. Awardees must commit the major portion (at least 51%) of their research effort to activities supported by the Pioneer Award. The NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program is a High-Risk Research initiative of Research Teams of the Future. The award is generous: $500,000 in direct costs for each of five years plus applicable facilities and administrative costs. This note is just to encourage you to take the extra time to apply yourself or to persuade a gifted colleague to do so. The entire discipline of psychology benefits from the exposure given to these award winners.
See the application and other information here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-010.html
Best of luck to all applicants!
Patricia Clem Kobor
Sr. Science Policy Analyst
American Psychological Association
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(202) 336-5933
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pkobor@apa.org
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