Eligibility
The PI for the proposal must be a full-time OSU or NCH faculty member or post-graduate trainee (resident, clinical fellow, or post-doctoral fellow) conducting neuroscience-related research. Faculty members and post-graduate trainees will be reviewed in separate cohorts. Priority will be given to projects submitted by junior faculty and/or trainees. Trainee applications are required to have a faculty mentor.
Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be reviewed by a NRI Seed Funding Panel (overseen by both the NRI Director and Associate Director; and will be reviewed by the NRI Translational and Cross-collaborations Committee and other experts deemed necessary). Panelists will be representative of NRI affiliated-departments.
Applications with a focus on neurobiology of aging and/or neurodegeneration will be prioritized. Selections will be made based on the following criteria:
- Scientific Merit:
- New/unfunded project
- Relevance to neuroscience/NRI mission
- Impact:
- Innovation
- Likelihood of future extramural funding
- Interdisciplinarity:
- Collaborative/interdisciplinary projects
- Translational projects/use of human samples
- Use of NRI Brain Bank & Biorepository (highly preferred)
- including samples currently in Biorepository and/or prospective collections please see updated NRI newsletter for latest inventory and/or email NRI- BBB@osumc.edu
Proposal Requirements
- Cover Page
- Project title
- Pl name
- Co-Pl/collaborator names, if applicable
- Abstract (not included in page limit)
- Project Summary (limited to 3 pages) which should include:
- lntroduction
- Hypothesis and Specific Aims
- Background and Significance
- Research Strategy (including methodology)
- Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Approach (power analysis preferred (if applicable))
- External Funding Potential (not included in page limit)
- References (not included in page limit)
- Proposed Budget Detail and Budget Justification:
- Applicants should budget for $25,000. Budget period is for one year and has an anticipated start date of July 1st, 2024. Budget should not contain any salary for Pl. Non-Pl support may be approved in unique circumstances if fully justified as essential for project and approved by committee at the time of proposal review.
- PI(s) Biosketch or CV (inclusion of all current and pending grants)
- Documentation of IRB, IACUC, and/or IBC approval if relevant (Please attach submission and/or approval letters)
- Supplemental Material (not required) which may include:
- Letters of support from collaborators
Please submit your application as a PDF file via email to the NRI Associate Director at OSU- NRI@osumc.edu on or before Friday, April 5, 2024. Please title your email 2024 NRI Seed Grant. The NRI expects to fund about 3 Seed grants in 2024. All funded PIs will be required to submit progress reports, present at a NRI-sponsored event, and acknowledge the NRI in all associated publications and presentations.
Any questions can be emailed to OSU-NRI@osumc.edu.