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BrightFocus Foundation is a nonprofit organization supporting research and providing public education to help eradicate brain and eye diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.

The program provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.

Requirements

The Principal Investigator (PI) position on BrightFocus Standard Awards are open to tenure- and non-tenure track investigators of any career-stage who are appropriately trained to lead an independent research study, and are permitted by their organizations to manage grants and supervise any key personnel. Applicants should have completed their formal post-doctoral mentored research training, and must be the intellectual and creative leads for the proposed projects.

Funding

$150.000

Duration

Up to 2 years

How to apply

https://brightfocus.smartsimple.us/s_Login.jsp

In case of interest, contact with FSJD Research's Dpt. before September 25th.

More information about the Grant

https://www.brightfocus.org/grants/deadlines-guidelines

https://www.brightfocus.org/research/national-glaucoma-research-program

https://www.brightfocus.org/grants/apply-for-grant