Introduction

HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries.

Participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics is recommended because such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolution and interactions.

Call objectives

The primary aim of the HFSP research grants award is:

• To open up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolutions and interactions.
• To promote the translational collaborations of scientists  who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories.

Call options:

Research Grants - Early Career: These awards have formerly been known as Young Investigators Grants. They are meant to encourage outstanding scientists in the initial period of their independent careers, to formulate innovative and promising research projects. Typically, Early Career team members will have completed one or two periods of postdoctoral training and be appointed to independent staff positions that allow them to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research.

Research grants - Program: are meant to allow teams of independent researchers to develop new lines of research through a new collaboration. Priority will be given to new, innovative research projects and teams including members from outside the life sciences. Applicants for RG-Program are encouraged to include independent investigators early in their careers as members of their team.

Budget:

1. The current mode of funding is as follows but may be subject to revision to take into account HFSPOs budget: $265,000 for a team of 2; $365,000 for a team of 3; $465,000 for a team of 4 or more. These figures represent the amount awarded to the whole team per year for a period of 3 years.
2. Two members from the same country should constitute an interdisciplinary collaboration. They will be awarded an amount equivalent to 1.5 team members (currently $315,000 for a team of 2.5 and $415,000 for 3.5 team members).
3. In the case of a two-member team with one member in a for-profit institution, the total annual award will be reduced to $130,000. In other cases, the for-profit member will not be included when calculating the amount of the award.

Eligibility

Applications from individuals are not eligible. The HFSP research team may include 2 to 4 (rarely 5) members, whereby one member of the team is designated as the Principal Applicant and the others as Co-Applicants.

Application

For the submission, read the link below this page referencing to this topic.

Deadlines:

• Compulsory initiation of a Letter of Intent by obtaining a LIXXXX/2022 reference number by March 18th, 2021Full proposal; deadline: July 12^th, 2021 (link below this page).
• Submission of a Letter of Intent: March 30^th, 2021.

In case of interest, please contact lnorton(ELIMINAR)@fsjd.org