Fellows Grant Award Program

Supports research proposals submitted to national or international funding agencies that were scored, and generally well received, but did not receive funding

The program will provide short-term funding for either established or early-career investigators who have submitted a peer reviewed grant application to a major funding sponsor within the last 15 months and received a full review but were not funded
The Principal Investigator (PI) must be a current member in good standing for the past 2 years (co-PI's, co-O, or collaborators do not need to be members)
Application materials include a brief description up to 3 pages indicating:
- How reviewer comments (if provided) will be addressed
- How these limited funds will be used to address the issues raised in the review
- Rationale for the use of the FGAP funds and how they will impact the research and strengthen the resubmission of the grant
- How the outcome will progress the research and impact the research proposal
- How and when the revised or new proposal will be resubmitted to a major funding source, and which funding source
Applicant's CV (NIH 4-page biosketch format preferred)
1 page submission of "Other Support" that will disclose extramural support from all public and private sources, including government and industry, as well as remaining start-up funds, if any
Reviewed by the Fellows Circle

February 1

$25,000