The Hope Center for Neurological Disorders has funds available to support interdisciplinary pilot projects which advance the translational neuroscience goals of the Hope Center.  Faculty may request up to $100,000 for one-year projects to begin December 7, 2009. At least three projects will be awarded initially, with additional awards possible as funding becomes available. Applications to renew existing projects will be accepted and reviewed alongside proposals for new projects.

Projects must involve at least two collaborating laboratories, and each collaborating investigator should have a significant role in the project.  The Project PI must be a Hope Center faculty member; other collaborators and co-investigators are not required to be Hope Center members. Projects will be reviewed for scientific merit by an independent faculty committee, and will be selected by the Hope Center Steering Committee with consideration of merit, innovation, importance for future application to human nervous system disease, potential for external funding, and ability to advance the overall goals of the Hope Center. Preference will be given to projects which focus on current Hope Center scientific programs: (a) Protein Folding and Neurodegeneration, (b) Axonal Injury and Repair, (c) Disorders of Mitochondria and Bioenergetics.

Please complete the application form and proposal materials, and submit a complete electronic copy in PDF format to:  hopecenter@neuro.wustl.edu.

Download the Project Application Form: [word format] or [PDF format]

The application deadline is October 30, 2009, 5:00pm.