IME-Pathology
Grant in
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Applications
are invited for funds to support a pilot project on interdisciplinary
research related to Alzheimer's Disease at a level of up to $20,000/year.
This one-year grant will support pilot research on the etiology,
pathogenesis, diagnosis or management of dementia of the Alzheimer's
type or related conditions. The purpose is to assist faculty in
the Engineering, Physical, and Computational Sciences to
obtain preliminary data to serve as the basis of a grant application
to the NIH or other public or private agencies concerned with
this important medical and social problem. The grant,
jointly funded by the IME and the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, will be administered through the Alzheimer's
Disease Center (ADC), at Penn (Dr. John Trojanowski, director).
This
grant is complementary to two additional Pilot grant opportunities
directed to biomedical investigators offered by the Center (see
www.uphs.upenn.edu/ADC
).
Applications
for the IME-Path Seed Grant are encouraged from Engineering, Physical
and Computational Scientists.
Applications
will be reviewed by ADC scientists with the addition of interdisciplinary
expertise.
Priority
will be given to:
Application
Process:
Applications
should be formatted in the style of an NIH PHS 398 format. However,
please substitute NIH face page with a title page. Applications
should be no more than 5 pages (exclusive of biosketches, literature
cited). Approved protocols or documented proof of submission of
University applications for human subjects or animals, if applicable,
should be attached. For more information contact Gayle Viale at
(215) 662-4708. Suggested page distributions are:
1)
Title Page (not the NIH face page) showing the title of grant,
name of P.I., affiliation, address & phone nos.
2)
Budget (costs for personnel, supplies, small equipment)
3)
Biosketch
4)
Specific Aims
5)
Background and Significance
6)
Preliminary Studies
7)
Experimental Design & Methods
8)
Human Subjects (if applicable)
9)
Vertebrate Animals Sections (if applicable)
10)
Consultants (if applicable)
11)
Consortium Contractual Arrangements (if applicable)
12)
Literature Cited
Applications
Due: April 1, 2002. Please indicate that the application
is for the IME-PATH Grant. Anticipated date of award: July
1, 2002.
Submit
original and 2 copies to: Gayle Viale, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research,
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 3rd floor,
Maloney Bldg., HUP, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.