Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.brightfocus.org/research/apply/main.html
Sponsor/Award: BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION - MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH - 2015 COMPETITION - LETTER OF INTENT

Grant Amount: $160,000
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jul 08, 2015
Sponsor's: Jul 15, 2015

Subject Areas: Macular Degeneration
Description:

The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.

FY15 Letter of Intent due July 15, 2015 FY15 full application (by invitaion only) due November 24, 2015

Application Details: You must use the online submission process which is accessed by clicking the blue arrow on the BrightFocus Apply for Grant Funding web page at: www.brightfocus.org/research/apply/main.html. BrightFocus does not require signatures at the time of submission. Given the variability in administrative time required to collect signatures, BrightFocus policy allows investigators to submit their signature pages for up to two weeks following the 'official' deadline. The Signature Page should be signed, scanned, and uploaded as a separate PDF. in the application portal. The Signature page should not contain any text information from previous sections, other than the title of the project. The file should be named "lastname_LOI_FY16.pdf", where "lastname" is the surname of the Principal InvestigatorINDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Moxey,Laura
Kilianski,Louise

Sponsor Contacts:

RESEARCHGRANTS@BRIGHTFOCUS.ORG.
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, Maryland, United States
301 948 3244