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The Cure for MND Foundation (FightMND) – Early- and Mid-Career Research Fellowships
Sponsor: The Cure for MND Foundation (FightMND) 		Closing Date: 01-Apr-2019
FightMND Fellowships will support early- and mid-career researchers (within 5 and 5-12 years following award of their PhD respectively) to lead a research project aimed at understanding the causes of motor neuron disease (MND), elucidating disease mechanisms and facilitating the translation of therapeutic strategies from the laboratory to the clinic.

Update: FightMND has advised that because project costs are not covered through ECR and MCR fellowship awards, budgets and budget justification are not required for these applications.

Key Dates
Full Applications due to UQ R&I: 18 March 2019
Full Applications close with FightMND: 1 April 2019

Overview

Eligibility
• Applicants must be within 5 years (early-career) or 5-12 years (mid-career) of award of their PhD at time of application with an established and developing track record of research impact and output in MND or related neuroscience research.
• Proposals should include research that targets sporadic MND.
• The research plan demonstrates a ‘bench-to-bedside’ potential for outcomes obtained focused on disease control or cure.

Funding
The duration of both the early- and mid-career research fellowships is three years, with funding of $100,000 per annum. The fellowship can commence as soon as it is awarded and must commence within three months of the notification of the award (or the grant shall lapse).

Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include:
• Salary and on-costs of the Fellow.
• $5,000 per annum towards the cost of relevant conference attendance by the Fellow, excluding separate hotel accommodation or other subsistence costs.

Overheads
Indirect costs/overheads are not funded by this scheme.

How to Apply

Step 1. Completing the application
Please see https://fightmnd.org.au/cure/ for further information including the criteria for early- or mid-career fellowships, noting submission of a single PDF via email.

Step 2. UQ R&I internal review and feedback
For UQ R&I internal review and feedback, email your application, salary gap confirmation, and completed Funding Application Coversheet to fellowshipgrants@research.uq.edu.au. Signing of UQ letter of support will be arranged by UQ R&I.
Website: http://fightmnd.org.au/cure/

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