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Dear SRS Members,
I am pleased to announce the fifth cycle for the 2010 Gillin and Weitzman grants programs. The application deadline for these grants programs is November 30, 2009.
We are very proud of our Gillin and Weitzman grant winners for 2008.
The SRSF congratulates this class of grant awardees:
2009 J. Christian Gillin, MD Research Grant
Carlos Blanco-Centurion, PhD
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Project Title:Effect of Multiple Lesions of the Arousal Neurons on the Sleep Homeostatic Response
Jun Cai, MD, PhD
Institution: University of Louisville, Kosair Children’s Hospital
Project Title:Vulnerability of Defective Myelin to Intermittent Hypoxia during sleep
Giancarlo Vannini, MD
Institution: University of Michigan
Project Title:Modulation of Sleep and Wakefulness by Extrasynaptic Y-Aminobutyric Acid A (GABAA) Receptors
Two grants are now offered to members of the SRS: the J. Christian Gillin, M.D. Research Grant, the Elliott D. Weitzman, M.D. Research Grant and our new Sleep Fellowship Grant Program.
- The SRSF J. Christian Gillin, M.D. Research Grant is intended to support beginning investigators in sleepresearch for the purpose of gathering pilot data to be used for future grant applications. One-year grants will be funded with each in the amount of up to $20,000.
- The SRSF Elliott D. Weitzman, M.D. Research Grant is intended for researchers to gather additional pilot data for NIH or other federal grants that are scored but not funded (the SRS assumes that such grants have been reviewed by NIH). Grants that will be considered are those that have a sound plan but were noted for inadequate preliminary data or evidence of feasibility. One-year grants will be funded with each in the amount of up to $20,000.
Sincerely,
Michael V. Vitiello, PhD
President
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