Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant

The Sleep Research Society Foundation is pleased to offer the Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant for the 2012-2013 grant cycle. Sleep Research Society members will be able to apply for SRSF grants through November 30. 

Grant Information

The Sleep Research Society Foundation Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant is intended to facilitate established researchers in developing novel and innovative lines of research that differ from their previous areas of research by assisting them in developing pilot data that will support applications for NIH or other federal grants. Weitzman grants will be awarded based on the evaluated scientific merit based on significance, innovation, approach, investigator and research environment, and on SRSF programmatic priorities. This criteria for the Weitzman grant makes it similar to a NIH R21 grant. The Weitzman Grant provides support of up to $20,000 over one year.

Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, established the nation's first-time isolation laboratory at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, where he chaired the Department of Neurology from 1971 to 1982. Dr. Weitzman conducted pioneering investigations of circadian rhythms and sleep disorders, including delayed sleep phase syndrome. His group developed chronotherapy to help people with delayed sleep phase syndrome reset their circadian clocks to more conventional hours. In 1975 he help found the Association of Sleep Disorder Centers, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's forerunner.

Requirements for Application

1. The applicant must have a doctoral degree (eg PhD, MD, etc)
2. The applicant must have an academic/faculty appointment and a significant record of funded sleep/circadian rhythms research
3. The applicant must be a full member of the SRS at the time of application
4. The applicant has not received an SRSF J. Christian Gillin Award within the previous five years
5. The applicant has not previously received an SRSF Elliot D. Weitzman Research Award
6. The proposed line of research is novel, innovative and differs from past and present funded lines of research
7. The applicant is the sole Principal Investigator

Application

Applications must be submitted in English. Applying for the award involves submitting the following four items via email as a single attached doc or pdf file. Applications that do not adhere to the following guidelines will be judged non-responsive and not reviewed.

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1) An NIH formatted Biosketch including current research support, and a history of all previous research support.

2) An abstract of no more than 150 words

3) A five-page description of the proposed research.

• The proposal should be no longer thanfive pages, including tables, figures and references. The research proposal must be single-spaced, using an 11-point font. Pages must include numbers and half-inch margins.
• The application should describe the significance, impact, innovation and approach of the work proposed
• NB - The application should make it clear how the work proposed is novel relative to the applicant's previous and current funded lines of research and how the pilot data to be obtained will facilitate application for an NIH or similar grant
• Appendices and reprints will not be accepted

4) A one-page budget and budget justification

• NB - Indirect costs will not be supported.

The deadline for the receipt of the proposal is November 30, 2012. All proposals must be submitted electronically.

Send to:

John Noel
SRS Foundation Coordinator
jnoel@srsnet.org

The Foundation encourages a non-binding letter of intent be submitted by October 17, 2012. The letter should include the principal investigator, institution, project title, previous funding received and a brief biographical sketch.

Please contact John Noel at jnoel@srsnet.org or (630) 737-9763 with any questions.