Futures Grant Program
The Future Grant Program is a program by the Vice President for Research aiming at mobilizing potential for interdisciplinary action that is embedded within the University of Minnesota. It seems a perfect answer to one of the initial questions posted in our "2008-Minnesota Aging Retreat" and in in the First 2008-SAR Meeting, "how to obtain funding so that we can move forward basic aging and gerontological research in Minnesota?"
If you can spare a few minutes, have a look at the link below. This program consists of two phases: (1) Organization of an Interdisciplinary Symposium, (2) Interdisciplinary Research Proposals that originate from the Symposium. They give three award in each phase ($25,000 and $250,000 each, respectively). The deadline is 23 May. The opportunities for the SAR Group are IMMENSE if we focus and take the challenge of putting up an application together.
See http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/intramural/MNFutures.html
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