March 2015
NeuroResearchers Fund
Proposal
Name:
Job Title:
Work address:
Telephone:
Email address:
Research Centre:
PI/Supervisor or line
manager (if applicable):
NHS/UofE Staff/Student
number:
Your Source of
Salary/Stipend Funding
and end date of
contract/stipend:
Title of Proposal
How much are you
requesting?
Proposed start date and
duration
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have enclosed a short
CV
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you have enclosed a
statement of support
March 2015
Please give us an overview of your proposal. (400 words)
Budget: Please briefly itemise how the money will be spent - travel, accommodation
etc. Please note this fund does not support direct research costs.
Have you tried to get funding from elsewhere? (100 words)
How would this award help develop your career and help you become an
independent researcher? (150 words)
What is your strategy for seeking independent funding and how will this award
help you achieve this (150 words)
March 2015
Please indicate how this award will have tangible benefits for the wider
Edinburgh Neuroscience Research (150 word limit)
Statement of Support from Supervisor/Group Leader/Line Manager (100 word
limit)
Name of Supervisor:
Statement:
March 2015
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award from the Edinburgh Neuroscience NeuroResearchers Fund:
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You should be working or studying (postgraduate) at the University of Edinburgh (clinical
staff should have an honorary contract with the University).
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You should not hold a permanent position at the University; you should be an early
independent career researcher (including postdocs) or PhD student.
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Your proposal should be aimed at developing your career and producing tangible benefits
for the wider Neuroscience research community at Edinburgh.
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It is important that the award will be used to initiate work likely to result in substantial
funding from alternative sources (research councils, Wellcome Trust etc).
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You should be prepared to report on the outcome of your award project at Neuroscience
Day, if required.
Guidance Notes
This fund was originally created in 2008. It has been used to help further the career development
of early-years researchers, and bring added benefit to research in the wider Edinburgh
Neuroscience community. In 2014 the University of Edinburgh ISSF fund provided additional
support to allow the Neuroresearchers Fund to continue through 2015.
As a result of the new funding source, the Neuroresearchers Fund is changing slightly and will no
longer be supporting local workshops or travel to summer schools. We are seeking proposals that
are innovative and interdisciplinary and that will lead to applications for independent funding.
Each year in April, proposals will be invited. The budget to be disbursed in 2015 is £5,000.
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Proposals are invited that are innovative and interdisciplinary and are designed to produce
outcomes that bring benefits to the neuroscience community in Edinburgh.
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This award is highly competitive and applications should be completed to a high standard.
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This Fund will not support running costs for research projects or salary.
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The following are examples of proposals that will be considered (this is by no means an
exhaustive list):
 Study visits to establish new research collaborations (up to £2000)
 Training visits to international quality laboratories or research groups to learn new
techniques not available in Edinburgh (up to £2000)
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Applicants are encouraged to contact Edinburgh Neuroscience or a member of the
committee for informal advice in advance of submitting an application. Current members
are:
Cathy Abbott (Molecular Medicine Centre), Peter Brophy (Centre for Neuroregeneration),
Sue Fleetwood-Walker (Centre for Integrative Physiology), Jane Haley (Edinburgh
Neuroscience), Stephen Lawrie (Psychiatry), Matt Nolan (Centre for Integrative
Physiology), Beverly Roberts (Centre for Cognitive Ageing & Cognitive
Epidemiology), Peter Sandercock (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences), Thomas Suslak
(Student Member, Informatics)
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Completed applications should be returned to Edinburgh Neuroscience by 30th April 2015.
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Successful applicants will be notified by the end of May; proposals should be completed
within a year or the funds may be forfeited if an extension has not been agreed.
edinburgh.neuroscience@ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh Neuroscience
University of Edinburgh
1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ