The FNRS is launching a call "Audacious Medical Grant" in the field of neurosciences. This funding is made possible thanks to a private Patronage.
Features of the funding instrument
- The AMG-Neuro funding is intended for a single, eligible candidate from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation to run a medical or biomedical research project that is original and audacious, but which cannot be supported via traditional funding channels due to the lack of preliminary data, the absence of previous work or an unusual methodology (inter-university projects will not be supported under this AMG-Neuro 2024 call).
- Funding duration: 24 months maximum.
- Funding amount: 120.000 euros maximum.
- Eligible costs: personnel, operating, equipment (transfer will be allowed between cost categories during the project).
Scientific scope
- The 2024 AMG-Neuro call focuses on neurosciences : nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing, nervous system function and dysfunction, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders.
- All approaches are eligible (biomedical research, clinical research, translational research, epidemiological research, public health, modelling, etc.).
- The project submitted must allow:
- a better understanding of the nervous system and its pathologies,
- and/or the development of new therapeutic approaches,
- and/or an improvement in the prevention or detection of nervous system pathologies
Eligibility criteria
The candidate must be affiliated to a university of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and meet the standard eligibility requirements of the PDR instrument.
Call timeline
- Opening of the call: Monday 10th June 2024
- Deadline of the call: Monday 15th July 2024 at 14.00 CET
- Deadline for the Rector's validation: Tuesday 16th July 2024 at 14.00 CET
- Scientific Commission's meeting: October/November 2024
- FNRS Board of Trustee's meeting: December 2024
- Start of the projects: 1st January 2025
How to apply
Projects must be submitted electronically using the web-based application of the FNRS e-space (section: “Submit a new application”). The number of applications that can be submitted by a given candidate is limited to one for the 2024 edition.
All documentation relating to the call AMG-Neuro 2024 is available here.
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