How to Get a Neuroscience Research Grants

Do we ever know about Neuroscience research grants? These are one of the most important sources of funding for researcher and also scholars in the neuroscience field.  A scientific research, especially in the field as complicated and also sophisticated as neuroscience, may need more funding than what the researcher can afford to spend. The research may end with failure due to the lack of fund to pay operational costs without the much-needed funding. In order to get the fund, the scientists usually are looking for research grant provided by many sources from government agencies to philanthropic organization.

We cannot deny that obtaining Neuroscience research grants is not such an easy task. This requires patience and also effort for a chance of success. We can increase our chance of success in obtaining the research grant by following our tips on how to get the Neuroscience research grants. Here we are:

First of all, we need to get the grant successfully is to know where to look. Here, we are going to share the information on several organizations which offer neuroscience research grants:

  • The International Brain Research Organization or IBRO. This grant has an extension committee named the US and Canada Regional Committee which offers various programs in order to support students and scientists from developing countries. For further information about research grant from IBRO. We can visit the IBRO’s US and Canada Regional Committee website at dels-old.nas.edu/USNC-IBRO-USCRC//
  • The Dana Foundation. This non-profit foundation is based in New York City. This has a main to raise public awareness regarding the importance of study and also research on neuroscience and brain. The foundation offers a Clinical Neuroscience Research Grant to qualified scientists and also researcher on brain diseases with acceptable objective according to the foundation standard. If we want to be considered as candidates to receive the grant. The applicants have to submit their research description in short essay. Not only this, they also have to demonstrate their research caused by providing a promising animal model. The chosen applicant then will receive up to $300,000 over three years for research funding. If we are interested in the grant, then we are allowed to contact The Dana Foundation, 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10151, 212-223-4040  or visit the website at dana.org/grants/clinical/
  • The European Research council kindly awarded Advanced Investigator Award to senior researchers with the objective to support ground-breaking research project in any field of research including neuroscience. The chosen applicant receiving this prestigious grant will receive up to 2.3 million Euros over the period of research.

The Grass Foundation is a philanthropic foundation with the goal to promote and also encourages study in neuroscience, neurophysiology complete with related scientific fields as well as support education and research effort in the aforementioned field of study. Recently, the grass foundation has relationship with the Marine Biology laboratory, Society for Neuroscience and also the American Epilepsy Society. As a result, the winner of this grant will also get priceless connection with those organizations. In notice, in order to get the grant the applicant must provide brief description of their research. We can get further information on Neuroscience research grants from the Grass foundation by easily visiting the website at grassfoundation.org/grants/index.html or sending a mail to P.O. Box 3101, Eugene, OR 97403-0101, 541-346-3540.