Call for applications: StratNeuro Collaborative Neuroscience Grant.

Applicants

• Main applicant must be employed at KI (minimum 50%).
• The co-applicant employed at or affiliated with KI, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), or Umeå University (UmU).
• Applicants must hold a position at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor level (or equivalent) 

Grant amount and conditions

• Maximum grant amount: 3 MSEK/project over a 2-year period.
• Applicants can only contribute to one proposal.
• Researchers with previously funded StratNeuro Collaborative grants are not eligible to apply with the same project or the same combination of applicants.
• Researchers with ongoing StratNeuro funding (overlapping with the disposition time of the grant in this call) are excluded from applying.
• Please note that unspent funding from StratNeuro precludes additional funding. 

Main selection criteria

• Collaborative synergies of the project 
• Scientific quality and potential for impact
• Merits of the applicants

To include in your letter of intent (LOI)

1. Title page: contact information, affiliation, and a project abstract (maximum 200 words, 1 page).
2. Project: description of the research and collaborative potential including preliminary results (11 points Arial font, maximum 2 pages including figures and references). 
3. Scientific merits: description of the relevant merits of the main applicant and the co-applicant, including a list of 5 key publications (maximum 2 pages).

Deadline

LOI's must be received  by January 8th.

Submissions are done via Prisma and will open on December 1st

Selection process

• LOIs will be evaluated and scored by the StratNeuro Board members. 
• The evaluation process is based on the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) evaluation criteria. 
• The highest ranked applications will be invited to submit a 5-page research proposal by January 30th. The full proposal will be evaluated by external experts. 
• Full proposals must be submitted before April 2nd. Details will be communicated after the LOI evaluation. 
• Applicants that have been invited to submit a full application will be notified of funding decisions by late May. 
• Awardees will be required to present their project and progress at the StratNeuro retreat and meetings.

Submissions

LOIs and full proposals should be submitted in Prisma 

For any questions, please contact us via Stratneuro@ki.se.