One week left to apply for INCF seed funding

[Malin Sandström]

Dear all,

INCF* invites applications for seed funding of collaborative brain research projects. The deadline for submission is no later than March 16, 2017. Projects and travels must be completed within 2017, and the project leader must be based in one of the six INCF governing member countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden).

Seed funding grants should facilitate community work in collaborative brain research, promote the use of neuroinformatics solutions, and accelerate advances in understanding the brain and treating its illnesses, with a strong potential for community support and uptake. There are three types of funding available: project funding, workshop funding and travel grants. 

Travel grants will be used to support collaborative work. One of the collaborators (traveller or host) must be based in one of the six INCF governing member countries. The proposed travel should support one or more of the following:

• exchange of information relevant to neuroinformatics between parties based in different countries
• progression of work relevant to neuroinformatics requiring the participant to travel to another location, usually another country, for collaboration
• participation in training or education as a lecturer or participant (but not general attendance at scientific meetings)

Workshop funding supports organisation and hosting of scientific meetings and workgroup meetings. The leader of a funded proposal must be based in one of the six INCF governing member countries.

Project funding supports projects that will deliver tools, data, research, education, training or community development, for example:

• driving forward delivery of a product that addresses a neuroscience use case
• enable a project to develop to the stage of attracting larger-scale external funding, for example initial consortium meetings or pilot data collection
• development of training or educational content

The funding could facilitate, for example: initial consortia formation for the creation of a competitive funding proposal; work to demonstrate a proof of concept; tool development or integration; or development of education and training content. The leader of a funded proposal must be based in one of the six INCF governing member countries.

Requirements

All participants of a funded proposal must commit to sharing all reports, data, code, and training/education materials from the final project, subject to any limitations imposed by any subsequent funder. Projects, workshops and travels must be completed during 2017.

More information and FAQ: https://www.incf.org/resources/funding-support

Abstracts from 2016 funded grants are available on our webpage: https://www.incf.org/resources/funding-support/funded-grants-in-2016

*INCF is an international organization launched in 2005, following a proposal from the Global ScienceForum of the OECD to establish international coordination and collaborative informatics infrastructure for neuroscience. The INCF international network currently spans North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. INCF fosters the global digital interconnectivity of data, methods and people engaged in brain research to catalyze insights into brain function in health and disease.

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Malin Sandström, PhD
Community Engagement Officer
malin.s...@incf.org

International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
Karolinska Institutet
Nobels väg 15 A
SE-171 77  Stockholm
Sweden
http://www.incf.org