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<p class="MsoNormal">First come first served for this grant opportunity in neuroscience. See below. Best, Neil<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FSU Distinguished Research Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Institute for Successful Longevity<a href="http:// www.isl.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue"> www.isl.fsu.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Psychology, Florida State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:charness@psy.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">charness@psy.fsu.edu</span></a>; <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please Note:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due to Florida’s very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee
are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Carolyn Bradley <cbradley@fsu.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 9, 2021 4:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neil Charness <charness@psy.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Brain Research Foundation 2022 Seed Grant <br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Good afternoon, Neil!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you’re doing wonderfully and enjoying the holiday spirit!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am just reaching out to ask if you would consider forwarding along the following information to anyone whom you might consider a nice fit.
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FSU is invited to nominate one faculty member to submit a letter of intent for the Brain Research Foundation (BRF)’s Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program. To be eligible, the PI must be a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor working in the
field of neuroscience. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As this is a Limited Submission funding opportunity, FSU’s Office of Research Development (ORD) set an internal deadline for pre-applicants to express interest by Dec. 2, 2021 with the idea that we would subsequently hold an internal competition
to determine who would get the nomination. However, no one expressed interest by the internal deadline.
<b><u>So this opportunity is now available on a first-come, first-served basis</u></b>. The first Assistant or Associate Professor to reach out to me (Carolyn
<a href="mailto:Bradley—cbradley@fsu.edu">Bradley—cbradley@fsu.edu</a>) will be approved as the FSU nominee. Nominated candidates must submit a completed letter of intent by Tues., Jan. 4<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your consideration. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
😊</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn Bradley, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Proposal Development and Funding Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Research Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Grants <<a href="mailto:grants@thebrf.org">grants@thebrf.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:05 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Brain Research Foundation 2022 Seed Grant - 2nd Announcement</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:#005758">BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:#005758">2022 SEED GRANT PROGRAM
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#51A121">Invited institutions throughout the US may nominate 1 faculty member to submit for seed grant funding.</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Brain Research Foundation (BRF) is inviting
<b>eligible US academic institutions to nominate <u>one</u> (1) faculty member </b>
to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the BRF Seed Grant Program. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nominated candidates must submit a completed LOI by
<b>January 4, 2022.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BRF’s Seed Grant Program was initiated in 1981. The purpose of the Program is to provide start-up money for new research projects and innovative programs that have the potential of becoming competitive for
an NIH grant or other external funding sources. Our goal is to have this initial effort succeed in opening future opportunities for research, collaboration and scientific advancement.
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<p class="xdefault"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are contacting institutions to make sure that all eligible neuroscientists are aware of this upcoming funding opportunity.
<b>To be eligible, the PI must be a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor working in the field of neuroscience.
</b>Each total award is limited to $80,000 (direct costs) for a two-year grant period. The first grant payment of $40,000 will be made upon completion of the Seed Grant Acceptance Form (June 2022). The final payment of $40,000 will be made contingent upon receipt
of a Preliminary Progress and Financial Report (June 2023). The support focus is for new research projects of the highest scientific merit.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please alert qualified faculty at your institution of this upcoming funding opportunity.
<span style="color:black;background:white">If your university has multiple Offices of Research (such as a medical school), your institution may have received duplicate announcements. Please note that a medical school falls under its larger university and BRF
will consider them a single institution.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To access the LOI form, please go to
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/research.thebrf.org/login__;!!PhOWcWs!nWc-26GwcpKI3VN_chdc2tCodiZR-DkgGFcqKcf9PLDbCsZd9ljp3D8wI6kfHAI$"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://research.thebrf.org/login</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
to create an account. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><i><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">About Brain Research Foundation</span></u></i></strong><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black"><br>
</span></i></b><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;font-weight:normal">Brain Research Foundation funds innovative neuroscience research that expands understanding of how the brain works, and provides educational programs for researchers,
families struggling with debilitating brain disorders and the general public. The Foundation plays a critical role in the scientific process by funding grants that are the starting blocks to discovery, allowing scientists to prove the feasibility of their
projects and produce data that will make them eligible for larger government and institutional funds.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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