ELIGIBILITY
Eligible principal investigators should:
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Be engaged principally in clinical research aimed at understanding the role of endothelin in disease.
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Have experience in the proposed research field as of the date of submission of the Letter of Intent (LOI) and no more than 5 years experience in their tenure‑track appointment or other comparable independent research appointment.
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Preferentially be no higher than Assistant Professor.
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Preferentially have a PhD or MD degree.
Principal investigators can submit only 1 research proposal per application round, and cannot hold more than 1 grant at a time. Previously awarded projects have to be completed and successfully published in order to be eligible for further grant awards.
Grant funds cannot be awarded to principal investigators whose salaries are largely derived from commercial organizations in the pharmaceutical or allied industries. Grant funds will always follow the principal investigator, if he or she changes institution, insofar as he or she can convince AERA that the project can be pursued as planned (including fulfilment of all contracts with the sponsoring institution).
Research projects must be carried out at an academic institution or research institute. Submissions from all countries except the US are accepted. A dedicated programme has been developed for the US. Grants are funded for 1 year with a maximum award of 100,000 Swiss Francs (CHF).
PROCEDURE
When applications are being accepted for submission, an application form including submission guidelines is made available for downloading. Please note that Microsoft Word 97 or above is required.
Please note that following information will need to be included in the proposal:
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Personal details and details on academic and professional experience of the principal investigator, mentor and co-investigators
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Project title and research focus
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Estimated start and completion date
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Institution and location where the project will be conducted
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Research proposal, including introduction, specific aims, background information, preliminary data, methods, subject inclusion and exclusion criteria, and statistical analyses (max. 1'000 words and one figure or table).
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List of publications (principal investigator only)
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Budget details and availability of other sources of funding
After completing the form, applicants are asked to submit it together with contact details using an interface that is made available during the submission period. The AERA 2009 letter of intent (LOI) submission is now closed.
Please note that applications will not be considered if they are late, incomplete or submitted by any other means than the provided web form.
If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail.