{"id":53676,"date":"2024-08-27T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=53676"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:11:54","slug":"meet-the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2024\/08\/27\/meet-the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/programs\/the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience\/\">McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience<\/a> supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Neuroscience Program Manager Joel Krogstad will join us to discuss the Fund\u2019s two signature programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/programs\/the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience\/neurobiology-of-brain-disorders-award\/\">Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Awards<\/a>, for faculty at any career stage \u2013 letters of intent are due Monday, November 4.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcknight.org\/programs\/the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience\/scholar-awards\/\">Scholar Awards<\/a>, for early-career faculty \u2013 2025 applications will be due Monday, January 13.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BU faculty member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csn\/profile\/steve-ramirez\/\">Steve Ramirez<\/a>, Associate Professor of Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences, will also share his experiences as a previous recipient of a McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award (the precursor to the Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Awards program).<\/p>\n<p>Faculty members will learn about program priorities, receive tips for successful submissions, and have a chance to ask questions.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/events-updates-trainings\/past-events-resources\/meet-the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience-video\/\" class=\"button button-base\">View Video (Kerberos log-in required)<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the Meet the Funder Series<\/h3>\n<p>The Meet the Funder series, sponsored by BU Foundation Relations, offers virtual workshops designed to acquaint BU faculty and researchers with foundations and other private charitable organizations that offer opportunities and programs for grant-seekers.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/foundations\/resources\/meet-the-funder-events\/\" class=\"button button-primary\">View upcoming events<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and many others. Neuroscience Program Manager Joel Krogstad will join us to discuss the Fund\u2019s two signature programs: Neurobiology of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22832,"featured_media":53679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[667,636,635],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53676"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54157,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53676\/revisions\/54157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}