Grants Available

Applicants with a scientific PhD (or equivalent) and current or recent research and publication experience in an area of human disease, in the academic, private or public sectors, are invited to tender for one of three grants now on offer. Each grant is available to prepare an in-depth narrative review of current research approaches to a disease area, critically assessing the value and limitations of animal models in health research and drug discovery (not toxicology) and proposing a new 'roadmap' for future research; to publish the review in a peer-reviewed scientific journal; and to contribute to dissemination of the work. The roadmap for research in each disease area will focus on understanding disease pathways in human biology-based models mainly using novel and emerging research tools of the 21st century. Three grants are available. Each grant will be in the range US $8,000-$10,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), depending on the relevant experience, expertise and seniority of the successful applicants (" consulting scientists "). The grants are for writing in-depth critical narrative reviews and publishing them in peer-reviewed scientific journals; presenting the work at two major conferences; and participating in a scientific workshop and contributing to the preparation of workshop proceedings for publication. Additional grants may be available for further dissemination. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, addiction, obesity, diabetes, motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke and asthma are excluded as topics for review in this Request for Proposals, but other disease areas are eligible.