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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">I am sending you this email because of your role on a scientific council or committee of a member society that is of interest for the 2021 NYSCF
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">– </span></strong>Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Award, which has awarded 10 classes of grantees to date and supported 31 neuroscientists at institutions around the world. Details are below.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#D32627">The NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Award – $1.5M over 5 years</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#D32627"><br>
Open to early career investigators around the world. Applications due February 17, 2021 at 5:00 PM ET.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">NYSCF is soliciting applications from early career investigators for awards in neuroscience. The goal of this initiative is to foster innovative scientists whose pioneering approaches have the
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#D32627">New this year</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">,
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">we especially encourage applications from neuroscientists whose
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">research is focused on human systems
</span></strong>in the<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> fields of psychiatry, mental health research, imaging, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, immunology, convergent neuroscience, computational neuroscience,
</span></strong>and<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> "interactome" studies.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">This might include research using
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">patient-derived model systems</span></strong> and
<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">approaches using samples or data (genomic, epidemiological, imaging, real-world data, etc.) collected from individuals or human populations</span></strong>. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Please refer to the
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><a href="https://thenewyorkstemcellfoundation.cmail19.com/t/r-l-juukdiuk-ohdtitkkuy-y/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#009DFF">RFA</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">I would be grateful if you would share this opportunity with your colleagues.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">All the best,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Associate Vice President, External Programs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#8E8E8E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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