The Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale is pleased to announce two funding opportunities: the Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Kavli Innovative Teams Award.
The Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship will support postdocs at the interface of neuroscience and another field, under the joint supervision of at least two mentors with different areas of expertise. The award will provide $70,000 for salary support, and standard postdoctoral employee benefits for one year. An additional $10,000 allowance can support relevant research and travel expenses.
Eligibility: Candidates must have completed their doctoral degree prior to the award start date. Mentors should be Yale faculty and can be from any department. US residency or citizenship is not required.
Application Instructions: Please submit a two-page proposal, the CV of the postdoc applicant, the NIH-style biosketch of each mentor, and a simple budget http://apply.interfolio.com/162085 by March 1st, 2025, 11:59 pm.
The Kavli Innovative Teams Award will support cutting-edge research that assembles research teams with long-term goals of solving major issues in neuroscience. Per Kavli Foundation stipulations, funds are not to be used for faculty salaries, but can be used for other research expenses. Proposals with one-year budgets of up to a total of $100,000 for collaborative projects involving 2 or more labs will be considered.
Eligibility: at least 75% of the team should be affiliated with Yale.
Application Instructions: Please submit a three-page proposal, the NIH-style biosketch of each investigator, and a simple budget to http://apply.interfolio.com/162088 by March 1, 2025, 11:59 pm.
Submissions are done only via Interfolio, there is no need for business offices to route to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) via IRES. Applications will be reviewed by an ad hoc committee selected by the Kavli directors. Funding can begin as early as May 2025. Please distribute this opportunity to your lab members and Yale colleagues. Please direct any inquiries or questions to pauline.charbogne@yale.edu.