Kenneth Rainin announces 2011 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Nov 30 2010

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today its 2011 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The Program, now in its second year, is designed to accelerate the pace of discovery in IBD research.  Approximately four million people worldwide suffer from some form of IBD.  Although the disease can occur at any age, the peak onset is between the ages of 15 to 30.  Approximately 10% of the cases occur in children, which can cause delayed puberty and growth problems.

The Program is open to tenure track professors (or the equivalent) at all levels from any scientific discipline and from any non-profit research institutions worldwide.  Interdisciplinary collaboration is strongly encouraged.

Letters of Inquiry (LOI) will be accepted online January 15 - February 15, 2011.  The one-page LOI must include the basic idea and the central experiment.  A biosketch will also be required.  The Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board will determine which applicants will be invited to submit a full application.  Applicant selection will primarily be based on the project's close alignment with the Innovator Awards Program's criteria.  Full applications, which will consist of an expanded LOI (up to three pages), two pages of science and a budget, will be due by May 1st.

The Program's key components for funding consideration include innovation, collaboration, scientific merit and a high potential for success as well as projects that, due to their innovative nature, may not be eligible for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other more traditional sources.  

SOURCE The Kenneth Rainin Foundation