L.I.F.E. Foundation Research Grants

Deadline: 06/30/2021

It is estimated that 26 percent of Americans ages 18 and older, about one in four adults, suffer from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year and many of these are difficult to treat and many mental illnesses go undiagnosed.

George J. Wile established the Local Initiative for Excellence (L.I.F.E.) Foundation in 2014 with a mission to support research to achieve better health outcomes for patients with brain and neurodegenerative disease. The L.I.F.E. Foundation provides research grants to support innovative research, to sustain productive research teams and to encourage and support investigators in the early part of their career.

Proposals should focus on basic research to advance understanding of how the brain functions, and proposals exploring how COVID impacts basic brain function will also be considered.

Letter of intent due: June 30, 2021

Duration

2 years

Funding

$100,000USD

The L.I.F.E. Foundation plans to fund up to two grants of $100,000 each (to be awarded over two years $50,000 per year) for reimbursement of approved research expenditures.
Brain cancer research and clinical research will not be considered for funding.

Eligibility

All UC faculty with 80% or greater FTE, including those based at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, as well as outside researchers in non-profit organizations with novel approaches, are eligible to apply for funding.

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Contact

Patty Brockman
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