Funder: McKnight Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to four awards of $300,000 each ($100,000 annually for three years)
Summary: Supports independent investigators connecting basic research on brain injury or disease with diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or cure.
Key Information: Applicants and all co-principal investigators must meet the independent-investigator and faculty-tenure requirements at U.S. nonprofit research institutions.
Description
The McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award is administered by the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, an independent charitable organization established by the McKnight Foundation. It supports research connecting a defined clinical problem with knowledge and experience gained through basic research, emphasizing novel or disruptive approaches with potential paths toward therapeutic intervention.
Research may address neurological and psychiatric disorders at the synaptic, cellular, molecular, genetic, or behavioral level, using humans or vertebrate and invertebrate models. Environmental contributions to brain disorders are an additional area of interest, including environmental and social stressors. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are encouraged. Applicants must also explain how they foster a laboratory environment where all members feel valued and supported.
