Research Awards: Decisions and Notification

Proposals will be reviewed in-house by JSMF officers and evaluated by members of each program’s advisory review panel. Opinions of other expert reviewers may also be solicited by the Foundation.

Proposals will be discussed during a meeting of the advisory panel the last week of June, 2008.

Final funding decisions will be announced sometime during Summer 2008 after the JSMF Board of Directors meets and considers the advisory panel’s recommendations.

JSMF is frequently asked what percentage of proposals is typically funded. In light of the fact that the Foundation is looking to support unusual opportunities to advance the current state of knowledge only a small percentage of the applications submitted are funded every year. In general, only a small number of the proposals submitted meet both the letter and the spirit of the RFP.

The Foundation recognizes that proposal preparation requires an investment of time and effort. The guidelines we have set forth are in place to a.) stream-line the process on both the application and the review sides and – more importantly – b.) ensure an even playing field for all applicants. We have tried to keep the RFP specific enough to generate fair and competitive proposals, but general enough not to limit or bias the nature and/or content of the projects proposed.

Best of luck!