Scholar Awards: Decision & Notification
Applications will be reviewed in-house by JSMF officers and evaluated by members of the Brain, Mind & Behavior advisory review panel. Opinions of other expert reviewers may also be solicited by the Foundation.
Applications will be discussed during a meeting of the advisory panel in late June.
Final funding decisions will be announced in Summer 2008 after the JSMF Board of Directors considers the advisory panel’s recommendations.
JSMF is frequently asked what percentage of applications 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, we have found that a small number of the proposals submitted meet both the letter and the spirit of the Foundation’s funding programs.
The Foundation recognizes that application 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 application guidelines specific enough to generate fair and competitive applications, but general enough not to limit or bias the nature and/or content of the research proposed.
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