THE SACKLER AWARD

The Sackler Institute Award supports research on the early developmental processes related to psychiatric illness and normal development. The proposed studies should be directed at gaining a better understanding of fundamental developmental processes at the cellular, organismic or clinical level and should be relevant to the etiology of psychiatric conditions. The award provides one year of salary support for a postdoctoral fellow or faculty member at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. The Endowment provides $50,000 for the first year, for salary and Columbia fringe benefits, if applicable. The money can also be used to support a research assistant but not to cover any other items such as supplies, animal care costs, etc. Renewal for one additional year may be granted by the Award Committee, according to the scope of the project and its progress in the first year.

Please see application instructions below.

Applications for the 2010-2011 fiscal year are now being accepted. The deadline for all applications is February 25, 2010. A decision will be announced in early May for funding to begin July 1, 2010.

Applications for the Sackler Institute Award must include, in the following order:

1. A face page identifying the applicant, their current position and a 150 word summary of the proposed project.

2. A budget page specifying how the money will be allocated, and describing the need and rationale for this support at this point in the applicant’s career.

3. A two page biographical sketch of the applicant in the standard NIH grant format.

4. A one half page statement of mentorship arrangements and training goals.

5. List other Support currently available for salary and research, giving sources and yearly amounts. (Please include current pending support).

6. Research Plan section, (maximum of 5 pages in total)

a. Goals
b. Background
c. Hypotheses
d. Experimental Design and Methods
e. Role of this study in awardee’s plans for future research

7. Copies of letters of support from mentors and key collaborators.

8. Statement of approval of project and responsibility for ensuing space, personnel and facilities, signed by Department Chairman. Status of IRB and/or IACUC approval for project.

Applications must be in 12 point font or larger with a minimum of one inch margins on all edges of the page. The deadline for the receipt of applications will be announced three months in advance,

Myron A. Hofer, M.D.
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive, Unit #40
New York, NY 10032