Request for Applications: Broad Research Award for Graduate Students
Application due: February 1, 2025
Next award period: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026
Award Overview:
The Ruth K. Broad Foundation offers a prestigious opportunity for a year-long named graduate student award supporting a student conducting high priority, high potential, basic or translational research in neuroscience. The award covers the normal graduate student stipend, fringe benefits including health insurance, and tuition remission as defined by Duke University’s Tuition Remission – Average Rate Basis (ARB) policy for PhD student research assistants. The Foundation does not allow indirect costs for this award.
Applications will be evaluated on the quality of the science and the applicant. The potential for the proposed research to advance the understanding of neurodegenerative disorders and their relationship to Alzheimer’s disease is a strength, but not a requirement.
Students applying for funding will preferably be in their second or third year of study at the time of the application. The award is for a one-year period and requires a research report presentation at the Broad Foundation’s annual Board of Directors meeting in the spring of 2025 and a final written report at the end of the project. International graduate students are eligible for this award and are encouraged to apply.
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How to apply:
Completed applications must be submitted online as a single .pdf file using the template provided, no later than February 1, 2025. Please name your files using the following naming convention: GradStudent_FY25_LastName_FirstName
- A one-page proposal stating the research work to be done, and how it is related to the underlying biology of nervous system function in health and/or disease. If applicable, describe the potential for this project to advance the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease or other neurodegenerative diseases. Please utilize the template provided to title the project and include your name.
- If you are eligible for but have not received NRSA funding, please explain.
- Completed Broad Research Award for Graduate Students Budget Sheet.
- Curriculum Vitae or, if available, an NIH format biosketch,
- A letter of recommendation from the faculty advisor. Please indicate in this letter the applicant’s year of study.
If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your email within three business days, please contact Cathleen Durgin at cathleen.durgin@duke.edu.
Awardee Requirements:
The award may require research presentations at the Foundation’s annual Board of Directors meeting. A final written report is due by July 31, 2026. The Foundation also requests recognition on any publication emanating from funded research
