Walter G. McMillen Memorial Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research (Deadline: June 1, 2023)

• The award competition is open to doctoral-level graduate students.
• Only one submission per student will be reviewed each year.
• The funded research proposal is expected to be conducted during the next academic year.
• To be eligible for this award, the student must initiate and conduct the project under the supervision of a professor or research advisor. The applicant is expected to be the principal investigator on the project.

Submission:

• An abstract (up to 400 words)
• A research plan (not to exceed five pages using 12-point font or larger), including:

• Specific aims/hypotheses
• Background and significance
• Research design and methods
• How the grant funds will be used
• Cited literature

Applicants must also submit:

• A biographical sketch (not to exceed one page), that includes in list format:

• Schools attended with degrees attained
• Relevant professional position
• Honors
• Society memberships
• Publications and/or paper presentations
• Relevant coursework
• Any other relevant information you would like to include

• A short supporting statement by the faculty sponsor verifying the nature of and the relative contribution to the research by the student submitting the proposal. This statement should be short, not to exceed one paragraph, and emailed directly from the advisor.

Deadline: June 1, 2023

Amount: $1,000