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Neurosurgery Research and Education
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Young Clinician Investigator Award - For Young Faculty

Applications for the 2009 NREF Grants will be available online in July 2008.

Established by the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in 1985, the Young Clinician Investigator Award grants support to young faculty who are pursuing careers as clinician investigators. Applicants must be neurosurgeons who are full-time faculty in North American teaching institutions and in the early years of their careers.

The purpose of the award is to fund pilot studies that provide preliminary data used to strengthen applications for more permanent funding from other sources. The one-year award totals $40,000. Applications related to any field of neurosurgery are encouraged. The NREF encourages both patient-oriented clinical research and basic science research projects.

The NREF through the Corporate Associates Program partners with corporations to offer a number of co-sponsored grants. Companies supporting residents and junior facility research grants include Biomet Microfixation, DePuy Spine, a Johnson & Johnson company, Kyphon Inc. and Porex Surgical.

New - NREF/Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section Young Clinician Investigator Award

The AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves and the NREF are pleased to announce the establishment of a new co-sponsored NREF/Spine Section Young Clinician Investigator Award.

Young Clinician Investigator Award applications are accepted in all neurosurgical areas. However, to be awarded the co-sponsored NREF/Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section Young Clinician Investigator Award the research application must be in the area of spinal cord, vertebral column or peripheral nerve disorders.