You are here: Home ▸ Programs ▸ Affinity Groups ▸ Registration for CBC Neuroscience Affinity Group Registration for CBC Neuroscience Affinity Group CBC Neuroscience Affinity Group Registration The CBC Neuroscience Affinity Group is a new funding initiative that supports and accelerates high-risk/high-reward neuroscience research across multiple Chicago institutions. Based on Team Science concepts, the Affinity Groups will engender novel collaborative research proposals that will be funded for up to $250,000 for joint personnel. The process will include a series of in-person and zoom format meetings, coupled with shepherding and workshopping to potentially yield full-fledged ideas that will be supported by funding a postdoc. Key Dates: Date Time Activity Mon, April 17th 9:00 AMIn-Person Presentation of the neuroscience group Explanation of process Gather interest across the neuroscience field to cover different levels of neurobiological functions Discuss and prioritize key scientific questions Call for proposals that will be reviewed Tues, May 30th 5:00 PMonline submission deadline Consolidate groups formation and categorization Deadline for team registration submission online Mon, June 5th 9:00 AMVirtual via Zoom Speaker Series - shepherd ideas and community feedback Triage via upvoting Tues, June 20th 1:00 PMIn-Person Presentation of developed ideas (15 min pitch) Entire community votes to prioritize top 2/3 proposals All projects continue to be workshopped Grant for 2 selected projects ($250,000/2years to fund joint postdoc and their experiments) Thank you for your interest in the CBC Neuroscience Affinity Group. Participate in a series of IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS starting April 17, 2023. If you are a neuroscience researcher (faculty or post doc), you are welcome to attend by completing the registration form below. Fields marked with *are required. A Zoom link for virtual access and the location of where in-person meetings are scheduled to be held will be sent closer to the meeting date. REGISTRATION FORM: Honorific * select oneProf.Dr.Mr.Mrs.Ms.Other Honorific First Name * Last Name * Title * Institution * select oneNUUChicagoUICOther Institution Email * Confirm Email * Area(s) of Research * Techniques * If you are NOT AVAILABLE to attend a group meeting listed below, please send us a message indicating which date(s) you are unavailable using the text box below. *Mon, April 17th; 9:00AM (In-Person) *Mon, June 5th; 9:00AM (Virtual via Zoom) *Tues, June 20th; 1:00PM (In-Person) To which gender identity do you most identify with? MaleFemaleNon-binaryTransgenderGender variant/non-conformingOther (Please self-describe below)Prefer not to answer To which gender identity do you most identify with? Do you come from an underrepresented minority group? Yes No If yes, please indicate which group(s) best describes you: * CAPTCHA Please check the box below to confirm that this is a legitimate webform submission. * NOTE: The form submission is NOT completed until you press the SUBMIT button below AND receive a submission confirmation email from the CBC. If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit Δ EVENTS Overview Accelerator Award Catalyst Award COVID-19 Response Award CBCAN Entrepreneurial Fellows Funded Awards Past Award Programs Publications Share this:Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
