Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

Types of Grants

Note on Mental health Research. The Neurological Foundation will accept applications designed to further the knowledge and treatment of primary 'neuropsychiatric' or 'neuropsychological' disorders, as long as the research takes a mechanistic approach to discovering or treating a component of the disorder that might be due to an underlying neurological problem. Applications which deal only with the clinical management of mental health disorders will not be considered.

Scholarships & Fellowships: Used to provide salary support for medically qualified or science qualified researchers at different stages of their careers
	W & B Miller Postgraduate Scholarship For non-medical students who have already completed their undergraduate degree (BSc, BA etc.) and a Masters degree (MSc, MA etc.) to allow them to undertake a PhD course at a NZ University. Usually 2 each year for 3 years. (click here for application form)
	Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral Fellowship For those who have completed a PhD and wish to develop their research further. This work can be undertaken at either NZ or overseas Universities or hospitals. Two years tenure. (click here for application form)
	VJ Chapman Research Fellowship For medical graduates to allow them to spend a period in research. Taken up after at least 4 years of postgraduate training. Can also pursue a higher degree during this time (PhD, MD). Research can be clinical or basic science. (click here for application form)
	Repatriation Fellowship Repatriation Fellowships are intended to support the repatriation of outstanding young researchers who have recently completed post doctoral studies outside New Zealand and who propose to return to New Zealand and conduct research in scientific fields of relevance to the Neurological Foundation. The award will assist them to return to New Zealand and will provide personal support for one year of research in a New Zealand institution. (click here for application form)
	Senior Clinical Research Fellowship For medically qualified researchers to allow them to investigate the more immediate problems of patients with neurological problems. Rolling tenure, 4 to 5 years. (click here for application form)
	Training Fellowship in Neuropathology Neurological Foundation of New Zealand The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand is offering a training and research Fellowship to allow a suitably qualified medical graduate to pursue a career in Neuropathology in New Zealand. For further details go to Training Opportunities
	Summer Studentships Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Each year the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand (NFNZ) allocates two Summer Studentships. These are awarded on a competitive basis and can be undertaken in any New Zealand educational institution that carries out postgraduate research. The value of each award is $4,000 and any research topic in the fields of biomedical, clinical and public health that relate to neurology will be considered. (click here for application form)

Project Grants:
	Projects The main avenue by which the Neurological Foundation sponsors research. Applicants can be scientifically or medically qualified, and the research can be clinical or biomedical. Applicants are usually salaried by their institutions and a grant will typically cover salaries for technicians, scientists or nurses, plus working expenses. Two rounds each year and the NF funds approximately 15 project grants each year. Projects can be from one to three year's duration. (click here for application form)
	Small projects Up to $10,000 and usually for pilot or feasibility studies or a piece of equipment. (click here for application form)

Travel Grants:
	Limited to $4,200 and restricted to those who have existing NF funding. For those awarded grants prior to 2007 the maximum is $3,500. (click here for application form)

Fields of research

Addiction: alcohol Addiction: other Addiction: tobacco Affective disorders Ageing AIDS: behaviour AIDS: clinical Alcohol/drug dependence Alcohol: clinical Alzheimer's disease Anaesthesia and pain management Anatomy and histology Anatomy: general Anatomy: histochemical Anatomy: ultrastructure Autonomic nervous system Behavioural science Biochemistry Biological rhythyms: sleep Biology: membrane Biology: molecular Biostatistics Brain stem Cancer: chemotherapy Cancer: clinical trials Cancer: epidemiology Cardiovascular: regulation Child health Clinical trials Community care Community health Community health: risk reduction Community health: screening Computer modelling Computing Congenital abnormalities Dentistry Depression Dermatology Diet Disability Down's syndrome Drug design/development Drug interactions Drugs Drugs of abuse Drugs of dependence Drugs: mode of action Ear disease Endocrinology: neuroendocrinology Endocrinology: pituitary Environmental health Environmental toxicology Epidemiology Epilepsy Ethics Genetic diseases Genetics: gene expression Genetics: gene mapping Genetics: gene targeting Genetics: gene therapy Genetics: general Handicapped persons Health care evaluation Health economics Health planning Health policy Health services research Health: education Health: promotion Health: protection Hearing Huntington's Chorea Hyperactivity Imaging Immunochemistry Immunogenetics Immunology: autoimmunity Immunology: basic Immunology: cellular Immunology: clinical Immunology: cytokines and growth factors Immunology: general Immunology: inflammatory processes Immunology: molecular biology Immunology: therapy	Immunopathology Immunotoxins Infectious diseases Inflammation Injury: prevention Injury: unintentional Intensive care Kinesiology Language Learning Maori health Mathematical modelling Medical physics Medicine: general Memory Mental health: illness Mental health: services Mental health: wellbeing Metabolic disease Microbiology Mol & cell biology Mol & cell biology: apoptosis Mol & cell biology: cell activation Mol & cell biology: cell adhesion Mol & cell biology: cell cycle Mol & cell biology: cell proliferation Mol & cell biology: developmental Mol & cell biology: differentiation Mol & cell biology: hormones & growth factors Mol & cell biology: membranes Mol & cell biology: mitosis Mol & cell biology: necrosis Mol & cell biology: receptors Mol & cell biology: signal transduction Mol & cell biology: tumour Morphology Movement Multiple sclerosis Muscular dystrophy Neural plasticity Neuroanatomy Neurobiology Neurochemistry Neurology Neurology: autonomic Neurology: central Neurology: general Neurology: peripheral Neuromuscular disease Neuropathology Neuropeptides Neuropharmacology Neurophysiology: basic Neurophysiology: clinical Neuropsychology Neuroscience Neurosurgery Neurotoxicity Neurotransmitters/neuromodulators NMR: radiology Nursing: clinical Nursing: community Occupational health Occupational health: injury prevention Occupational health: risk reduction Occupational health: screening Oncology and carcinogenesis Ophthalmology Optometry Pacific Islander's health Paediatrics Paediatrics: adolescent Paediatrics: behavioural Paediatrics: development Paediatrics: general Pain Parasitology Parkinson's disease Pathology Pathology: anatomic Pathology: experimental Pathology: general	Pathology: histochemistry and cytology Pathology: histopathology and EM Pathology: immunopathology Pathology: molecular Pathology: neuropathology Pharmacology Pharmacology: autonomic Pharmacology: clinical Pharmacology: experimental Pharmacology: general Pharmacology: molecular Pharmacology: receptors Pharmacology: toxicology Physical education Physiology Physiology: auditory Physiology: brain Physiology: cardiovascular Physiology: cellular/molecular Physiology: corneal Physiology: developmental Physiology: ear Physiology: general Physiology: ion exchange/transport Physiology: muscle Physiology: sensory Physiology: smooth muscle Physiotherapy Poisons and chemicals Prescribing Preventive medicine Primary health care Psychiatry Psychiatry: adolescent Psychiatry: adult Psychiatry: autism Psychiatry: child Psychiatry: epidemiology Psychiatry: forensic Psychiatry: general Psychiatry: liaison Psychiatry: psychosomatic Psychiatry: psychosomatics Psychiatry: psychotherapy Psychiatry: social Psychology: adolescent Psychology: adult Psychology: basic Psychology: behaviour analysis Psychology: child Psychology: clinical Psychology: community Psychology: development Psychology: forensic Psychology: psychometrics Psychology: social Psychopathology Psychopharmacology Psychotherapy Public health Quality of life Rehabilitation medicine Reproduction Schizophrenia Serotonin Sexuality Sleep Social work Speech Spina Bifida Spinal cord Sports medicine Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Suicide Surgery Surgery: clinical Surgery: experimental Survey methodology Tissue culture: embryonic stem cells Tissue culture: mammalian cells Tissue culture: organs Toxicology Trauma Vision Weight disorders