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CNS seeks to raise significant funds to support research, educate, and support parents of children with disabilities, and advance clinical research and therapies. Funds will be distributed into:
The Research and Discovery Fund
GOALS:
- To search out, support and accelerate research projects that promote discovery of new knowledge abut the developing brain and expedite therapies
- To identify and fill knowledge gaps
- To identify and support ideas for research that do not fit into existing funding models, but will lead to dramatic breakthroughs
- To foster new, interdisciplinary collaboration among scientists
- To accelerate the pace of translation between research findings and development of new therapies
- To generate workshops and study panels not occuring elsewhere in the research community
The Young Scientist Fund
GOALS:
- To award “Young Investigator” grants to new scientists who engage in his area of study
- To create Summer Institutes for young scientists where they will collaborate with other new scientists and be mentored by more experienced researchers in the field
Global Community and Communications Fund
GOALS:
- To build a dynamic database infrastructure for the CNS virtual lab, which can act as a portal of collaboration and information exchange for scientists
- To create a seamless and interactive dialog between scientists/medical practitioners and parents regarding current patient care
- To keep mainstream medical practitioners abreast of the most current research in the field, with implications for their practices
- To stimulate discussion and advocacy on behalf of CNS issues
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