Membership in the Children’s Hospital Boston IDDRC entitles investigators to use the Center’s Core facilities on a priority basis and at reduced rates. IDDRC members network with other Center Investigators at a number of educational activities conducted thorughout the year, including our IDDRC Neuroscience Seminar series. They are also enrolled in an NICHD-sponsored national DDRC web portal, where they may contact and interact with investigators at our own institutions as well as other Centers throughout the country.
To support our ongoing funding, IDDRC members are expected to cite our Center (“CHB MRDDRC, P30 HD18655”) in all publications that result from work supported by one or more of our Core facilities. Additionally, all IDDRC members are required to submit updated information concerning their funded and pending research every spring for our annual report..
Each year, our Center offers support to one “New Program Development” investigator. A successful candidate for the New Program Development Award receives funding for direct research support, not to exceed a total of $50,000 in direct costs per year. The award is for one year and, with satisfactory progress, is renewable for a second year. We are interested particularly in supporting investigators at the Assistant Professor level for this opportunity. The research areas of relevance are listed in the attached handout. Nominations for New Program Investigators are solicited each spring for the academic year beginning on July 1.
To qualify for membership in the IDDRC, you must be the PI of at least one federally funded project that is relevant to mental retardation or developmental disabilities. If you can meet this qualification, please complete the information in the next section for at least one federally funded project for which you are PI. Complete a Section 2 for each federally funded project that will utilize the Center’s core facilities.
