WINNERS

James Fraser (QBI) and Florian Heyd (FUB): "The Structural Basis for Unusual Temperature Sensitivity of a Circadian Rhythm Kinase"

Frank Noé (FUB) and Andrej Sali (QBI): "Development and Application of Tools for Integrative Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cellular Processes"

Oliver Daumke (FUB) and Adam Frost (QBI): "Molecular Mechanism of OPA1-mediated Mitochondrial Remodeling"

Christian Freund (FU Berlin) and Jim Wells (UCSF): "Orientation-specific Antibodies Against Peptide-MHCII Complexes"

Sutapa Chakrabarti (FUB),  Nevan Krogan (QBI), Markus C. Wahl (FUB): "Rewiring of Protein-protein Interaction Networks Underlying the Multi- functionality of Nucleic Acid-dependent NTPase and Nucleases"

QBI-FUB COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY RFA

QBI, in collaboration with the Freie Universität of Berlin (FUB), is announcing a $600K RFA aimed to more effectively connect the basic integrative structural biology worlds at UCSF and FUB through a funding mechanism, COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY RFA.

COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY RFA

We will award COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY GRANTS over a year to support pilot projects involving collaborative basic research in integrative structural biology. Awards will be given to researchers based at QBI and FUB. We encourage original, bold studies that would be unlikely to be supported through conventional grants. We are anticipating awarding 3-5 grants.

The COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY RFA will be reviewed in this process:

Application Instructions

Applications are limited to one page (11-pt Arial font, 1⁄2-in margins, single-spaced), with an additional one page for figures and legends and one page for supporting references. Preliminary data are not required. Justification of why this work would not be funded by more traditional means such as NIH or German federal agencies should be included. 

Applications should be sent to admin-qbi@ucsf.edu  and steffen.daehn@fu-berlin.de

Any investigator of QBI and FUB may apply for this award.

Ideas will be judged on the following criteria:  

• At least two investigators involved, at least one from QBI and one from FUB

• Integrative structural biology relevance

• Pre-existing collaboration between QBI and FUB PIs

• The boldness of approach and idea

• Will affect or influence a new direction in integrative structural biology

November 9, 2019 - Applications due

November 22, 2019 - Notification selection

January 1, 2020 - Award start date

All applications will be due November 9, 2019, and judged by a panel; no interview process will take place. The winners of the COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY GRANTS will be highlighted on the QBI and FUB websites.

The deadline for all applications is November 9, 2019.