VF Grant Requirements, Grant Instructions and Grant Form

Deadline: Applications are due no later than Monday, August 18, 2008. 

Eligibility: All non-profit organizations or institutions where supervision of grant administration is possible.

Human Subject Protection: For all investigations involving humans, approval by the institution's human subjects committee is necessary.

Recombinant DNA Research and Animal Welfare: The regulations pertaining to these two areas as established by PHS have been adopted by the VF.

No more than one grant award will be given to an individual investigator in a given year.

VF Grant Award Process

Review of Application: Each application will be evaluated (together with competing proposals) by the Research Advisory Committee and ranked on the basis of scientific merit. The VF Board of Directors will make the final award decisions in accordance with the funds available.

Principle Investigator Commitment: In order to receive a VF Grant, the recipient must:

• Agree to submit a progress report every six (6) months and a final report within sixty (60) days of the project's completion
• Agree to provide a photo of him/herself and a 300 word lay abstract of the final report for publication in the VF newsletter
• Acknowledge the VF on any published work or audiovisual productions it has supported (send three (3)copies of any reprints to the VF Executive Director

Funding: Funds will be awarded annually

VF Grant Unallowable Costs
The following costs are not allowable under the VF Grant Program:

• Institutional overhead (indirect costs)
• New construction and alterations or renovations of existing facilities
• Consultant fees, unless specified in the original grant application
• Travel costs
• Principal Investigator's salary