Important Dates:
- October 2025: Application submission opens through ProposalCentral.- January 31, 2026: Submissions due by 5pm ET.- By March 2026: Award notifications sent out.- May 1, 2026: Earliest possible start date. Awards are three-month summer terms, typically from May-August.
Eligibility:
CurePSP accepts proposals for research projects from international academic and research-conducting nonprofit organizations. Only one application per lab will be considered. CurePSP does not accept applications from country which is subject to trade sanctions or embargos by the U. S. government or who is a“ blocked person” within the meaning of U. S Department of Treasury regulations.
Urso Student Fellowships: The Urso Student Fellowship supports undergraduate, graduate, and medical students; medical residents and clinical fellows, working on projects related to PSP or CBD.
Atwood Neuroscience Fellowship: The Atwood Neuroscience Fellowship supports undergraduate students working on projects related to PSP or CBD.
Most applicants are only eligible for one program. Undergraduate students studying PSP or CBD may be eligible to be considered for both programs.
Overview of Fellowship Programs:
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Urso Student Fellowship |
Atwood Neuroscience Fellowship |
Disease Focus |
PSP, CBD |
PSP, CBD |
Type of Research |
basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological |
neuroscience focus and may be in basic, translational, or clinical |
Career Stage |
Undergraduate, graduate, and medical |
Undergraduate students |
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students; medical residents and clinical fellows |
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Amount |
Up to $ 5,000 |
Up to $ 5,000 |
Projects:
The Student Fellowship programs focus on summer research projects related to PSP or CBD as outlined above. If other tauopathies or proteinopathies are used for investigation, a strong cross-disease link must be part of the project’ s rationale. If you have questions about whether your proposal is a fit for our program, please contact Dr. Jennifer Brummet, CurePSP’ s Associate Director of Scientific Affairs and Partnerships, brummet @ curepsp. org.
Use of Funds: Funds may be budgeted to cover the applicant’ s stipend and research related expenses.
CurePSP Student Fellowships are not designed to cover the total cost of the research proposed. CurePSP will not provide funding that is redundant with that from other sources, but recognizes that summer projects will require funding from multiple sources to cover expenses. The student’ s mentor / institution is