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The Preterm Birth Initiative was created to increase the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying parturition and spontaneous preterm birth.  The initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach the problem of preterm birth using creative basic and translation science methods.

Grants will provide up to US$600,000 over a four-year period (US$150,000 per year). Up to five research grants will be awarded in this award cycle.

For full details and links to the application, visit the website here.

Any faculty member interested in this opportunity is asked to contact the International Research Facilitator in Dalhousie Research Services (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) as soon as possible, for more information and support in preparing an application and to arrange for the required institutional signature.

Deadline: 1 December 2016