Purpose:
We are enthusiastic to share the Request for Proposals to initiate the next funding cycle. The RFP is published on the Milken Institute website, and we have developed a guide to the scientific topic and outstanding questions which may help researchers interested in the field.
Background:
The Milken Institute, in collaboration with The REAM Foundation, is administering a grant program focused on misophonia. The Misophonia Research Fund, established in 2019, has already awarded thirteen grants, equating to over $4 million of funding disbursed. The program supports two-year projects led by either faculty or postdocs with annual budgets of up to $200,000. We have also just released information regarding the recently funded cohort of investigators. Funded projects include:
- At Duke University, Dr. Clair Robbins will conduct postdoctoral research to develop a treatment protocol based on methods targeting emotional disorders.
- At the University of Florida, Dr. Andres Keil will use multimodal imaging techniques to evaluate the interaction between auditory processing, emotion, and sensory perception in misophonia.
- At University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Fatima Husain will study misophonia in the context of the audiological disorders such as tinnitus and hyperacusis.
- At University of Mississippi, Dr. Laura Dixon will evaluate the physiological basis of misophonia symptomology.
- At the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Dr. Erin Hannon will examine whether misophonia is linked to differences in high-level auditory processing.
- At the University of Sussex, Dr. Jamie Ward will test the hypothesis that atypical sensory sensitivity may underlie misophonia and predispose some people to develop misophonia.
Key Dates:
We are requesting letters of intent by December 11, 2020 and full proposals will be due on March 12, 2021.
URL for more information:
If you or researchers at your institution have additional questions, please visit our website or contact our team at misophonia@milkeninstitute.org.
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