HD Career Advancement Grant (HD-CAG)
Offers senior postdoctoral career acceleration for Huntington disease experts building leadership skills and independent research directions in neurobiology.
The Huntington's Disease Career Advancement Grant (HD-CAG) is a two-year accelerator program from the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) aimed at senior postdoctoral researchers who are in years four or five of their training — and no more than seven years past PhD — and who are preparing to transition into independent academic investigator positions. The program does not provide research funding…
Career development for senior Huntington's disease postdoctoral researchers in years 4–5 of training who are transitioning toward independent academic investigator positions.
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