About The NER Foundation and Its Awards

The American Society of Neuroradiology was founded in 1962, and its Foundation was founded in 1995. Their mission is to promote education and research in the field of Neuroradiology and the development of clinician scientists who will become an innovative core for the development of new ideas and academic excellence in this specialty. Neuroradiology must foster both scientific and clinical excellence if it is to maintain the leadership role that the founding fathers of our specialty fought so hard to attain.

The NER Foundation funds three awards -- Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research, Bayer */NER Foundation Fellowship in Basic Science Research, and NER Foundation/Boston Scientific Fellowship in Cerebrovascualr Disease Research. You can find the latest grant prospectus and timetable for application here. For information on other grant funding resources, please see ASNR’s Neuroradiology Research Funding Resources Wiki.

Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research

This $60,000 award was created for investigators in the early phase of their careers (including junior faculty) to enhance competency in areas important to the future of Neuroradiology, including health services research, physiological imaging and interventional neuroradiology. These projects allow a young investigator to develop a research project in a well-focused area of Neuroradiology that will ultimately enhance patient care. In the recent past, successful applications have focused on such topics as (1) flow dynamics in aneurysms, (2) exploration of the use of diffusion tensor imaging in premature newborns, and (3) validation of CT perfusion algorithms in animal models.

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Bayer*/NER Foundation Fellowship in Basic Science Research (* Formerly Berlex)

The purpose of this fellowship is to support research and education in any Basic Science topic relevant to the discipline of Neuroradiology. This fellowship has continuously been supported by a grant from Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. Awards in this category are typically given to applicants who have a well-defined project performed in controlled environment such as a laboratory setting, often using animal models of human diseases. Recent awards have been given to projects such as (1) correlation of MR perfusion imaging data and histological findings in a rodent brain tumor model and (2) use of diffusion tensor imaging and functional MR imaging to assess functional correlates of traumatic diffuse axonal injury. For 2008, the Foundation and Bayer will support two fellowships in the amount of $60,000 each.

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NER Foundation/Boston Scientific Fellowship Award in Cerebrovascualr Disease Research

This $60,000 award was created to provide an opportunity for a young neuroradiologist (including junior faculty) to pursue research in a topic that will advance the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular disease. Our understanding of the mechanisms of cerebrovascular disease are continually changing and new methods for treatment of these disease entities continue to be developed. For many reasons, it is important that neuroradiologists continue to be in the forefront of development and testing of new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in cerebrovascular disease. The research project should specifically focus on an aspect of cerebrovascular disease that is likely to be important in patient care. Recent awardees have performed research on such topics as (1) clinical assessment of aneurysms treated with endovascular coils using 3T MR scanners and (2) assessment of methods to improve MR perfusion imaging in patients with atherosclerotic carotid artery disease.

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