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American Society of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Research Grant Proposal

Through a detailed strategic planning process, the ASSFN clarified its mission to improve the lives of patients with nervous system disorders via the education, collaboration, innovation, and advocacy of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeons. Ultimately, three primary pillars within the ASSFN were established to help achieve this goal: Education/Training, Research, and Clinical Practice/Advocacy.

Within the Research Pillar, one identifiable unmet need was that of helping young members develop a successful research career as physician/scientists. The ASSFN sought to address this by establishing a grant entitled the ASSFN Research Fellowship Award.

The award recipient, or ASSFN Fellow, will be matched with a senior mentor and advisor from the ASSFN, whose research area of interest and expertise is aligned with that of the recipient. The ASSFN Fellow is not required to belong to the same institution as the ASSFN mentor and, in fact, is encouraged to be outside of the mentor’s institution to foster a partnership and collaboration that might not otherwise be feasible. The ASSFN Fellow will receive financial support and mentorship through the ASSFN Research Fellowship Award to promote the development of invaluable skillsets and/or preliminary data that will serve the ASSFN Fellow’s investigative career in the future.

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