Each year, BIRD is awarding at least three original (basic or clinical) research projects related to inflammatory bowel diseases with a BIRD grant of 6000 Euro each.
Applicants should apply for BIRD membership and be younger than 40 on the submission deadline
Candidates who previously applied but did not receive the grant can apply again.
The application for the BIRD grant should be in the following format:
- One page CV of the applicant
- Summary of previous research of the applicant
- Research project in maximum 3 pages A4, Arial Narrow, simple interline, with the following sections (+ 1 extra-page of references if needed):
- Background of the current research project
- Research hypothesis AND objectives
- Methodology/strategy and limitations
- Research environment
- Perspectives and added value for the IBD patients
The deadline for the application of the BIRD grant is March (check later for specific date).
Each application will be evaluated by a at least 5 Belgian and at least 1 foreign reviewer, on the following criteria (each scored from 1 to 10).
- Interest of the study
- Originality of the study
- Writing and presentation
- Feasibility of the study
- Overall evaluation of the project
The selected BIRD grant will be announced in April / May (check later for specific date).
COVID-19: Informations pour les patients MICI
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Scientific papers
Large Sample Size, Wide Variant Spectrum, and Advanced Machine-Learning Technique Boost Risk Prediction for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The American Journal of Human Genetics 92, 1008-1012, June 6, 2013
Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47
Nature genetics, MARCH 2011, VOLUME 43, NUMBER 3
Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease
Nature Genetics, AUGUST 2008, VOLUME 40, NUMBER 8