Framing Angle (from Research)
Eniola should apply explicitly via the Africa & Caribbean track (contact Rasheed Griffith at rasheed@mercatus.gmu.edu) and frame her application around a single sharp claim: she has built a novel addiction-prevention science platform — solo, from Lagos, without institutional backing — that is now deployable as a clinical screening tool (IMPRINT) with a plausible path to reaching tens of millions of patients in LMIC contexts where addiction-liability screening is nonexistent. The zero-to-one hook is concrete: CCT is the first tripartite pharmacological model of reward-memory encoding prevention, now validated computationally (85.8% reduction in encoding probability), with three preprints, three shipped platforms, and endorsements from four named Tier-1 neuroscientists — all produced outside any university in under two years. The grant ask should be framed as a leverage point: fund the IMPRINT clinical pilot design or a research visit to one of her collaborator labs (Berridge/Michigan, Gershman/Harvard) that unlocks the next stage. She must lead with the builder/product framing, not the 'independent researcher' framing — Tyler Cowen funds people who are doing, not people who are studying.
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The application materials are saved at .
Here is what the document contains:
APPLICATION STATEMENT (510 words): Opens with the Africa addiction-screening gap, then states the CCT result cold: 0.855 to 0.122 encoding probability, 85.8% reduction, five confirmed pre-registered hypotheses. Names Berridge, Gershman, Daw, and Mattar by institution. Frames IMPRINT, TOPOLOGIX, and GATE as shipped tools, not concepts. Closes with a specific ask: $19,000 for a 3-month US research visit to co-design the phase-zero clinical pilot, with a line-item budget.
BACKGROUND: Degree, license, employment history, and a clear statement that all three preprints are sole-authored.
WHAT I WILL DO WITH THE GRANT: A 12-week, three-phase plan with a precise budget breakdown adding to $19,000. Identifies NIH Fogarty, Wellcome Trust, and Gates Foundation LMIC track as the downstream funders unlocked by this pilot protocol.
COVER EMAIL TO RASHEED GRIFFITH: Short, direct, no preamble. Flags Africa track, names the quantitative result, names the endorsers, and gives a single concrete ask. This is the most important document to send, since the Africa and Caribbean track is the cleanest eligibility path from Lagos.
CHECKLIST: 14 action items including portal form, Rasheed Griffith email, GitHub visibility check, and patent status language.
EDITOR NOTES: Five items covering eligibility verification, budget confirmation (get real quotes before submitting), unnamed co-author question, IMPRINT demo link opportunity, and patent filing status language.