Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Target Validation Program

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Target Validation Program Spring 2015 Review Cycle Informational Conference Call*: September 19, 2014 at 12pm US ET Pre-Proposals Due: October 29, 2014 – 6pm US ET Full Proposal Invitations: November 19, 2014 Full Proposals Due (by invite only): January 14, 2015– 6pm US ET Anticipated Award Announcement: March 2015 Anticipated Funding: April 2015 *MJFF will hold a 45-minute conference call on the dates and times listed above to clarify and explain the goals of this funding initiative and answer applicant questions.  To participate in the call and receive call-in details, please RSVP to [e-mail]. The Target Validation program supports work aiming to determine whether manipulation of a defined biological target provides a disease-relevant beneficial outcome in a whole animal, mammalian model of PD. Although MJFF does not have any preference for particular targets submitted to this program, we seek proposals intending to validate PD relevant biological targets that are implicated in disease modification, symptomatic strategies (motor and non-motor symptoms of PD) and/or alleviate drug-induced changes to underlying brain circuitry and motor behavior (e.g. dyskinesia). Along with experimental validation plans, applicants will be asked to consider the following aspects of the biological target in question. Parkinson's disease relevance (e.g. tis...

Source: ScanGrants feed - June 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Source Type: funding