Request for Applications: Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Related to Friedreich's Ataxia

Request for Applications: Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Related to Friedreich's Ataxia The CODRT Postdoctoral Fellowship provides a one-year grant of $35,000 to support the salary of a Fellow while working on a mentored project related to Friedreich's ataxia disease. Overview of Science: Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA) Research priorities in Friedreich's ataxia include: -- Advance understanding of neuroscience / neuro systems – understanding the neurodegeneration of FA and implications for therapies -- Advance drug discovery, including research that would lead to target validation or to genetic, epigenetic and protein approaches that target increasing frataxin levels -- Development and validation of biomarkers, especially those that measure frataxin or the direct consequences of frataxin deficiency in affected tissue (CNS, muscle or cardiac) Eligibility At the time of application, the applicant must possess a Ph.D., M.D., or V.M.D. and should not have completed more than 5 years of postdoctoral research. At the time of award, the applicant must not be simultaneously serving an internship or residency. Applicants must work for a non-profit institution or foundation, and may not have faculty appointments. There are no citizenship requirements for this program. The timeline for the RFA/grant program is as follows: Time Lines: RFA Release Posted: August 1, 2014 P...

Source: ScanGrants feed - September 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy University of Pennsylvania Source Type: funding