Call for Proposals: NCL Research Award for Research on Batten Disease

Call for Proposals: NCL Research Award for Research on Batten Disease The NCL Foundation provides regulary the NCL research award. The goal is to find a cure against the deadly children's disease Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL), also called Batten disease. This metabolic disorder is the most common neurodegenerative disease of childhood and is inevitably fatal. The gradual stages of the suffering are blindness, dementia, epilepsy, loss of speech, paralysis and complete helplessness. We invite medical and basic science researchers worldwide to submit innovative clinical oriented or translational basic science projects, which can contribute to finding a cure for juvenile NCL. Scientists from related areas of science including Alzheimer's disease, aging, and other lysosomal storage disorders, are particularly encouraged to apply with the aim to extend the NCL research community in move more efficiently towards a cure for NCL. NCL Research Award 2013 This year, the NCL Foundation offers for the fifth time the NCL Research Award. Grant monies (100,000 euros) are to be used for a postdoctoral fellowship in order to undertake the research project. In this fashion our goal is to promote the next generation of young NCL research scientists. The deadline for applications: October 31, 2013                          &nbs...
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