Request for Proposals: 2014 Angelman Syndrome Foundation Joseph E. Wagstaff Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2014 Dr. Joseph E. Wagstaff was a consummate pediatrician, medical geneticist and researcher. As much as anyone in the world, he advanced our scientific understanding of the Angelman syndrome (AS). He also diagnosed and treated scores of children and adults with AS and selflessly gave of his time to provide much needed counsel to their families. Dr. Wagstaff was also an invaluable contributor to the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) and his work on the Scientific Advisory Committee was instrumental in soliciting and evaluating the high caliber of scientific proposals that ASF is pr...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 18, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Angelman Syndrome Foundation Source Type: funding
Jerome Lejeune Foundation Grants Program
The Jerome Lejeune Foundation is the world’s oldest and largest private funder of research into treatments for intellectual disabilities of genetic origin, especially, but not limited to, Down syndrome. The Foundation’s specific research interest is to discover a means of treating genetic intellectual disabilities in order to improve the memory, speech, and cognition of patients. Researchers who are working in basic or applied science and who have genetic intellectual disabilities (Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Cri-du-Chat syndrome, rare chromosomal anomalies, Rett syndrome, Williams Beuren,...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 12, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Jerome Lejeune Foundation Source Type: funding
Angelman Syndrome Foundation 2013 General Call for Research Proposals
The Angelman Syndrome Foundation announces the availability of up to $1,000,000 (USD) to be awarded in support of research on Angelman syndrome. Angelman syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deficiency of the ubiquitin protein ligase UBE3A in the brain. Applications in the preclinical, translational and clinical research areas that investigate all aspects of Angelman syndrome will be considered. Highest priority will be given to pilot projects to test new ideas about pathogenesis and therapeutics of Angelman syndrome. Researchers from all countries are encouraged to apply. One- or two-year grant...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 21, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Angelman Syndrome Foundation Source Type: funding
