Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) – LOIs

General Research Grant

Supports research across the spectrum from basic research through drug development and clinical research programs in Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA).

Funding: $125K for 1-2 years

FARA is willing to consider ad-hoc proposals of cycle that are high-value projects. For more information, please contact FARA at grants@curefa.org

Keith Michael Andrus Cardiac Award proposals for this award should focus on advancing understanding and/or treatment of the cardiac involvement in FA.
$125,000 per year for 1 or 2 years

Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award Eligible applications should focus on accelerating completion of translational stage activities necessary for advancement to clinical study of a therapeutic candidate or development of novel tools that address a critical bottleneck to the discovery or development of therapies.
$200,000 per year for 1 or 2 years

Bronya J. Keats Research Collaboration Award . Proposals should focus on FA research that relies on collaboration among investigators from at least two different institutions. Special consideration will be given to proposals that involve international collaborations and bring new scientists to the FA community. The rationale for the collaboration needs to be convincing: it must clearly demonstrate that the research goals could not be achieved by just one of the participating groups and the synergy among the groups is essential for the success of the project.
$175,000 per year for 1 or 2 years

https://www.curefa.org/research/grant-program/grant-type/