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Research Funding OpportunitiesPWSA (USA) Funding Opportunities for Research on Prader-Willi Syndrome Prader-Willi Syndrome Association USA (“PWSA (USA)”) is pleased to offer grant assistance for scientific researchers with an interest in improving the lives of those with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). PWSA (USA) is seeking to fund 2-4 projects competitively awarded and up to $50,000 per year for two years aimed at discovering and developing treatments, cures, and technologies benefiting those with Prader-Willi syndrome. PWSA (USA) is especially interested in supporting research projects that have the potential for immediate and high impact to the PWS community. However, PWSA also seeks to balance its research funding between “basic” and “applied” research in order to seek new insights that could benefit its membership right away as well as to elucidate the causes of Prader-Willi syndrome to spur more potent and complete therapies in the future. While PWSA (USA) is open to insightful grants in any subject area, the following areas are of particular interest to our constituency at this time. Research (basic or applied) in these areas will receive the highest priority:
Grant Award Timing:
Letter of Intent To begin the grant process, researchers seeking funds are asked to submit a 1-3 page “Letter of intent” summarizing the proposed project. Based on the Letters of Intent, PWSA (USA) will prioritize the projects and invite full grant applications from those most meritorious. Letters of Intent should contain a summary of at least the following items:
The Letters of Intent
will be reviewed by at least the Scientific Advisory Board Chairperson of
PWSA (USA) and the Research Committee of the Board of Directors. The primary
but not exclusive focus of PWSA (USA) in evaluating the Letters of Intent
and determining whether to invite a grant application are as follows:
The ability of the Principal Investigator and the research institution to§ complete the project successfully. The potential for the project to provide valuable and accurate insight into§ an important topic area which would fulfill PWSA (USA) goals outlined above. The potential of the project to impact rapidly on the PWS community..§ The reasonableness of the time and budget required given the scope of the§ research and its potential significance. The likelihood that the Project could not and would not receive funding§ from alternative sources (NIH, pharmaceuticals, foundations) without pilot data and likelihood of additional funding if the objectives of the study are successfully met.
Maximum Single Grant
Allowed: $50,000 per year
Maximum Length of Grant: 2 year (the second year funding contingent on the timely receipt of the first year’s progress report and status) PWSA (USA) funding may be used for technical support, supplies, equipment, and appropriate travel. Only minimal salary support for faculty level investigators will be provided. PWSA (USA) requests that institutions keep indirect costs at or under 8% in order to maximize the impact of these small grants. If needed, PWSA (USA) will work with the successful applicant’s institution to identify a funding mechanism that will allow the total award to support the project.
Required Letter of Intent Documentation
PLEASE SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC COPY
TO:| AND 2 SIGNED COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS ABOVE TO:
Janalee
Heinemann, Director of Research & Medical Affairs
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