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COVID-19 Funding Opportunities The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (VPR) has compiled a list of funding opportunities specific to COVID-19. This list will be updated as new opportunities arise.
Application Deadline: October
25, 2021 The Sherrilyn and Ken
Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases is pleased to request
applications for the Fisher Center Discovery Program. The program budget
is up to $60,000.00 USD; a maximum of five projects will be awarded
in November 2021. Program Goals:
Eligibility:
How to Apply:
For more information, call 443-287-4800 (ask for the Research Manager) or email fishercenter@jhmi.edu (preferred contact method). No application deadline The Michael J. Fox Foundation is sponsoring a $2 million prize to the first team to develop a viable selective alpha-synuclein PET tracer and agree to make that tracer available broadly. The ability to image alpha-synuclein deposition
in the brain would be a game-changing achievement for the Parkinson's
disease (PD) field. The accumulation of aggregated alpha-synuclein is
a pathological hallmark of PD and a priority target for drug development
given its hypothesized contribution to neurodegeneration. In vivo imaging
of alpha-synuclein pathology could be useful as a biomarker of the presence
of disease and disease progression and as a pharmacodynamic tool for
drug development. With this prize, the Foundation seeks to attract research
teams and accelerate momentum to speed the development of such a tracer. Contestants: Anyone is eligible for
the prize who agrees to all contest rules. Contestants may be MJFF funded
or not and can be from either academia or industry. Contest rules:
Criteria for winning: The winning contestant
must demonstrate that the radiotracer binds with relatively high selectivity
to alpha-synuclein according to pre-specified criteria and must demonstrate
proof-of-concept in human subjects, including people with Parkinson's
disease and/or another synucleinopathy. See below for more details on
submission requirements. Timeline: There is no deadline
for submissions. The $2 million award will be issued to the first
contestant who submits compelling evidence of a viable selective tracer
and agrees to its widespread use. |
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