Progeria - PRF Research Awards Spring 2015 ($ 300,000)

The Progeria Research Foundation invites applications for its medical research grants. Deadline for submissions is April 20, 2015. Three types of awards are granted: Innovator Awards, Established Investigator Awards and Specialty Awards. The Foundation awards grants to applicants who seek to conduct research to find the cause, treatment, or cure for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria, or HGPS).


Proposals are accepted in three categories of differing type, funding levels, and length of time:

Innovator Awards are 2-year awards of up to $ 75,000 per year. The aim of the Innovator Award is to allow an investigator to embark on new lines of investigation, and to produce enough preliminary data to be competitive for longer-term funding by NIH and/or other agencies;
Established Investigator Awards are for senior investigators established either in the field of Progeria or a field that can be directly applied to Progeria. These grants are for up to 3 years and up to $ 100,000 per year;
Specialty Awards are meant for smaller, more technology-driven projects, e.g., sequencing, screening potential drugs, obtaining cell lines (including IPSCs,) and preparation of antibodies. Funding amounts will range from $ 5,000 to $ 50,000 and the length of the project must be 1 year or less. Funding amount and duration may increase for a project that addresses a very high and immediate need to The Progeria Research Foundation.

The mission of The Progeria Research Foundation is to discover the cure and effective treatment for Progeria and its aging related disorders.