Gund-Harrington Scholar Award (Program)

Grant Name
Gund-Harrington Scholar Award (Program)
Funder
Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)
Country or Region
United States
Research Field
Blindness
Cell & Developmental Biology
Clinical Research or Studies
Drug Design
Genetic Disorders
Genetic Manipulation
Ophthalmology
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacotherapy
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Stem Cells
Vision Disorders
Visual Perception
Deadline
October 12, 2021 (Expired)
Grant Size
Upper $900,000USD The awards are provided as milestone-driven payments totaling up to $900,000 over a three year timeframe. Up to 10 percent of the award may be requested as an upfront payment at the start of the award. Subsequent award payments will be made based on progress.There is an average of three awards per year
Contact Info
Harrington Discovery Institute HDIquestions@HarringtonDiscovery.org
Eligibility
This initiative seeks to award Gund-Harrington Scholar Awards that recognize innovators in the U.S. and Canada whose research has the potential to advance standard of care. Applications from institutions outside these two countries are not accepted.
Description
The Gund-Harrington Scholar Award supports innovative research efforts that could prevent, treat or cure blindness.Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Treatment strategies that are not gene specific, but might be broadly applicable across many patients
- Therapies that may be effective in later stages of disease
- Gene modifying or gene therapy strategies
- Therapies that address juvenile macular degeneration
- Regenerative medicine therapies that focus on stem cells differentiated into photoreceptor cells
- Novel targets to address unmet needGund-Harrington Scholar Award projects should have the following characteristics:
- Innovative science potentially leading to treatment or prevention of inherited retinal degenerative diseases
- The potential to be developed into a commercial product
- Development of a small molecule or biologic Eligibility This initiative seeks to award Gund-Harrington Scholar Awards that recognize innovators in the U.S. and Canada whose research has the potential to advance standard of care. Applications from institutions outside these two countries are not accepted.

Funding resources

Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal Open Link

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