Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation (ROTRF): Transplantation Research

The ROTRF supports important and innovative research projects relevant to organ transplantation, particularly where there is an unmet medical need. Proposals should include work with clinical transplant material or with organ transplant patients, e.g. in human organ preservation, human transplant pathology, or other human transplant areas, and should be focused on issues relevant to clinical organ transplantation. To be considered for a grant award, applications should demonstrate practical applicability to human organ transplantation in the near term. Research Areas:

- Improvement of long-term graft survival and prevention of chronic organ dysfunction;

- Relevant immune recognition, regulation and effector mechanisms;

- Histocompatibility;

- Inflammation and tissue injury in transplantation;

- Development of new agents for use in transplantation ;

- Prospective and specific analysis of human organ transplant populations;

- Induction of antigen-specific unresponsiveness;

- New clinical trial methods and surrogate endpoints;

- Tissue injury and organ preservation relevant to transplantation; and,

- Cell or tissue transplantation relevant to organ transplantation.

While the ROTRF does not support operating costs for registries, it will consider providing limited support for unique initiatives such as international databases of general interest to transplant researchers. Funding: 100,000 Swiss Francs (~$108,000) for one year.

http://www.rotrf.org/grantprogramme/rotrf/index.html