Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research

Funds translational research for developing effective treatments for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The Program’s short-term goal is to support the most outstanding science and expand the pool of scientists in that field. The long-term goal is to improve the lives of patients suffering from these conditions. Funding areas include but are not limited to molecular genetic analysis of relevant neural circuit assembly and function; genetic and epigenetic research; animal models created by genetically altering neural circuits; testing of new chemical entities that might be used in animal models as exploratory treatments; and clinical trials involving medications or other non-psychotherapeutic interventions. Investigators conducting research in the neuro-circuitry of fear conditioning or reward behavior may also apply but must justify the relevance to the basic biology of eating disorders. Clinical psychotherapeutic studies, imaging studies involving humans and research in the medical complications of these disorders are outside the scope of this Program. Two-year awards of $400,000 and one-year pilot studies of up to $150,000 USD are made to investigators in USA, Canada or Israel.
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