Cooley’s Anemia Foundation: Thalassemia Research Grants

SUPPORT FOR ONGOING CLINICAL RESEARCH IN THALASSEMIA: The goal of this initiative is to support investigators from all disciplines and backgrounds with their ongoing clinical projects to address one or more of the following areas impacting patients with thalassemia: including but not limited to fertility, pregnancy and family planning; quality of life/psychosocial; burden of disease, cardiac issues and iron overload. The stipend will be $40,000 annually with possibility of one year renewal. This funding would be appropriate for support of innovative small-scale pilot studies, observational trials, or ancillary support for ongoing interventional studies. Investigators must interact directly with patients or patient-related data.
GENE RESEARCH IN THALASSEMIA TRANSLATIONAL GRANT AWARD: In order to speed the application of recent translational advances in gene therapy to clinical trials. Both phase I (safety) and phase II (efficacy) trials are eligible for support. Total funding of up to $60,000/year with possibility of one year renewal.
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: Postdoctoral and junior faculty members investigating clinical or basic research related to thalassemia are eligible. Applications studying iron overload, iron chelation, methods of non-invasive iron measurement, quality of life, hepatitis C, osteoporosis, fertility, bone marrow transplantation and gene therapy are encouraged. Stipends will be $32,500 annually with possibility of a one year renewal.
http://www.thalassemia.org/caf-accepting-research-grant-and-fellowship-applications/