FARF Research Grants - Fanconi Anemia Neurological Syndrome (FANS)
Funding Amount
$71,118
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: United States
Focus Areas:
- Fanconi Anemia Associated Neurological Syndrome (FANS)
- Immune profiling and disease mechanisms
- Causes and potential treatments for FANS
Description:
- FANS is a rare condition affecting a subset of people with FA
- Results in brain lesions leading to weakness, seizures, and cognitive issues
- Cause currently unknown
Example Project Funded:
- "FANS – a Search for a Cause with Advanced Technologies"
- Principal Investigators: Prashanth Ramachandran and Michael Wilson (University of California San Francisco)
- Funded: 2022
- Research: Examine immune profiles of individuals with FA diagnosed with FANS to find underlying cause and appropriate therapy
How to Apply
How to Apply
- Initial Contact: Contact Isis Sroka, Scientific Director at isis@fanconi.org
- Proposal Submission: Submit research grant proposal
- Review Process: FARF Scientific team reviews proposals
- Award Decision: Grants awarded based on scientific merit and relevance to FANS research
Required Materials:
- Research proposal
- Project description
- Budget information
- Researcher credentials and institutional affiliation
What Fanconi Cancer Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 15
- Total given
- $2.04M
- Median grant
- $105K
- Range
- $49K–$375K
- By dollars: California 32%, Maryland 18%, New York 9%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA.
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Stand up to Cancer · Los Angeles, CA
$375K
National Cancer Institute · Bethesda, MD
$369K
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA
$229K
American Association for Cancer Research (Aacr) · Philadelphia, PA
$164K
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN
$120K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Cancer
- Science research
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