FAST Innovation Seed Grant
Funding Amount
$10,000 - $50,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Submission: Rolling basis with no set deadline”
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Eligible organizations
- Individual researchers
Other requirements
- Collaborative teams
- Partnerships between academic institutions and industry entities
Overview
A funding opportunity designed to support innovative proof-of-concept research to advance the understanding and treatment of Angelman Syndrome. This program encourages groundbreaking research ideas that have the potential to make a significant impact on the field.
Award Structure: One-time seed funding
Geographic Scope: International
Eligible Applicants:
- Individual researchers
- Collaborative teams
- Partnerships between academic institutions and industry entities
Focus Areas:
- Novel, high-risk, high-reward approaches
- Transformative advancements in:
- Treatment of Angelman syndrome
- Therapeutic targets
- Biomarker identification
- Innovative proof-of-concept research
- Early-stage feasibility studies
Purpose: This seed funding is intended to help investigators:
- Demonstrate early-stage feasibility
- Provide FAST scientific proof of concept data
- Enable application for potential larger-scale funding opportunities
Application Process: Rolling basis - there is no deadline. All grant applications are considered on a rolling basis.
How to Apply
Application Process
Submission: Rolling basis with no set deadline
Contact for Questions or Application Details:
What Foundation for Angelman Syndrome actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 10
- Total given
- $7.92M
- Median grant
- $242K
- Range
- $51K–$5.86M
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 74%, California 8%, Massachusetts 6%. Top recipient cities: Providence, RI; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA
Upenn 2023: research, collaboration & license agreement
$5.86M
Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, MA
Ft2022-006: abom - natural history study
$471K
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL
Rush coe
$321K
Duke University · Charlotte, NC
Ft2018-005 amended: gpic-comm
$318K
Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA
Ft2022-007: gastrointestinal biomarkers in preclinical models of angelman syndrome
$274K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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