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Annual
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April 2026

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  • Drug screening and therapeutic candidate evaluation
  • Pre-clinical studies using animal models (zebrafish, mice)
  • Drug repurposing for FSASD treatment
  • Pro-myelinating compound evaluation

Overview

Funder: SALLA TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (STAR Foundation)

Geographic Scope: Global

Focus Areas: Translational research on promising therapies for Free Sialic Acid Storage Disorder (FSASD), including Salla disease

Award Details:

  • One-year project duration
  • Projects funded by STAR Foundation's global donor community
  • Scientific merit review conducted by STAR Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
  • Approved by STAR's Board of Directors

Eligible Research Areas:

  • Drug screening and therapeutic candidate evaluation
  • Pre-clinical studies using animal models (zebrafish, mice)
  • Drug repurposing for FSASD treatment
  • Pro-myelinating compound evaluation
  • Evaluation of disease amelioration approaches

Recent Awardees (2025):

  1. "Using slc17a5 Zebrafish Mutants as a Platform to Screen Therapeutic Candidates" - Led by Heather Flanagan-Steet, PhD at JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, South Carolina, USA
  2. "Evaluation of clemastine fumarate for treatment of Free Sialic Acid Storage Disease using the Slc17a5 R39C mouse model" - Led by Forbes D. Porter MD, PhD and Cristin Davidson, PhD at Division of Translational Medicine, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Contact Information:

  • Salla Treatment And Research Foundation
  • PO Box 115
  • Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
  • Email: info@star-foundation.io
  • Website: star-foundation.io

What Salla Treatment and Research Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
4
Total given
$167K
Median grant
$39K
Range
$10K–$79K
  • By dollars: Maryland 65%, South Carolina 29%, California 6%. Top recipient cities: Bethesda, MD; Greenwood, SC; Orange, CA.

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IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

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  • Science research

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