Opportunity
RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
Award Info:
Proposals from young investigators, established principal investigators and clinicians, scientists from other disciplines, and individuals with innovative new ideas for A-T research are encouraged, from academia as well as industry. Scientists from the US and around the globe are welcome to apply for our funding.
The A-T Children’s Project will not be accepting any grant applications for the September 1, 2021 deadline due to uncertainty related to the COVID-19 situation.
DEAR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS,
We are thrilled that you are thinking about approaching the A-T Children’s Project with an innovative and compelling strategy for investigating a specific facet of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T).
The A-T Children’s Project, families of A-T children, and many generous volunteers work tirelessly to raise funds so that we can accelerate promising research toward breakthroughs for A-T. For this reason, we try to be careful and efficient in how we use the funds that trusting supporters have raised or donated.
WHOM WE FUND
Proposals from young investigators, established principal investigators and clinicians, scientists from other disciplines, and individuals with innovative new ideas for A-T research are encouraged, from academia as well as industry. Scientists from the US and around the globe are welcome to apply for our funding.
OUR LEVELS OF SUPPORT
One- and two-year proposals are funded up to a maximum total direct cost of US $75,000 per year. Prior to the end of our grants, investigators are encouraged to begin seeking additional support from other funding sources such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) if needed to continue their work.
Short-term “bridge funding” may very rarely be provided to investigators who are applying for funding from other sources such as the NIH and need interim support while generating preliminary data necessary for their application. We limit this bridge funding support to a maximum of $50,000 and one year.
As the A-T Children’s Project is also eager to encourage young laboratory scientists and clinical researchers to become involved in A-T research, we offer a Post Doctoral Fellowship Award, the level of funding for which is in the range of US $30,000 – $40,000 per year for two years.
Description:
The A-T Children’s Project provides competitive awards primarily for translational and clinical research grants related to ataxia-telangiectasia. One and two-year projects are funded up to a maximum total direct cost of $75,000 per year. No administrative overhead or fixed costs are supported.
In giving these grant awards, the Project strives to assist respected scientists in developing a clearer understanding of ataxia-telangiectasia. We are determined to find a timely cure, or life-improving treatments, for this serious disease.
Scientific excellence and relevance to A-T are the paramount criteria used to select supported research projects. Junior investigators, scientists in related disciplines, and individuals with innovative new ideas for A-T research are particularly encouraged to apply for grants, as are laboratories and teams working together from industry as well as teaching universities. Grant award decisions are made through a careful and detailed, two-tiered, peer-review selection process. Grants are reviewed and awarded relatively rapidly so that we are usually able to provide a grant decision within 90 days after receiving a complete proposal from an investigator.
Consistent with the urgency felt by all families impacted by this disease, the A-TCP’s current focus is on funding innovative research strategies that look at A-T in new ways and that include a clear “yes” or “no” answer to the hypotheses rather than merely defining a mechanism. Highest priority is given to projects that, while drawing on basic discoveries, include creative strategies for suggesting and evaluating specific disease-modifying and symptomatic interventions.