Fondation Jérôme Lejeune Research Grant
If you are a researcher focused on Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities of genetic origin appearing in early childhood, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Jerome Lejeune Foundation invites you to submit your research project. The Foundation is looking for projects focused on deciphering the pathophysiology of the cognitive deficits of patients, especially those with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) and linked pathologies.
Applications could cover fundamental, translational, epidemiological, clinical research, neurobiology, and pharmacology including animal pharmacology, genetic, genomic, iPSCs, and neuropsychology techniques or data analysis. Priority will be given to clinical research projects.
Two types of research projects may be submitted and will be separately evaluated by the scientific board experts or external reviewers if needed for each call:
– Advanced grants will be dedicated to larger breakthrough projects with preliminary data.
– Pilot or exploratory grants will be dedicated to initial early stage experiments built on preliminary data, or to ancillary projects to primary larger projects.
Through this call the Jerome Lejeune Foundation will also support the organization of conferences, workshops and courses. Such projects will also be reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Board.
Up to two years
Upper €80,000EUR
– Pilot or exploratory grants – The maximum funding will be €40,000 for a maximum of two years (i.e. €20,000 per year for a maximum of two years. The number of funded projects will depend of the annual global budget allocated by the Jerome Lejeune Foundation to the calls. Clinical projects could benefit from more funding.
The investigator must hold a long term academic appointment in a hospital, university or research laboratory.
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Contact
Fondation Jérôme Lejeune – Conseil Scientifique
37 rue des Volontaires, 75015 Paris
[email protected]
+33 (0)1 5658 5638