FRAXA Research Foundation – Postdoctoral/Post-MD Fellowships
NOTE: A letter of intent is requested well in advance of a formal application.
In 1993, three new parents learned that their first-born sons had fragile X syndrome.
There was no fragile X website or Facebook group then, and just a handful of scientists were studying fragile X. There was no hope. The US government was spending only $30,000 per year to find a cure!
They founded FRAXA Research Foundation in 1994 — a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization based in Newburyport, Mass. Committed to finding a cure for fragile X, FRAXA has funded more than $26 million in biomedical research, yielding discoveries that are changing the lives of families coping with fragile X.
FRAXA is one of the most efficient and effective charities in the world, with management and general expenses under 4 percent and research expenditures at 86 percent. Three Nobel Laureates sit on our volunteer Scientific Advisory Board.
FRAXA’s purpose in providing grants is to accelerate progress towards treatment for fragile X. Therefore, in accepting an award, the Principal Investigator undertakes to publish the results of the work pursued in the primary literature in a timely fashion. Once published, the reagents, methods, materials, and products of the work must be made available immediately to other qualified researchers.
2 years
- $45,000 per year.
- Supply budget available.
- Applicants must be full-time and have an MD, PhD or MD/PhD degree.
- Previous grad/postdoc FRAXA grantees are not eligible (previous PI is OK).
- Limit of one application per lab group (current grantees are not eligible).
- PIs must demonstrate adequate overall funding to pursue this project; no supplements will be given for supplies or animal care.
- Grants are non-transferable (only good for specified postdoc, PI, and institution).
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Contact
Michael Tranfaglia
FRAXA Research Foundation
Tel: 978-462-1866
Email: [email protected]