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Principal Investigators and post-doctoral researchers are invited to submit proposals for research projects into spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Priority will be given to those that address one of the following topics:

• Spinal and muscle regeneration
• SMN-independent pathways relevant to SMA and/or combinatorial therapies for SMA
• Treatments for patients with milder forms of SMA that might not be as amenable to SMN-restoration therapies
• The contribution of nutrition to SMA
• Key functions and roles of SMN protein at different times of development and/or in different cells, tissues and organs
• Biomarkers that provide readouts on the success (or otherwise) of SMN-restoring therapies in SMA
• New and improved pre-clinical animal models of SMA
• The contribution of novel, emerging phenotypes (neuronal and systemic) following SMN restoration in SMA patients and/or animal models

 

Indicative timeline

• 1^st March 2022 – Launch of Call 11
• 13^th April 2022 – Deadline for applications
• 1^st May 2022 – Eligibility evaluations
• June – July 2022 – External evaluations
• August 2022 – Internal evaluations
• October / November tbc – Meeting of our Scientific Advisory Board
• November – Feedback to applicants

 

The application deadline is 13th April 2022, 12:00pm (CET).

For additional information, please contact Vanessa Christie-Brown, our Research Programme Manager.