The Fall Seed Grant 2024 initiative, in synergy with Patients Associations, is now open. The initiative aims to fund seed research projects through:
5 single-center calls, for 12-month proposals with a maximum budget of € 50.000, focusing on the following rare genetic diseases:
- Allan–Herndon–Dudley Syndrome (AHDS)
- Dravet syndrome (DS)
- Kia Nexmif Syndrome (NEXMIF)
- Methylmalonic Acidemia with Homocystinuria cblC type (CBLC)
- Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS)
and one single- or bi-center call, for 24-month proposals with a maximum budget of € 100.000, focusing on
- Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PITTHOP)
For these monothematic calls, Fondazione Telethon established a collaboration agreement with the Patients Associations
These calls will allow generating data and creating new knowledge to pave the road for the development of new therapeutic approaches in the rare genetic disease field.
Investigators - working either in public or private Italian non-profit research Institutions, including the Telethon Institutes - are eligible regardless of their funding status with Fondazione Telethon ETS.
Applicants can apply and submit only one project within the Fall Seed Grant 2024 initiative, as Lead Applicant (or as Partner).
All the documents related to the Fall Seed Grant 2024 calls are listed below and accessible through the links or on the Tetra portal (https://projects.telethon.it).
Deadlines
AHDS, DS, NEXMIF, CBLC, vEDS Calls
- October 15th, 2024: calls opening
- by October 31st, 2024 applicants should:
- login or register on the TETRA portal
- insert the title of the project
- fill in the Type of Research section, providing the disease name and code, research type and research step
Filling in these data by October 31st, 2024 is not mandatory.
- November 28th, 2024, at 11 am: project submission deadline.
PITTHOP Call
- September 20th, 2024: call opening
- by October 11th, 2024 applicants should:
- login or register on the TETRA portal
- insert the title of the project
- fill in the Type of Research section, providing the disease name and code, research type and research step
Filling in these data by October 11th, 2024 is not mandatory.
- November 28th, 2024, at 11 am: project submission deadline.
Download the call texts here:
- Allan–Herndon–Dudley Syndrome (AHDS)
- Dravet syndrome (DS)
- Kia Nexmif Syndrome (NEXMIF)
- Methylmalonic Acidemia with Homocystinuria cblC type (CBLC)
- Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS)
- Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PITTHOP)
Download the other call documents here:
- Guidelines for applicants for the AHDS, DS, NEXMIF, CBLC, vEDS calls
- Guidelines for applicants for the PITTHOP call
- Guidelines for Panel Members for the calls CBLC, AHDS-MCT8, EHLERS DANLOS, KIA NEXMIF, LINF calls
- Guidelines for Panel Members for the PITTHOP call
- Telethon Funds Management Rules Document for the AHDS, DS, NEXMIF, CBLC, vEDS calls
- Telethon Funds Management Rules Document for the PITTHOP call
- Application sample form PDF for the AHDS, DS, NEXMIF, CBLC, vEDS calls
- Application sample form PDF for the PITTHOP call
For further information, please contact us at [email protected].
