Rettsyndrome.org: Funding Opportunities LOI

Name:	Rettsyndrome.org: Funding Opportunities LOI Application deadline: 30/01/15
General description:	- Neuro-Habilitation Program- Grants for exploratory studies towards development of neuro-habilitation cognitive therapies, physical therapies, occupational therapies and speech therapies that will aid in establishing the networks critical for skill development in Rett syndrome. Funding: up to $150K over 2 years. - Read through Program- Aim: potential pharmacological treatments that will bypass or read-through theMECP2 nonsense mutations to make a full-length functional MeCP2 protein. Funding: $600K over 2 years. https://www.rettsyndrome.org/research/funding-opportunities
Source:	Foreign
Budget:	Neuro-Habilitation Program: up to $150K over 2 years. Read through Program: $600K over 2 years.
Number of research years:	2
Contact person:	Robi, 2152, robertg@trdf.technion.ac.il; Michal, 1745, michall@trdf.technion.ac.il
Fields:	Life Sciences and medicine
Type of fund:	The fund is not a competitive fund
Related fund and profiles:	International Rett Syndrome Foundation - IRSF ,Access available for Technion staff. Please sign in to see the Agency profiles (upper left corner)