Orphan Disease Center: 2016 Million Dollar Bike Ride Grants

Support for research in the Rare Diseases listed below. Specific stipulations and scientific requirements are indicated for each disease program. Funding: $40,000 - $80,000 for one year.

-          Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease (APBD)

-          Ataxia-Telangiectasia

-          Castleman Disease

-          CFTR Nonsense Mutations

-          Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI)

-          Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)

-          CRB1 degenerative retinal disease

-          Nonsense Mutations in Cystic Fibrosis

-          Dyskeratosis Congenita & Telomere Biology Disorder

-          Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune Albright Syndrome

-          Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly and Gorham-Stout Disease

-          Glut 1 Deficiency (Glucose Transporter Deficiency Syndrome, Glut 1DS)

-          Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

-          Mucolipidosis Type IV

-          Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)

-          Niemann Pick Type C (NPC) - Postdoctoral Fellowship / Pilot Grant

-          Pitt Hopkins

-          RASopathies

-          Tay-Sachs

-          Snyder-Robinson Syndrome

http://www.med.upenn.edu/orphandisease/rare-disease-overview.html