Request for Applications 2011

For the November 15, 2011 grant submission deadline, we are accepting applications that address one of three challenging questions:

• Question 1: What underlies the shift from failure to thrive to excessive hunger in PWS?
• Award budget and project period: up to $75,000 a year for two years, with year 2 funding contingent upon adequate progress at month 11.

• Question 2: Can the maternally silent genes in the PWS chromosome region be selectively reactivated?
• Award budget and project period: $50,000 for one year.

• Question 3:  What are the cellular phenotype(s) of PWS?
• Award budget and project period: $50,000 for one year.

A more detailed description of these questions, and examples of responsive research, can be found here. 

Applications that are not responsive to one of these questions will not be reviewed at this time.

FPWR's 2011 Application Instructions can be accessed here.  

Please also review the PWS Research Plan,  scientific and advocate review criteria, and current and past funded projects. 

For questions about the application process or the suitability of your proposal for FPWR's grant program, please contact Theresa Strong, Grants Program Director, at grants@fpwr.org.

A complete copy of the "2011 Request for Applications" can be downloaded below.

Funding for this RFA has been provided by the “One Small Step for Prader-Willi Syndrome Research” fundraising initiative, in support of the PWS Research Plan.

Thank you for your interest in PWS research!