SETBP1 Society is pleased to share the funding opportunity offered by the 2020 Million Dollar Bike Ride Grant Program sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center! They are NOW ACCEPTING LETTERS of INTEREST to apply for one $80,746 SETBP1 Disorder research grant or one of two $40,373 SETBP1 Disorder research grants. The purpose of this RFA is to promote discovery of underlying disease mechanisms and pre-clinical development of potential therapies and tools for SETBP1 disorder, which is a monogenetic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by SETBP1 haploinsufficiency.

Letters of Interest (LOIs) are due by Friday, September 18, 2020 by 8pm (EST)!

SETBP1 Disorder Grant Specifics: One grant in the amount of $80,746 or two grants in the amount of $40,373 each are available. The purpose of this RFA is to promote discovery of underlying disease mechanisms and pre-clinical development of potential therapies and tools for SETBP1 disorder. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, unraveling pathways involved in this disease, rescuing symptoms in disease models, identifying novel drug targets, and characterizing mouse models. In addition, applicants must collaborate with existing SETBP1 researchers and the preference is to leverage existing disease models (e.g. animal models at JAX, patient-derived cell models at Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics and McGill University, and in development by Simons Searchlight) to assess therapeutic impact. This grant is made possible by Team SETBP1Strong and SETBP1 Society.

Want to learn more? Check out the 2020 MDBR Grant Program details!