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TSC Biosample Seed Grants Available

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The TSC Alliance announces a funding opportunity for 2023 Biosample Seed Grants to support research using blood, tissue, and/or cells, DNA, or RNA isolated from samples in the TSC Biosample Repository. The award may support laboratory supplies, personnel costs, services, or equipment necessary to conduct the proposed research.  Funds requested can be up to $20,000. Funding period is one year. The TSC Biosample Repository houses human biological materials linked to detailed clinical data in the TSC Natural History Database. High-quality biosamples and their associated clinical data enable researchers to discover biomarkers, establish human cell lines or tissue arrays for drug testing, and…

Beckman Foundation funding opportunity for early-career researchers

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has opened its 2023 Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Letter of Intent. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers (within the first four years of a tenure track position) in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. Please see their website for program eligibility, guidelines, and how to apply.

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Funding Announcement

The mission of ARPA-H is to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems. Awardees will develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through highpotential, high-impact biomedical and health research. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H seeks proposals that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, diseases, and health conditions, including in support of the Cancer Moonshot. Proposals are expected to use innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, technology, or systems.

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023

The FY23 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the TSCRP to support innovative, high-impact tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) research.  The managing agent for the anticipated funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC). The FY23 TSCRP funding opportunity announcements for the following award mechanisms are posted on the Grants.gov website.

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Funding Announcement

The mission of ARPA-H is to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems. Awardees will develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through highpotential, high-impact biomedical and health research. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H seeks proposals that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, diseases, and health conditions, including in support of the Cancer Moonshot. Proposals are expected to use innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, technology, or systems.

Early-Stage Investigator Research Grants & Postdoctoral Fellowships

The TSC Alliance is dedicated to finding a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) while improving the lives of those affected. We invest in early-career researchers to drive innovative TSC research and to foster a diverse group of researchers dedicated to our shared mission. In 2023, we anticipate awarding three or four awards to postdoctoral fellows and early-stage investigators depending on merit, requested budgets, and funds available.

Request for Applications for the Simons Foundation Independence Awards

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The Simons Foundation is committed to supporting scientists as they transition from mentored training to their first independent research positions. To that end, the foundation offers three independence awards through its Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB).

TSCRP Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023

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The FY23 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the TSCRP to support innovative, high-impact tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) research. The managing agent for the anticipated funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).

Developmental Synaptopathies Consortium Request For Pilot Project Applications

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Overview: The pilot feasibility core of the Developmental Synaptopathies Consortium (DSC) is pleased to announce that it will fund an estimated $40,000 total costs for a pilot project to stimulate additional research through the DSC NIH grant for one of the following disorders: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), PTEN Hamartoma Syndrome (PHTS) and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS). The funding will be coordinated, dispersed and evaluated for progress through the DSC infrastructure.