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RSS subscribeRoche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation: Joint ROTRF/JDRF Initiative
Due: Sunday 1st April 2012 (this is perpetual, applications due on 1st April and 1st October every year)
WWW: www.rotrf.org
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The Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation (ROTRF) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) have established the Joint ROTRF/JDRF Initiative to support projects in immunology and biology research relevant to pancreatic islet transplantation, and transplantation solutions for human Type 1 diabetes.
The sponsors strongly encourage investigators to apply who are working in the fields of immunology and cell biology, gene therapy, cellular engineering, stem cell research (e.g., generation of islet/beta cell source from stem cells or other cell sources, novel interventions leading to immune tolerance) and other approaches that are relevant to both Type 1 diabetes and transplantation.
Research areas funded by the ROTRF/JDRF joint initiative are as follows: - Transplantation approaches to human Type 1 diabetes - Islet transplantation (including deceased donor islets) for therapeutic use in Type 1 diabetic patients - Development of new approaches (including stem cell transplantation) for improvements of graft survival or of long-term immunosuppression in Type 1 diabetic patients - Cellular engineering (including gene therapy) for therapeutic use in human transplantation relevant to Types 1 diabetes - Investigations of alternative sources of pancreatic islets/beta cells for use in transplantation - Quantification and functional determination of islets/beta cells for use in replacement therapy
The terms of the grant awards (amount and period of support per grant, frequency of the awards) follows the terms of the general ROTRF grant award competition. Currently, ROTRF’s conventional research grants are 300,000 Swiss Francs awarded for a period of three years.
stablished faculty members of academic staff at universities, transplant and diabetes centres, and research institutes are eligible to apply to the Joint ROTRF/JDRF Initiative.
Unsuccessful applicants in the New ROTRF/JDRF Initiative may still be considered for a ROTRF or JDRF grant award.
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