Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.jdrf.org/files/General_Files/For_Scientists/MS2011/Neogenesis_RFA_9_6_2011_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf
Sponsor/Award: JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FDN INTL - RFA: SANOFI - TARGETING BETA CELL NEOGENESIS - 2012 WINTER COMPETITION - FULL APPLICATION

Grant Amount: UP TO $250,000 USD PA
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Feb 17, 2012
Sponsor's: Feb 24, 2012

Subject Areas: Diabetes
Description:

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation & Sanofi, a multinational pharmaceutical company committed to innovative therapies for diabetes management, invite applicaitons from single investigators or groups of investigators to identify & characterize cellular targets & mechanisms to promote beta cell neogenesis & transdifferentiation for regenerative therapies for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes.

JDRF and Sanofi wish to help investigators accelerate the progress and address critical research gaps through active partnering and feedback on the research programs. Sanofi is granted non-exclusive rights to use Project Research Results and Project Confidential Information for internal review purposes only for the purpose of determining Sanofi?s potential interest in a further collaboration and/or licensing arrangement. In addition, Sanofi is granted a right of first negotiation to enter into such collaboration and/or licensing arrangement. Both of these rights will terminate six (6) months following completion of the funded Project.

Application Details:

Applicants must hold an M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., Ph.D., or equivalent academic degree and a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or comparable institution.

All applications must be completed using the templates provided on the proposalCENTRAL website (https://proposalcentral.altum.com/).

INDIRECT COSTS OF 10% MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Russelo,Theresa M
Pocock,Katy

Sponsor Contacts:

ARAKEMAN@JDRF.ORG
120 WALL STREET
NEW YORK, New York, United States
212 7859500