Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH) and Sparks have announced a national funding call in child health research. Under this funding call up to £2M is available to support project grants from researchers across the UK. The emphasis of this call is on complex childhood illness, including rare diseases and we are delighted to announce that this year again, they have partnered with 6 rare disease charities, including Myotubular Trust. Therefore, within this call they are specifically asking for applications that aim to significantly advance the search to find a cure and/or a treatment for any of the genetic forms of centronuclear and myotubular myopathy.
All projects must aim to improve understanding of the disease or associated conditions or to improve outcomes for the affected child. Proposals will be expected to have the potential to lead to new medical developments or improved healthcare (e.g. diagnostic tools, novel interventions) through laboratory and/or clinically based research. Applicants must clearly articulate the route to clinical application and/or potential for patient benefit, regardless of where their proposed studies are positioned along the basicto-applied research continuum.
This funding call is particularly interested in supporting projects from promising early career researchers. To this end, while applications from independent researchers at any level of seniority are welcomed, if a funding decision is required between applications of equivalent quality, those of early career researchers will be prioritised. Awards may not be used to support the salaries of the Principal Investigator / team leading. The deadline for submission of outline applications is Wednesday, 7 July 2021 at 5 PM.
We are proud to be part of a partnership with these two organisations who have done so much to further the health of children, and we thank all our donors and fundraisers who make it possible for us to be part of such a partnership.
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