Funded Grants

FARA Funded Research Grants

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Postdoctoral Research Award | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | May 2025

Enhancing Friedreich Ataxia Research: Data Augmentation and Multimodal Fusion Focusing on the Spine-Brain Axis

Ravi Dadsena, PhD
RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany

General Research Grant | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Mar 2025

Characterization of ocular phenotype of the YG8-800 mouse model of FA and retinal-targeted treatment by AAV based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

Shannon Boye, PhD
University of Florida

Postdoctoral Research Award | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Mar 2025

Unraveling Epigenetic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies for FXN Silencing in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Xiaonan Guan, PhD
New York Genome Center

General Research Grant | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Jan 2025

Rescuing frataxin expression by alternative splicing reprogramming with base editing

Alessandro Quattrone, PhD
University of Trento

General Research Grant | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Dec 2024

Application of RSwitch technology to improve Friedreich’s ataxia viral gene therapy safety and efficacy: control of FXN transgene expression through a small molecule regulation

Samuel Hasson, PhD
Rgenta Therapeutics, Inc

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Dec 2024

Development of Epigenetic Editors for Frataxin Reactivation

Daniel Hart, PhD
Epicrispr Biotechnologies, Inc.

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Nov 2024

Quantifying sitting balance in children and adults with Friedreich ataxia – development of clinical and instrumented measures

Sarah Milne, PhD
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Nov 2024

Design and synthesis of SynGR library to probe into the role of NSD-2,3 proteins in FXN expression in FRDA

Anushree Achari, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Bronya J. Keats Research Collaboration Award | Improving Clinical Outcomes

Grant Awarded | Nov 2024

Impact of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on FA brain and cerebellar neurophysiological fingerprints and on clinical symptoms assessed by multimodal evaluations

Gilles Naeije, MD, PhD
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2024

Understanding the Pathogenesis of Friedreich’s Ataxia by Single-Cell Integration of Gene Expression, Epigenetics and Connectivity in the Cerebellar Nuclei

Julian Cheron, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Research Award | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Oct 2024

Enhancing Gene Therapy Delivery to the Brain via Human Blood-Brain Barrier Receptors

Changfan Lin, PhD
California Institute of Technology

Graduate Research Fellowship | Gene & Stem Cell Therapy

Grant Awarded | Sep 2024

Shortening GAA repeats in Friedreich’s Ataxia

David Berryman
University of Florida