Funded Grants

FARA Funded Research Grants

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General Research Grant | Lead Candidates

Grant Awarded | Mar 2024

Treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia using novel ferroptosis inhibitors

Brent R. Stockwell, PhD
Columbia University

Graduate Research Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jan 2024

Deciphering the neurodevelopmental component in Friedreich Ataxia

Lucie Hermet
Institute NeuroMyoGène, Lyon, France

Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jul 2023

Investigating the Mechanosensory System in Friedreich’s Ataxia using Stem Cell Models

Amy Hulme, PhD
University of Wollongong

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Mar 2023

An induced pluripotent stem cell model to investigate microglia in Friedreich Ataxia

Massimo Pandolfo, MD and Stefano Stifani, PhD
McGill University

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Mar 2023

An optimized deep learning-based method for cerebellum segmentation

Thiago Rezende, PhD & Ian Harding, PhD
Monash University, Australia

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Mar 2023

Mechanism of repeat expansion in Friedreich’s ataxia

Andre Nussenzweig, PhD
National Cancer Institute, NIH

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Jun 2023

Measurement of Frataxin mRNA in NHP and human biofluids

Eric Wang, PhD & S.H. Subramony, MD
University of Florida

General Research Grant | Drug Discovery

Grant Awarded | Jun 2023

Trojan nanobodies to increase frataxin function

Javier Santos, PhD
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

General Research Grant | Drug Discovery

Grant Awarded | Jul 2023

Discovery of frataxin substitute drug candidates for the treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia

Benoit D'Autréaux, PhD
CNRS-CEA-Université Paris-Saclay, France

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jul 2023

Uncovering the function of a conserved site in eukaryotic frataxins

Jordi Tamarit, PhD
Universitat de Lleida, Spain

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jun 2023

Identification of concordant electrophysiological biomarkers in Friedreich Ataxia

Donald Joseph, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Sep 2023

Mechanism of neuronal rescue by microglia expressing frataxin and characterization of neuronal defects in Friedreich’s ataxia

Stephanie Cherqui, PhD and Nicole Coufal, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego