AMDF Incubator Grants
AMDF Incubator Grants
Research into mitochondria and genetics only began to take shape during the 1990s, which makes this a very exciting time to be a mitochondrial disease researcher. Many funding bodies require the researcher to have a significant track record of investigation. AMDF understands that it can be difficult to establish some areas of study, due to the fact mitochondrial medicine is a relatively new field.
Funds from the AMDF bridge this gap by facilitating preliminary investigation and enabling the researcher to reach a point where they are then eligible to apply to external/independent bodies for funding to complete their research.
AMDF offers grants to be awarded for up to 12 months to the amount of $25,000.
Funding Round
Applications are welcome throughout the year and will be reviewed on the following dates:
4 April 2018
4 July 2018
3 October 2018.
Your Donations at Work
AMDF has funded Incubator Grants in the following areas:
Professor Justin St John – Preventing the transmission of mutant mitochondrial DNA
Dr Matthew McKenzie – Generation of new mouse models of mitochondrial DNA disease
Dr Bi-xia Ke – Treatment trials in the Ndufs6gt/gt mouse model of mitochondrial Complex I deficiency
Dr Ryan Davis – FGF-21 in mitochondrial disease diagnosis and pathophysiology
A/Prof Yvonne Zuryinski – Families living with rare chronic disease: health related out-of-pocket expenses
Dr Raymond Wong – Genome-wide expression analysis of human induced pluripotent stem cell model of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Dr Kate Ahmad – Drug Treatment in Patients with OPA1 Related Dominant Optic Atrophy Plus
Dr David Stroud – Molecular diagnosis of human mitochondrial disease through proteomic approaches
Professor Mike Ryan – A drug screening approach to rescue OXPHOS defective cells
For More Information and How to Apply
Click below to download our information and application form.
To apply, complete a Request to Submit, which will be reviewed by the Chair of the AMDF Scientific and Medical Advisory Panel. If the Chair sees merit in the request, the researcher will be asked to complete the application form below and send it to the AMDF Grants Officer via grants@amdf.org.au.
Please call (02) 8033 4113 if you have any queries.
